Product URL by primary category

Hi @mstudioil

Thank you for reaching out — we’re happy to help!

I have products using more than one category, now the URL is show the latest category I selected, how do I set it to use the primary category?

As I understand, you are interested in replacing the currently last category associated with products in your store’s URL, with the primary set for them. Am I getting this?

Just to be sure, is this set up using only default WooCommerce functionality, or otherwise?

The permalink documentation can be found linked here, for reference.

Moreover, feel free to take a look at a premium plugin like Custom Permalinks for WooCommerce, as it can be utilized to further customize the permalinks at a store.

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I hope this is helpful! Please let us know if you have any further questions about this matter, or if we misinterpret your concern in any way. We will be happy to help you further.

The “Product permalinks” is set to “Custom base” with /some-text/%product_cat%/

I also have “Product category base” and “Product tag base” with some text.

The “Permalink structure” is set to “Post name”

I don’t understand the link you sent me, all I want it the product is the primary category and not the ?latest category on the URL, is create problems with the SEO every time the site owner wants to update the structure of the site and add categories to the product.

Why not keeping the primary category always?

Hi there,

Thanks again for getting back to us.

I understand that you’re having some issues with the URL structure of your products and how it affects your SEO.

It seems you want the product’s primary category to always be displayed in the URL, regardless of any new categories that are added.

In WooCommerce, the product permalink does not automatically default to the primary category. This is because WooCommerce uses WordPress’s built-in functionality for permalinks.

However, in order to achieve this, you’ll need the help of a plugin such as custom permalinks for WooCommerce. This will help you customize the permalinks in your store.

I hope this helps.

I don’t understand how this will help me

Hi @mstudioil,

I just tested this on a fresh install of WooCommerce and I was able to determine that the category used for the permalink will be the last category on the list of categories from the ones you select (not the last category you apply).

However, I wanted to let you know that I’m reviewing using the Custom Permalinks for WooCommerce extension, in addition to Yoast SEO, to select a primary category. Here’s the related documentation: https://woocommerce.com/document/custom-permalinks-for-woocommerce/#section-3.

I’ll keep you posted with my findings after some tests are complete and I have a word with the devs to be 100% sure this will work for you!

Cheers!
-OP

Hi there @mstudioil,

So good news, I just tested this on my site and I can confirm it works like a charm! ?? See for instance:

These are the permalink settings I used with the Custom Permalinks for WooCommerce Plugin:

I hope this helps!

And the best part is you can even use even further customize your WooCommerce permalinks to make them stand out even more! Check the plugin page and its documentation for more details.

Cheers!
-OP

What if I buy it and it don’t work? I need to ask the client about this.

Hi @mstudioil

Here at WooCommerce.com, we’ve got you covered with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Feel free to cancel if the extension doesn’t meet your expectations, and we’ll happily refund your money.

I hope this clarifies your concern. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

OK, thanks, how can I send more questions on email about this? I know we can’t talk the plugin you wrote about here.

Hey, @mstudioil!

You can get Presales support for the plugin here: https://woocommerce.com/my-account/contact-support/

Please let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help or if you have any questions.

Have a wonderful day!

OK, thanks