Optimizing the friendly urls of your products (link_rewrite)

When creating and/or modifying products via Sc, the link_rewrite is automatically updated.

However, if the link_rewrite is not created or modified, check whether the option in your PrestaShop backoffice > Settings > Products: Force update of friendly URL is enabled.

If the friendly urls are not up to date, the solution is to modify the product names, which will update the link_rewrite automatically - if, of course, the above-mentioned option is activated.

To make things quick and easy, you can use Store Commander's csv export and import tools.

Your CSV export will include the fields: id_product and name

Add ‘name’ for each language you want to modify.

Once the file is exported, no changes need to be made to before importing the file.

Tip: use the “load fields by name” option, symbolised by⚡for your mapping to be automatically filled 😊.

During the import process, we'll change the name(s) of the id_product(s) (delete to restore the same names). This name modification will automatically update the friendly URLs.

If you do not wish to activate the PrestaShop backoffice simplified URL update option, you can still use Sc's export and import tools by including the:

• id_product (your import identifier)

• name

• link_rewrite

Your import will modify the name and/or the link_rewrite using the values indicated in the file.