Title: remove_rewrite_tag
Published: April 12, 2016
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# remove_rewrite_tag( string $tag )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Removes an existing rewrite tag (like %postname%).

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$tag`stringrequired

Name of the rewrite tag.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function remove_rewrite_tag( $tag ) {
    	global $wp_rewrite;
    	$wp_rewrite->remove_rewrite_tag( $tag );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rewrite.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php#L188)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/rewrite.php#L188-L191)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Rewrite::remove_rewrite_tag()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rewrite/remove_rewrite_tag/)`wp-includes/class-wp-rewrite.php` |

Removes an existing rewrite tag.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Taxonomy::remove_rewrite_rules()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_taxonomy/remove_rewrite_rules/)`wp-includes/class-wp-taxonomy.php` |

Removes any rewrite rules, permastructs, and rules for the taxonomy.

  | 
| [WP_Post_Type::remove_rewrite_rules()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_post_type/remove_rewrite_rules/)`wp-includes/class-wp-post-type.php` |

Removes any rewrite rules, permastructs, and rules for the post type.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_rewrite_tag/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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