January 26, 2023

Product Redirection for WooCommerce Plugin

Instead of deleting products which is bad for SEO, redirect them to their parent category or a custom url.

Deleting products without any redirects can result in a negative impact on your Search Engine Optimization or SEO. To prevent product deletion a notice is displayed on clicking trash to inform that they should be redirecting.

Free Version:

Notice in product manager to not delete products
Option in product to redirect to parent category or a custom url
Setting: Remove product deletion notice
Setting: Disable trash/delete on product manager

Pro Version:

Notices on product page that the product is no longer in stock
Automatic out of stock product handling
Landing pages
Product recommendations

Check out our Roadmap to see our upcoming features!

Installation

Backup WordPress
Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
Use the WooCommerce->Redirection page to configure the plugin

Screenshots

Set the redirects via the product.
Show a notice to help prevent trashing products.
Plugin settings

FAQ

Why should I use this?

Deleting products is bad for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and setting redirects through apache can lead to a huge htaccess.

Why are fields on products not loading?

If you have ACF installed already, you may need to sync the fields, as they are stored via json to reduce db calls. We built this around ACF to reduce development times and to prevent adding unnecessary code if you already have it installed.

Why does this use ACF?

Mainly to reduce the amount of time in development, but also to save resources. If you already have Advanced Custom Fields installed, then you don’t have to worry about additional code executing on product admin pages.

Changelog

1.1.9

Bugfix: Duplicate translation

1.1.8

Bugfix: Unexpected output on activation due to admin notices displaying after activation
Enhancement: Made use of namespacing to prevent class clashes
Optimized: Various code chunks

1.1.7

Added: Advanced Custom Fields standalone dependancy

1.1.6

Optimization: Refactored code in preparation for Advanced Custom Fields standalone dependancy
Added: Additional Error Handling
Fix: Deprecations

1.1.5

Fix: Versioning

1.1.4

Added: Notice to add Advanced Custom Fields as we will be removing it as a dependancy from our plugin
Enhancement: Optimized code

1.1.3

Updated: Dependencies
Fix: Deprecations. We plan to rewrite the entire plugin in a future release to remove ACF dependency and further optimize code.

1.1.2

Bugfix: ACF Header Error

1.1.1

Improved: Trash Deletion Prevention
Bugfix: ACF fields showing on posts
Bugfix: Trash Can Disable message showing on trashed products
Added: Roadmap CTA on plugins page
Adjustment: Disable trash is now set to default enabled

1.0.0

Initial Release