Remove some rewrite rules in wordpress
You can modify the global WP_Rewrite variable directly. add_action(‘init’, function(){ global $wp_rewrite; echo “<pre>”; var_dump($wp_rewrite); wp_die(); }); There are sevel properties you can adjust: $wp_rewrite->permalink_structure $wp_rewrite->use_trailing_slashes $wp_rewrite->author_base $wp_rewrite->search_base $wp_rewrite->comments_base $wp_rewrite->pagination_base $wp_rewrite->comments_pagination_base $wp_rewrite->feed_base $wp_rewrite->front $wp_rewrite->root $wp_rewrite->index $wp_rewrite->matches $wp_rewrite->rules $wp_rewrite->extra_rules $wp_rewrite->extra_rules_top $wp_rewrite->non_wp_rules $wp_rewrite->extra_permastructs $wp_rewrite->endpoints $wp_rewrite->use_verbose_rules $wp_rewrite->use_verbose_page_rules $wp_rewrite->rewritecode $wp_rewrite->rewritereplace $wp_rewrite->queryreplace $wp_rewrite->feeds And alternate removal functions: $wp_rewrite->remove_permastruct $wp_rewrite->remove_rewrite_tag