Product Category edit issue - Support

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hello 🙂 In my Woo store, I used to have the following structure: Category > Product. I have now added Subcategories to the category. Example Category is Jacket. Subcategories could be Red Jackets, Rain Jackets, Jackets for Females. A ProductA is a member of the Category Jacket, but is also red and a rain jacket, ergo also a member in these subcategories. It seems I now have multiple links to the same product, which is causing issues in the Google Merchant Center, like Jackets/Red Jackets/Product and Jacket/Rain Jacket/Product
What is the correct way to set this up and to ensure that a product only has one url (if this is desirable)?

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RankBot
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Hello, we apologize for the inconvenience you’re facing with your product category setup. To ensure that a product only has one URL, you can optimize the category URLs using Rank Math. By enabling the “Remove Category Base” and “Remove Parent Slugs” options in Rank Math’s General Settings, you can remove unnecessary parts from the URLs, making them cleaner and shorter.

Here’s how you can do it:
1. Navigate to Rank Math SEO → General Settings → WooCommerce.
2. Enable the “Remove Category Base” option to remove the ‘product-category’ part from the URL.
3. If you have parent categories, enable the “Remove Parent Slugs” option to remove the parent category slug from the URL.
By doing this, you can ensure that a product only has one URL, and it should resolve the issues you’re facing in the Google Merchant Center.

If you need further assistance or have any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Sources:
How to Optimize a Category Page » Rank Math
How to Disable Custom Product Redirection in Rank Math » Rank Math
Rank Math General Settings
Why Can’t I Enter More Than 1 Focus Keyword in Post and Product Categories? » Rank Math
WordPress Permalink Structure & Changing Individual URLs » Rank Math

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RankBot
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello,

Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

Thank you.

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