Simple Product URL

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Overview

A configurable product appears to be a single product with lists of options for each variant. However, each option represents a separate product.

Redirect a product to a parent configurable product page:

• Increase conversion. Customers are more likely to purchase a product if they can see all the available options and compare them side-by-side.
• Simplify decision-making. A configurable product page displays all available options, making it faster and easier to find the right product, minimizing purchase deliberation and decision fatigue.
• Improve SEO. A configurable product page with many possible options will have a higher page ranking than many simple products.
• Reduce customer confusion. Eliminating duplicate product pages for simple variants, ensuring a smoother and more focused customer shopping experience.

Pre-select a configurable product options when redirecting from child products:

• Simplify decision-making. Streamlines the decision-making process for customers, minimizing decision fatigue.

Show selected variant URL of a configurable product in a browser address bar both when redirecting and when selecting other configurable product options:

• Increase sales. Bookmark or share for later purchase selected variant URL of a configurable product.

Show original (canonical) selected variant URL to:

• Reduce customer confusion. Preventing customers from seeing products with the similar and unreadable URLs.

Features

• Support Dropdown, Visual Swatch, Text Swatch attribute input types.
• Support for redirection of Simple or Virtual product types.
• No reloads and no AJAX requests when selecting a product.
• Plugins are used to prevent conflicts among modules.
• Meets Magento Coding Standard.
• Tested and verified by Adobe Extension Quality Program.

Install

Use Composer to install the module or get the code for review:

• Log in to your Marketplace account that purchased the module.
• Add or update your Access Keys i.e. <Public Key> and <Private Key> for Adobe Commerce Marketplace repository in auth.json using the following command:

composer config --auth http-basic.repo.magento.com <Public Key> <Private Key> # Add or update Access Keys in auth.json
# e.g. composer config --auth http-basic.repo.magento.com 39b747b8ab1d624582bb3n1a09deb489 31b9fce4cb78f523fd34aa3abb90c89c

• Execute the following commands:

composer require vct/simpleproducturl # Install the module using Composer
bin/magento setup:upgrade --safe-mode=1 # Update the database schema and data
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy --force # Deploy static view files

• The module was installed in vendor/vct directory.

Info

Optional execute in production mode:

bin/magento setup:di:compile # Recompile the code in production mode

Tip

Help for common issues is on the FAQ page.
For further assistance, contact me by email vct.vendor@gmail.com.

Get your authentication keys and install an extension in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.

Update

Use Composer to update the module or get the code for review:

composer require --update-with-dependencies vct/simpleproducturl # Update the module using Composer
bin/magento setup:upgrade --safe-mode=1 # Update the database schema and data
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy --force # Deploy static view files

Execute only in production mode:

bin/magento setup:di:compile # Recompile the code in production mode

Upgrade an extension in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.

Uninstall

Execute the following commands to uninstall a module:

bin/magento module:uninstall Vct_SimpleProductUrl # Uninstall module
bin/magento setup:upgrade --safe-mode=1 # Update the database schema and data
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy --force # Deploy static view files

Uninstall modules in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.

Configure

Important

Flush Magento Cache in System Cache Management after configuration change to see the changes!

Clean and flush cache types in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.

Tip

Use Use System Value / Use Default / Use Website checkbox to the right of the setting to set the default value.

Use system value in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.

Redirect To Parent

For example, a product has the URL /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-green.html. This product is one of the child products (variants) of the configurable product with URL /mona-pullover-hoodie.html.

Config	Redirect To Parent
Admin path	VCT Simple Product URL General
Type	Yes No
Default	No
Description	Yes to redirect or No to not redirect the product e.g. /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-green.html to the configurable product page e.g. /mona-pullover-hoodie.html.

Important

Valid only for Simple or Virtual products with visibility other than Not Visible Individually that have available configurable parent product.

Issue

URL after redirect or when selecting a simple child product e.g.: /catalog/product/view/id/1799/s/breathe-easy-tank-xs-yellow/category/26/.

Fix

Check that this simple child product has a visibility other than Not Visible Individually.

Displayed URL

For example, a product has the URL /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-green.html. This product is one of the child products (variants) of the configurable product with URL /mona-pullover-hoodie.html.

Config	Displayed URL
Admin path	VCT Simple Product URL General
Depends on	Redirect To Parent
Type	Selected Variant URL Parent URL + Selected Variant Options
Default	Selected Variant URL
Description	Selected Variant URL to display selected product URL e.g. /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-green.html. Parent URL + Selected Variant Options to display parent product URL with a options of pre-selected variant e.g. /mona-pullover-hoodie.html#143=167&93=53.

Selected Variant URL reduces confusion for customers by preventing them from seeing products with the similar and unreadable URL, e.g.:

• /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-green.html instead of /mona-pullover-hoodie.html#143=167&93=53.
• /mona-pullover-hoodie-s-red.html instead of /mona-pullover-hoodie.html#143=167&93=54.

For example, Parent URL, Parent URL + Selected Variant Options, Selected Variant URL:

Save URL In Browser History

Config	Save URL In Browser History
Admin path	VCT Simple Product URL General
Depends on	Redirect To Parent
Type	Yes No
Default	No
Description	Yes to save or No to not save URL in the browser history when switching between configurable product variants. If set to Yes and the Back button is pressed in the browser, the previous selected variant will be selected instead of going back to the previous page.

Known issues

Internal simple product URL

Issue

URL after redirect or when selecting a simple child product e.g.: /catalog/product/view/id/1799/s/breathe-easy-tank-xs-yellow/category/26/.

Fix

Check that this simple child product has a visibility other than Not Visible Individually.

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

Issue

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error may appear when Blocks HTML output cache is disabled.

Fix

Enable Blocks HTML output cache in System Cache Management.

Enable or disable cache types in the Adobe Commerce Documentation.