The standard URL structure of an online store does not always match the link format required for a particular project. Product pages may need short URLs or, alternatively, a full path that reflects the catalog category structure.
SEO URL Plugin for JoomShopping 5+ extends JoomShopping routing and lets you choose the URL structure used for product pages.
Short product URLs or a full catalog path.
Choose the link structure that best matches your store architecture.
Two URL structure options
The plugin supports two main ways to build product page URLs.
Short URLs
A product can use a short address without category segments in the URL.
site/product
Full catalog path
The product URL can preserve the category and subcategory structure of the catalog.
site/category/subcategory/product
Short product URLs
If the category structure should not appear in the product address, you can use the short URL mode.
In this mode, the product page address does not depend on category depth and remains compact:
This option can be useful for stores that require the simplest possible product URL structure.
URLs with category structure
If you want the URL to reflect the catalog hierarchy, you can use the full product path.
example.com/category/subcategory/product
In this mode, the URL reflects the product's position inside the JoomShopping category structure.
One URL structure across the catalog
The plugin lets you define a consistent product URL pattern and apply it across the JoomShopping catalog.
This helps avoid a mixed structure where some products use one type of link and others use a different one.
Clean URLs without complex routing rules
You do not need to create complicated routing rules manually for individual products.
The plugin extends the standard JoomShopping routing process and generates product addresses according to the selected mode.
Important:
changing the URL structure of an already indexed store should be planned carefully. Old addresses should be redirected to the new ones to avoid duplicate URLs and broken links.
Together with the JoomShopping sitemap plugin
After choosing the product URL structure, it is important to ensure that the current product addresses are included in the XML sitemap.
For this purpose, you can use
Sitemap Plugin for JoomShopping 5+
,
which integrates store pages with JL Sitemap.
SEO URLs
Define the URL structure used for product pages.
Sitemap Plugin
Adds current catalog pages to the XML sitemap.
Together with Basic Product SEO
URL structure is only one part of preparing product pages for SEO.
To generate Alias, Title, Meta Description, and other SEO fields in bulk, you can additionally use
Basic Product SEO for JoomShopping 5+
.
A practical combination:
choose the required URL structure → fill product SEO fields → include current addresses in the XML sitemap.
Main features
- SEO-friendly product URLs for JoomShopping;
- short URL structure
site/product;
- full URL structure
site/category/subcategory/product;
- selectable product URL structure;
- consistent URL pattern across the catalog;
- integration with JoomShopping routing;
- no need to create complex rules for individual products.
SEO URL Plugin for JoomShopping 5+ lets you choose how product addresses are structured in your store: as short URLs or with the full category hierarchy preserved in the path.