Remove category from url

Question

I want to remove /category/ base from the permalinks. I tried the solution http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/6106/remove-parent-category-from-permalink-basically-only-have-the-child-category/ but if i try pasting this in functions.php, i get the 404 error. I also tried RewriteRule ^category/(.+)$ /$1 [R=301,L] by pasting in .htaccess , but still, i get 404 error.

Answer 1

To make things easier why don't you use this plugin -> WP No Category Base

Answer 2

To remove category base from url, go to wp-includes -> rewrite.php line 1031 change

$this->category_structure = trailingslashit( $this->front . 'category' );

to

$this->category_structure = trailingslashit( $this->front  );