WPML

Yoast SEO – Strip the category base does not work in the second language

Published 2016-02-15 · Updated 2019-03-25
Status
Resolved
Reported for
WPML Multilingual CMS 3.3.6
Resolved in
4.2.5
Related plugin/theme
Yoast SEO

Overview of the issue

The ‘Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.’ from Yoast SEO plugin does not work with WPML.

strip category base WP SEO

When you activate this option in Yoast SEO plugin (Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.), the categories in other language give 404 errors.

Workaround

Disable that option in Yoast SEO plugin and use this plugin instead https://wordpress.org/plugins/no-category-base-wpml/

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