Category base not enforced

[scribu]

If the permalink structure begins with /%category%/ the category base is not enforced.

​http://www.example.com/category-base/category-slug
​http://www.example.com/category-base/category-slug/article-name

are the same as

​http://www.example.com/anything-else123/category-slug
​http://www.example.com/whatever/category-slug/article-name

[Otto42]

I don't see that this is a legit issue. It's not enforcing a base at that point because you've found a matching rule for the category, and it's in the single-post rules. Not all possible custom permalink setups allow for all possible combinations.

Suggest this should be wontfix.

[scribu]

But if I set the category base to something and include it in the permalink structure of single posts, shouldn't an URL that has that category base changed result in a 404?

[ryan]

Closing as wontfix per Otto42's remarks.