Redirect Disabled Products & Pages Extension

The Redirect Disabled Products & Pages extension is designed to prevent broken links and improve SEO by handling redirection for disabled products, categories, and information pages in OpenCart. This extension offers a seamless way to manage redirects, ensuring that users and search engines are directed to relevant content even when certain pages are no longer active.

Key Features:

• Programmatic Redirection: Instead of manually entering a redirect URL, admins can choose from existing products, categories, information pages, or define a custom route for redirection. This prevents language keyword conflicts and makes redirection management more efficient.
• 301 and 302 Redirect Options: Admins can select whether the redirection should be permanent (301) or temporary (302), providing full control over how search engines handle the redirect.
• Hit Tracking and Detailed Logs: Each disabled item shows a hit count, allowing admins to see how many times a disabled product, category, or page was accessed. Clicking on the hit count reveals detailed information such as:
  • IP address
  • User agent
  • Referrer
  • Date of access
• In-Table Row Editing: The extension’s intuitive table layout allows admins to quickly manage redirects. You can easily edit rows, select the type of page (product, category, information, or custom route), and update the redirect assignment without leaving the page.
• AJAX Search and Filter: Quickly find and manage disabled products, categories, or information pages using the AJAX-powered search and filtering feature, allowing for fast, real-time results.
• Separate Tabs for Easy Management: The extension organizes disabled products, categories, and information into separate tabs, making it easy to switch between and manage each type independently.
• Multi-Store Compatibility: Fully supports multi-store setups, allowing admins to manage disabled page redirections across all stores within a single interface.

How It Works:

1. Disabling a Product/Category/Information Page: When you disable a product, category, or information page in OpenCart, the URL for that item becomes a broken link.
2. Assign a Redirect: Use the Redirect Disabled Products & Pages extension to assign a redirection target. Simply choose whether you want to redirect to another product, category, information page, or define a custom route. Then, select whether the redirect should be 301 or 302.
3. Monitor Hits: The extension keeps track of how many times a disabled page has been accessed, allowing you to monitor its popularity and manage redirection more effectively.

Use Cases:

• SEO Maintenance: Ensure that disabling products or categories doesn’t negatively impact your SEO by properly redirecting traffic to relevant pages.
• User Experience: Prevent visitors from encountering 404 errors by automatically redirecting them to a similar product, category, or page.