Prestashop SEO URL optimization

PrestaShop SEO friendly URL

After having setup your shop, you might to have friendly URLs, meaning readable links to your content, for Prestashop 1.5 and 1.6.

Non readable default URL : http://www.maleraffine.com/index.php?id_product=8&controller=product

Readable friendly URL : http://www.maleraffine.com/cufflinks/8-cufflinks-pillars.html

In short: go to the admin page, and activate the “Friendly URL” option in “SEO & URLs” menu.

How to do SEO for your website

To do so, login to your Prestashop admin page.

Go to the Preferences > SEO & URLs menu.

From there, scroll down to the “SET UP URLS” section, you will see the “Friendly URL” option set to NO.

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Click on YES, and Save your changes.

You should see the confirmation message.

Now, go back to your Prestashop site (click on the logo on the top left, or just enter manually the root URL, in the example http://www.maleraffine.com), and click on any product – you should see the change in the URL.

Problem description

How to do SEO for your website, PrestaShop SEO friendly URL, PrestaShop SEO optimization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are effective strategies for optimizing SEO-friendly URLs in PrestaShop to improve search visibility and rankings?

Utilize PrestaShop’s built-in SEO options to customize URLs by ensuring they are short, descriptive, and include relevant keywords. Enabling friendly URL options and rewriting URLs to remove IDs and parameters can significantly enhance SEO performance.