Problem with category URLS

Hi,

Can you confirm you are using the latest version of WordPress 5.6 and Yoast SEO for WordPress 15.6.2?

Just to clarify, you have enabled the remove categories prefix feature, and your concern is that for https://website.com/category/category-slug/, it works and redirects to https://website.com/category-slug/, but if you modify the URL in the browser to something like https://website.com/xxxxx/category-slug/ (where xxxxx is any word or phrase) and reload it, it still just redirects to https://website.com/category/? Are we understanding this correctly?

In the help center article, there is a warning:

Note: This feature can cause unexpected URL behavior and is not recommended in most cases.

So we definitely would recommend testing this out on a staging site and then determining if you want to continue using the feature.

We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved due to inactivity. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.