10 Best No Category Base Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
No Category Base has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to No Category Base
- 1
SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO
4.8 (1,252) 300,000+ active installsWordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO metadata, schema, XML sitemap, redirections & Search Console. Privacy-first, white-label SEO. Now AI-ready.
About 3 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 2
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights)
4.7 (5,202) 2 million+ active installsAIOSEO is the WordPress SEO plugin. Boost SEO rankings with AI SEO tools, schema, meta descriptions, XML sitemaps & rank tracking.
About 20 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
- 3
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
5.0 (422) 200,000+ active installsDuplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.
About 2 times the installs, last updated today.
- 4
ThinkRank AI SEO – AI SEO Plugin for WordPress: Schema, XML Sitemaps, Meta Tags, Search Console & Local SEO
4.8 (26) 10,000+ active installsWordPress SEO plugin with AI SEO: meta descriptions, schema, XML sitemaps, Search Console, llms.txt, AEO & GEO. Your AI SEO assistant runs it via MCP.
10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated today.
- 5
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,637) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
About 30 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
- 6
SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress
4.9 (45) 1,000+ active installsMade it through the SEO plugin wasteland? You've earned a coffee ☺️ Quietly powerful AI SEO that actually works. No bloat, just results. Enjoy! 💕
1,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 4 days ago.
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Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
4.8 (7,498) 4 million+ active installsGrow your organic traffic and AI visibility with powerful SEO tools, XML sitemaps, Schema automation, and built-in AI SEO, all in one place.
About 40 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 8
Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks
4.2 (59) 40,000+ active installsRemove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
Shares the category base tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
4.8 (2,608) 1 million+ active installsGet caching and more with this powerful cache plugin. Cache, optimize images, clean your database and minify for maximum performance.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
- 10
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
Switching from No Category Base: common questions
What is the best alternative to No Category Base?
SEOPress is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 300,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which No Category Base alternative has the most users?
Rank Math SEO, with 4 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which No Category Base alternative is rated highest?
Admin and Site Enhancements, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 422 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these No Category Base alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with No Category Base score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against No Category Base on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
SEOPress is the closest match to No Category Base by the data we track, and Rank Math SEO has the widest reach with 4 million+ active installs. Admin and Site Enhancements shipped the most recent release, on September 7, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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