A simple plugin that adds a rewrite rule for categories to redirect to the latest post in that category.

Example:

Please note the prefix latest/ in the url path.

https://example.org/latest/category/uncategorised  redirects to

https://example.org/hello-world/ or https://example.org/?p=123 (depending on permalink settings)

The method is really generic and should work with custom and complex modifications to rewrite rules and categories.

Tested compatibility:

– built-in categories
– Easy Digital Downloads

https://example.org/latest/downloads/category/my_category/ to

https://example.org/downloads/mydigitaldownload/