Prestashop 1.6 activate friendly URL

ybierling September 4, 2016July 4, 2017 admin, configuration, en, friendly, Prestashop, SEO, setup, shop, technology, URL, URLs, web

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.

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : non friendly URL

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : friendly URL

To do so, login to your Prestashop admin page.

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : admin login page

Go to the Preferences > SEO & URLs menu.

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : SEO & URLs menu selection

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

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : friendly URL set to NO

Click on YES, and Save your changes.

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : save change friendly URL set to YES

You should see the confirmation message.

Prestashop, activate friendly URL : settings change confirmation

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.