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I'd prefer to not use the category pages of my WordPress install - my question is - does anyone see a "WordPress" contradiction or an error that might arise if I redirect "Category" pages to another page? Would I be doing something against the "integrity" of the WordPress architecture and/ or construction?

Thanks!

I'd prefer to not use the category pages of my WordPress install - my question is - does anyone see a "WordPress" contradiction or an error that might arise if I redirect "Category" pages to another page? Would I be doing something against the "integrity" of the WordPress architecture and/ or construction?

Thanks!

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• If you're not going to use the category pages, why use categories at all? – Jacob Peattie Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 2:48
• One may not want to show categories in the front-end, but systematically manage the content in the backend. By the way, this is kind one the use cases for a headless WordPress – Celso Bessa Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 3:28
• @henry You can do the redirect, it's up to you... But you probably just need to customize the category pages, or change their permalink structures. – Sally CJ Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 3:34

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TL;DR: no contradiction, no error, no "sin" against the integrity.

WordPress is flexible enough that you may decide to use what is best for use case. Wanna get rid of a taxonomy or all taxonomies? Go for it. In fact, i think this is kinda one the use cases for a headless WordPress.