Issue with Primary category and permalink

  • Resolved mdraperds

    (@mdraperds)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I am having issues when setting Primary categories, that are not being taken into consideration for the permanent link.

    Example:
    ProductA is assigned to 2 sub-categories:
    1) mysite/cat1/sub-cat1/productA
    2) mysite/cat1/sub-cat2/productA

    I select sub-cat1 as primary category, so I expect to have permalink 1).
    However, the permalink is 2).

    This behaviour is not a rule. In some products it works fine. In others it works like the example.

    Could someone explain what is happening or how to fix it?

    Thank you!
    Mariana.

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  • Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    By default the primary category does not impact the permalink structure. If you are using WooCommerce, we included a fix in the Yoast SEO WooCommerce add-on.

    If you are using another product plugin or manually creating a product post type, please contact the author or support team for the plugin to request compatibility with our primary category feature. This GitHub report may help them with the integration.

    Thread Starter mdraperds

    (@mdraperds)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I thought “Primary category” was a feature to choose permalink and keep it static.
    What is the purpose of setting the “Primary category”?

    Thank you,
    Mariana.

    Plugin Support amboutwe

    (@amboutwe)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    The primary category determines the most important category for use in breadcrumb output.

    Thread Starter mdraperds

    (@mdraperds)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I recently noticed that breadcrumb for some products has changed.
    Strange behaviour because the product Configuration is fine, but Breadcrumb is showing something different.

    ProductA is assigned to 2 sub-categories:
    (1) /cat1/sub-cat1
    (2) /cat1/sub-cat2

    Weeks ago, Primary category was set to (1) and Breadcrumb was displaying fine when visiting the site.
    Now, I noticed Breadcrumb has changed and shows (2). However, product configuration is still with (1) as primary category.

    Could this be possible? Any help?

    Yoast last version installed: 14.0.4

    Md Mazedul Islam Khan

    (@mazedulislamkhan)

    5 years, 11 months ago

    Since this is a different issue, we recommend you please submit a new topic on this forum and we’d be more than happy to look into this further for you.

    Thanks for your understanding!

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