10 Best Remove Category URL Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Remove Category URL has 40,000+ 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 Remove Category URL
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GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO
Closest match4.6 (680) 30,000+ active installsBecome the brand AI recommends. SEO + AEO + GEO so your WordPress ranks on Google and gets cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & AI Overviews.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.2, last updated 16 days ago.
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The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless.
4.9 (378) 200,000+ active installsThe fastest feature-complete SEO plugin for professional WordPress websites. Secure, fast, unbranded, and automated SEO. Do less; get better results.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.2, last updated December 10, 2025.
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Companion Sitemap Generator – Simple, Smart, and SEO-Ready
4.7 (55) 7,000+ active installsCreate clean, complete, and up-to-date sitemaps for your WordPress website automatically.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. 7,000+ installs against 40,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.2, last updated April 23, 2026.
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SEOPress
Paid version availableSEOPress – 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.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.2, last updated 5 days ago.
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4.7 (33) 10,000+ active installsAllows the modification of META titles, descriptions and keywords for all pages and posts. Also allows for default setting for of META title, descript …
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 6, 2026.
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SmartCrawl SEO
Paid version availableSmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer
4.8 (170) 10,000+ active installsSEO checker, content analysis & SEO optimizer. Rank higher on search engines with 301 redirects, XML sitemaps & one-click setup.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.2, last updated 19 days ago.
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Slim SEO – AI SEO Plugin, Lightweight, Fast & Automated
4.7 (136) 70,000+ active installsAn AI SEO plugin for WordPress that's lightweight and fast. Automatically generates meta tags, sitemaps, schemas and more with no bloat.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About 1.8 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.2, last updated 14 days ago.
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SureRank SEO – Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, Schema & Open Graph
4.8 (44) 400,000+ active installsLightweight SEO assistant for meta tags, schema and structured data, XML sitemaps, Open Graph previews, robots.txt, and Search Console.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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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.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated today.
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Yoast SEO
Paid version availableYoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
4.8 (27,819) 10 million+ active installsReal-time SEO guidance, schema, and AI built in. Help search engines and AI systems understand your content. All AI tools included, no hidden fees.
Shares the seo tag on WordPress.org. About 250 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.2, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Remove Category URL: common questions
What is the best alternative to Remove Category URL?
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Remove Category URL alternative has the most users?
Yoast SEO, with 10 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Remove Category URL alternative is rated highest?
The SEO Framework, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 378 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Remove Category URL 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 Remove Category URL 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 Remove Category URL 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
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO is the closest match to Remove Category URL by the data we track, and Yoast SEO has the widest reach with 10 million+ active installs. ThinkRank shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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