Remove parent category from Permalink

i have the same question on having the permalink without the child category name: subcategory in wordpress:
https://example.com/apple/pie/recipe/ –>
https://example.com/apple/recipe/

is that posible?

I am also looking for the answer. I remember there was a plugin to do this but cant find now.

I’d like to remove all parent categories altogether.

So in the first example, it should just show:
https://example.com/recipe/

If anyone can find a solution, that’d be great!

There is an older WP 2.3 one called Remove Parents https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/remove-parents and it seems to work OK in WP 2.7 removing the top level parent but not 2nd or add’l level parents. So, if you’re 2 deep, it should work OK for you.

For WordPress 2.7 or higher
open wp-includes/category-template.php
find

$catlink = str_replace( '%category%', $category_nicename, $catlink );

add below

$p = get_category_parents( $category->parent, false, '/', true );
$catlink = str_replace($p, '', $catlink);

save and upload

this little script removes the parent category from Permalink