Question

Does anyone here know how to hide child categories from permalinks? I've tried multiple ways but the only thing I can find that works is a plugin which does a 302 redirect. I'd like to avoid this if possible. Ex: instead of  
https://www.mydomain.com/category/p...-name

Answer 1

If you're using WordPress and Yoast, you can hide categories using Yoast

Answer 2

Don't use child categories?  

Answer 3

Regex and . htaccess

Answer 4

As mr @sapwood said