Force WordPress to Show Pages Instead of Category

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I am trying to create a SILO structure on one of my WordPress site.

I have always checked this option on Yoast SEO plugin “Strip the category base (usually /category/) from the category URL.”

So my category pages have this URL: sitename.com/apple/ (where “apple” is the category page)

Now I want to create a new “page” with the same slug, apple.

I can create a new “apple” page easily, however, when I go to sitename.com/apple/ the category page is displayed — instead of the newly created page.

My question: Is there a way to “override” the default priority of category over a page? I’d like to show page because I will have control over it — I can customize, add more content, and change them easily (plus, pages are going to help me structure my site better)

Appreciate your help!

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One possible solution is to not change the category base and leave as-is, but instead modify any output of a category link to strip the category base via a filter. This of course will result in a 404 if you haven’t created a page in place of where these links point, so creating a page for every category is required.

function wpa_alter_cat_links( $termlink, $term, $taxonomy ){
    if( 'category' != $taxonomy ) return $termlink;

    return str_replace( '/category', '', $termlink );
}
add_filter( 'term_link', 'wpa_alter_cat_links', 10, 3 );

You’ll probably want to test this thoroughly for any side-effects, use at your own risk!

EDIT – altering just top level category links:

function wpa_alter_cat_links( $termlink, $term, $taxonomy ){
    if( 'category' == $taxonomy && 0 == $term->parent ){
        return str_replace( '/category', '', $termlink );
    }
    return $termlink;
}
add_filter( 'term_link', 'wpa_alter_cat_links', 10, 3 );

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