Add to the above, one cannot change the category names associated with the product CPT either. That ability seems to have been removed as well.
What is the proper way then to make changes to category names and product names that are located inside the BCtoWP CPT?
Ok, to change product permalinks in the BC4WP you actually use the SEO tools on the product admin page in BC.
Go to “SEO & Sharing” and change the Product URL to anything you want.
I don’t see any mechanism for doing this with category terms.
Hi Topher
Thank you for your response. So under “Edit a Product” > Other Details I see “Search Engine Optimization”. There I can change the Product URL. This basically gets me full circle back to
/tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/
I imagine if I changed it inside BigCommerce as you say… like to
/tents/tent-camping/new-name/
I’d end up with
/products/tents-tent-camping-new-name/
or from what I’ve read on other peoples post on this subject there will be not change at all and it’ll stay at:
/products/tents-tent-camping-safir-15-cp/
Since I am going to be using WordPress as my front end I basically am going to have to redo every product page from a SEO standpoint. From 301 redirects to Information Architecture. I really do not want to touch the current page names inside Big Commerce since those pages have been set that way since 2012 when we built that site from the ground up on a Big Commerce template.
Is there any other way?
Thank you for your help,
Ron
In this example: /tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/ I’d like to identify what those pieces are, and then we can talk about how to change them.
The post type slug for BC4WP is /products/. In your example able it’s /tents/. If all you’re selling is tents then you can go into the customizer and change products to tents.
/tent-camping/ would be a category slug, and you can get that by putting your product into that category.
/safir-15-cp/ is the the actual product slug, and can be changed in the SEO field in BC.
One last thing to try if you need something different is https://permalinkmanager.pro/ I’ve never used it and I don’t know how it would affect syncing, but it would be a good experiment.
This is how it’s setup inside BC
1. The Main category URL (under BC Category Details) is /tents/ for Nordic Tipi Tents. This is 1 of 6 main categories.
2. The Sub-category URL (under Nordic Tipi Tents) is /tents/tent-camping/ for Safir Tent Series
3. The Product Search Engine Optimization (under BC Products > Other Details) is /tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/. This is how anyone on the world wide web can access this page. Don’t want to touch it… it’s already working, done deal.
I then installed BC4WP and synched up a “Fresh” install of WP, with the existing current BC website. After that I have the below
1. I have a category in WP titled “Nordic Tipi Tents” with the slug
/tents/. If I view page it goes to:
/products/categories/tents/
2. I have a category in WP titled “— Safir Tent Series” under the above Nordic Tipi Tents category with the slug /tent-camping/ . If I view page in WP I go to /products/categories/tent-camping/
3. If I go to the product page Safir-15 CP, it is assigned to the sub category of Safir Tent Series which is a child of Nordic Tipi Tents. The BC product URL for SEO is set too /tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/. If I view page in WP I go to:
/products/tents-tent-camping-safir-15-cp/
What I would like to do is change the permalink so it goes to:
/products/safir-15-cp/ on the WordPress side of this sticky web. This is much cleaner URL and removed some outdated SEO category-naming tactics that worked in 2012. When I go live with the new WP website I will have a 301 redirect in place to handle this transition… i.e.
/tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/ redirects to /products/safir-15-cp/
I’d prefer not to add another plugin (that maynot work) to do something that is native to WordPress… which is edit permalinks. Was there a reason why BC development removed that feature? If I promise not to do anything stupid can I get it back?
Hey @webvisuals! Good news, this was a recent bug that has been fixed within the past week. Please reach back out if you are still experiencing issues, after updating!
Hi Heather, thank you so much for the update. I will let you know how it goes.
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This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by
webvisuals.
Hi Heather,
I did not see any change in the latest update to BigcommerceforWordPress v. 4.6. Permalinks remain uneditable inside Products on the WordPress side. Was there another way that I do not see?
thank you for your help,
Ron
Is setting up the Product URL Settings and Category URL Settings inside BigCommerce Store Settings messing with Permalinks editability on the WordPress side? For Products I have it set to custom with this /%category%/%productname%/.
And for Category I have it set to custom with this /%parent%/%categoryname%/ .
I’d appreciate any insight into this… this little bit is holding up the whole website development using this Plugin. I have such high hopes so I’m looking forward to yours or Topher’s response.
Ron
Hey Ron, I’d be curious see if this could help you: https://wordpress.org/plugins/permalinks-customizer/
Thank you Topher. I might be able to get by without it now that I know I can change “Products” and “Categories” to whatever I want in the Appearance Customizer and changing the product permalink with SEO settings in Products. I didn’t really want to have to do a automatic 301 redirect inside BC (since it’s now makes it slower) in order to change the permalinks in WP but sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
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This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by webvisuals.
Hey Ron, @webvisuals, in case you decide that isn’t ideal anymore or if you’d like to push this up to our team, I’d say it’d be best to report an issue against the latest version of the plugin on the github repo & open a partner ticket, as well.
Thanks!
