diff --git a/news/changelog-1.6.md b/news/changelog-1.6.md
index f1756e6d1c..ed389e9758 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.6.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.6.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ All changes included in 1.6:
 
 - ([#10268](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10268)]): `quarto create` supports opening project in Positron, in addition to VS Code and RStudio IDE.
 
+## Quarto Blog
+
+- ([#10710](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/10710)): Fix an issue with categorie badges as links in the blog post header.
+
 ## Engines
 
 ### `julia`
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js b/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
index 39e6869927..3c24c295ff 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
+++ b/src/resources/formats/html/quarto.js
@@ -225,7 +225,10 @@ window.document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (_event) {
   }
 
   async function findAndActivateCategories() {
-    const currentPagePath = offsetAbsoluteUrl(window.location.href);
+    // Categories search with listing only use path without query
+    const currentPagePath = offsetAbsoluteUrl(
+      window.location.origin + window.location.pathname
+    );
     const response = await fetch(offsetRelativeUrl("listings.json"));
     if (response.status == 200) {
       return response.json().then(function (listingPaths) {
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/.gitignore b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/.gitignore
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/.gitignore
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/_quarto.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/_quarto.yml
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/_quarto.yml
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/index.qmd
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/index.qmd
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/_metadata.yml b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/_metadata.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/_metadata.yml
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/_metadata.yml
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/image.jpg
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/post-with-code/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/index.qmd
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/post-with-code/index.qmd
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/post-with-code/index.qmd
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/welcome/index.qmd b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/index.qmd
similarity index 89%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/welcome/index.qmd
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/index.qmd
index 597353245e..b8cb583f96 100644
--- a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/welcome/index.qmd
+++ b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/index.qmd
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ This is the first post in a Quarto blog. Welcome!
 
 ![](thumbnail.jpg)
 
+## About image listing {#img-lst}
+
 Since this post doesn't specify an explicit `image`, the first image in the post will be used in the listing page of posts.
diff --git a/tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg b/tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/docs/playwright/blog/listing-search/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
rename to tests/docs/playwright/blog/simple-blog/posts/welcome/thumbnail.jpg
diff --git a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-listing-search.spec.ts b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-listing-search.spec.ts
rename to tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
index 86c4d18184..2de55c2858 100644
--- a/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-listing-search.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/playwright/tests/blog-simple-blog.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getUrl } from "../src/utils.js";
 
 test('List.js is correctly patch to allow searching with lowercase and uppercase', 
   async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto(getUrl('blog/listing-search/_site/'));
+    await page.goto(getUrl('blog/simple-blog/_site/'));
     await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').click();
     await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').fill('Code');
     await page.getByPlaceholder('Filter').press('Enter');
@@ -21,3 +21,14 @@ test('List.js is correctly patch to allow searching with lowercase and uppercase
     await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Post With Code' })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Welcome To My Blog' })).toBeHidden();
 });
+
+test('Categories link are clickable', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto(getUrl('blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/'));
+  await page.locator('div').filter({ hasText: /^news$/ }).click();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/_site\/index\.html#category=news$/);
+  await expect(page.locator('div.category[data-category="news"]')).toHaveClass(/active/);
+  await page.goto(getUrl('blog/simple-blog/_site/posts/welcome/#img-lst'));
+  await page.locator('div').filter({ hasText: /^news$/ }).click();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/_site\/index\.html#category=news$/);
+  await expect(page.locator('div.category[data-category="news"]')).toHaveClass(/active/);
+});
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