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By default, WooCommerce appends category names in product URLs. This plugin removes the category name from the URL if it matches the product name, making the URLs cleaner and more SEO-friendly.<\/p>\n\n<p>Key Features:\n   - Removes category name from product URLs when it matches the product name.\n   - Ensures more SEO-friendly and shorter URLs for products.\n   - Works seamlessly with WooCommerce and custom product categories.\n   - Automatically filters and optimizes category and product URLs.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Configuration<\/h3>\n\n<ol>\n<li>After activation, go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Permalinks<\/strong> in the WordPress admin panel.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the <strong>Category base<\/strong> is set to your preferred value (e.g., <code>\/shop<\/code> or leave it blank).<\/li>\n<li>The plugin will automatically start filtering and optimizing your product category URLs based on product names.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3>How It Works<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Before Activation<\/strong>: By default, WooCommerce product URLs may look like this:<\/p>\n\n<p>example.com\/product-category\/category-name\/product-name\/<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p><strong>After Activation<\/strong>: If the product's name matches the category name, the category name is removed:<\/p>\n\n<p>example.com\/product-name\/<\/p>\n\n<p>This makes your URLs more concise, cleaner, and SEO-friendly.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>License<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0). You can freely use, modify, and distribute the plugin under the terms of this license.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Credits<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin is developed and maintained by <strong>Xpert Dezine IT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li><p><strong>Search and Install Directly<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>From your WordPress admin dashboard, go to <strong>Plugins<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Add New<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In the search bar, type \"SEO-friendly Product Category URL by XD\".<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Install Now<\/strong> on the plugin page.<\/li>\n<li>After installation, click <strong>Activate<\/strong> to enable the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Manual Installation (Optional)<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Download the plugin zip file.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Plugins<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Add New<\/strong> in your WordPress admin panel.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Upload Plugin<\/strong>, choose the downloaded file, and click <strong>Install Now<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>After installation, click <strong>Activate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='q%3A%20will%20this%20plugin%20work%20with%20custom%20product%20categories%3F'><h3>Q: Will this plugin work with custom product categories?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A: Yes, this plugin is compatible with custom WooCommerce product categories and will optimize URLs based on category name and product name.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='q%3A%20do%20i%20need%20to%20flush%20rewrite%20rules%20after%20installation%3F'><h3>Q: Do I need to flush rewrite rules after installation?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A: Yes, after installing the plugin, go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Permalinks<\/strong> and click <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> to refresh the rewrite rules.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='q%3A%20what%20happens%20if%20the%20product%20name%20does%20not%20match%20the%20category%20name%3F'><h3>Q: What happens if the product name does not match the category name?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A: If the product name does not match the category name, the URL will retain the category name as part of the URL.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id='q%3A%20how%20do%20i%20disable%20this%20plugin%3F'><h3>Q: How do I disable this plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A: To disable the plugin, simply go to the <strong>Plugins<\/strong> page in the WordPress admin panel and click <strong>Deactivate<\/strong> next to this plugin.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Initial release of the plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"SEO-friendly Product Category URL by XD is a plugin designed to optimize your WooCommerce product category URLs for SEO.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/214291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214291"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/muhammadalikhizar"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=214291"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=214291"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=214291"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=214291"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yor.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=214291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}