Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with the tag base in WordPress. It seems that even after activating the option to remove the tag base in Rank Math, the base is still appearing in your URLs.
To ensure that the tag base is removed correctly, please follow these steps:
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Check Settings: Make sure you have enabled the Remove Tag Base option in Rank Math. You can find this setting under Rank Math SEO → General Settings → Links.

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Permalink Structure: After enabling the option, go to Settings → Permalinks in your WordPress dashboard and simply click Save Changes. This refreshes your permalink settings and can help apply the changes.
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Flush Rewrite Rules: Sometimes, you may need to flush the rewrite rules. You can do this by visiting the Permalinks settings page and saving it again as mentioned above.
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Check for Conflicts: Ensure that there are no other plugins or settings that might be conflicting with Rank Math’s functionality regarding tag bases.
If you have followed these steps and the issue persists, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will take over and assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern!
Sources:
How to Remove the Category Base From WordPress » Rank Math
Hello,
Please note that the remove base option is only applicable to category pages.
In this case, you may need to use a permalink manager plugin to modify your tag’s permalinks that can specifically address it.
Here’s a plugin you can try and see if you can achieve that:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/permalink-manager/
Hope that helps.
Thank you, might be a nice feature to add?
Hello,
If our development team decides to go in that direction we will be sure to let everyone know through our usual communication channels.
Please feel free to create a new forum topic if you have another question in the future.
It will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.