Custom Permalinks for WordPress Category and Tag Pages

By default, WordPress includes the words category and tag as the basis for the URLs of important pages. For example:

• mysite.com/category/something – for a category page.
• mysite.com/tag/something – for a tag page.

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to replace the words “category” and “tag” in your URLs.

Step #1. Set custom category and tag base

• Go to Settings > Permalinks > Optional.
• Type custom Category base and Tag base. No empty spaces.

• Click “Save changes”.

Step #2. End result

Go to your public site, check the new structure in the urls.

Category page:

Tag page:

To reset to default base, repeat step 1 by leaving the category and tag base empty.