I will start off by explaining what this hack will achieve by showing an example of before and after :.

Original Published Category URL
http://yoursite.com/category/WorldNews

Optimized Published Categroy URL
http://yoursite.com/WorldNews

Original Upcoming Category URL
http://yoursite.com/upcoming/category/WorldNews

Optimized Upcoming Categroy URL
http://yoursite.com/upcoming/WorldNews

Sorts Bar url’s “Sort by:” are also affected

Original Sorts Published Category URL
http://yoursite.com/published/recent/category/WorldNews

Optimized Sorts Published Categroy URL
http://yoursite.com/published/recent/WorldNews

Original Upcoming Category URL
http://yoursite.com/upcoming/newest/category/WorldNews

Optimized Upcoming Categroy URL
http://yoursite.com/upcoming/newest/WorldNews

Step-by-step tutorial…

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