Remove product-category slug from Woocommerce

remove-woo-slug.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Remove product-category slug
Plugin URI: https://timersys.com/
Description: Check if url slug matches a woocommerce product category and use it instead
Version: 0.1
Author: Timersys
License: GPLv2 or later
*/

add_filter('request', function( $vars ) {
	global $wpdb;
	if( ! empty( $vars['pagename'] ) || ! empty( $vars['category_name'] ) || ! empty( $vars['name'] ) || ! empty( $vars['attachment'] ) ) {
		$slug = ! empty( $vars['pagename'] ) ? $vars['pagename'] : ( ! empty( $vars['name'] ) ? $vars['name'] : ( !empty( $vars['category_name'] ) ? $vars['category_name'] : $vars['attachment'] ) );
		$exists = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT t.term_id FROM $wpdb->terms t LEFT JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'product_cat' AND t.slug = %s" ,array( $slug )));
		if( $exists ){
			$old_vars = $vars;
			$vars = array('product_cat' => $slug );
			if ( !empty( $old_vars['paged'] ) || !empty( $old_vars['page'] ) )
				$vars['paged'] = ! empty( $old_vars['paged'] ) ? $old_vars['paged'] : $old_vars['page'];
			if ( !empty( $old_vars['orderby'] ) )
	 	        	$vars['orderby'] = $old_vars['orderby'];
      			if ( !empty( $old_vars['order'] ) )
 			        $vars['order'] = $old_vars['order'];	
		}
	}
	return $vars;
});

Hi,

thanks to the developer to crate this project/plugin.

By the way, can I suggest to you to add (if is possible) the same filter to left the product-tag-slag as well?

Cheers,
ifurlo

Hi!
Works great but the old url still remains. I guess i need something to redirect all /product-category/ to the new urls. Do you have any ideas on that. I could do it manually for all categories I have right know but the ones that will be added i wish not to do the redirect manually.

Hi, this works well for me in our shop, but for one problem:

It breaks on 3rd level product categories, i.e.
/clothes/shirts/longsleeve/ --- will create a "page not found"
/clothes/shirts/ --- is fine, works without problems

I don't really know why, there does not seem to be a level restriction in the code, but as soon as I create 3rd level categories they don't get resolved. So for now I just restrict our shop to 2 category levels. Maybe someone can have a look at the code and find out why this is happening?

Thanks,
Sebastian

OK, so I added the additional piece of code from here:
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/258085/87947

This was to fix the problem where it didn't want to work on 3rd level of product categories.

The pagination seems to be broken now, If I click on page 2/3/etc it takes me to a product. Is there something I can do to curb that?

I want to remove product-tag also

Dont work for me - ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

Hi,
Am new to SEO. I would Like to know how to remove .php from my site.
How to make friendly URL for my site. if u don't bother I will put my site here for the reference.www.britishindiancurryhut.sg.
Can you help me in this?

Hi,

The code is working fine but the product pagination not working and giving 404 found error. Can you please help....

thanks

Got it working as per someone's comment add these two lines

$slug = ! empty( $vars['pagename'] ) ? $vars['pagename'] : ( ! empty( $vars['name'] ) ? $vars['name'] : ( ! empty( $vars['category_name'] ) ? $vars['category_name'] : $vars['attachment'] ) ); $slug_array = explode( '/', $slug ); // New line to be added for subcategory $slug = array_values( array_slice( $slug_array, -1 ) )[0]; // new line to be added for subcategory $exists = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT t.term_id FROM $wpdb->terms t LEFT JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'product_cat' AND t.slug = %s", array( $slug ) ) );
To make it work for subcategory (just the code above won't work for subcategory)

Does anyone know how we can use Regex
url/product-category/product-slug to url/product-slug so as to add redirects?

@gerharddt were you able to make it work with Pagination? finally, it doesn't work for me or anyone else figured out how to make it work with pagination.

@gerharddt were you able to make it work with Pagination? finally, it doesn't work for me or anyone else figured out how to make it work with pagination.

I ended up just renaming it and the client was happy. Please see the function below:

// the neat way using WooCommerce filter - permalinks
function product_cat_setup($args){
$args['rewrite']['slug'] = 'shop';
return $args;
}
add_filter('woocommerce_taxonomy_args_product_cat', 'product_cat_setup');

@gerharddt ah, unfortunately, won't work for me as I need this product-category gone, but thanks.

For anyone having issues with pagination not working, use this plugin instead https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-permalink-manager/

Using jet woo builder and/or nested categories?
Use this code:

add_filter('request', function( $vars ) {
	global $wpdb;
	if(isset($vars['jet-woo-builder']))
		return $vars;
	if(isset($vars['error'])){
		$lastVar = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
		$vars['attachment'] = $lastVar;
	}
	if( ! empty( $vars['pagename'] ) || ! empty( $vars['category_name'] ) || ! empty( $vars['name'] ) || !empty( $vars['attachment'] ) ) {
		$slug = ! empty( $vars['pagename'] ) ? $vars['pagename'] : ( ! empty( $vars['name'] ) ?
			$vars['name'] : ( !empty( $vars['category_name'] ) ? $vars['category_name'] : $vars['attachment'] ) );
		$_slug = explode('/',$slug);
		$slug = end($_slug);
		$exists = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT t.term_id FROM $wpdb->terms t LEFT JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id WHERE tt.taxonomy = 'product_cat' AND t.slug = %s" ,array(
			$slug )));
		if( $exists ){
			$old_vars = $vars;
			$vars = array('product_cat' => $slug );
			if ( !empty( $old_vars['paged'] ) || !empty( $old_vars['page'] ) )
				$vars['paged'] = ! empty( $old_vars['paged'] ) ? $old_vars['paged'] : $old_vars['page'];
			if ( !empty( $old_vars['orderby'] ) )
				$vars['orderby'] = $old_vars['orderby'];
			if ( !empty( $old_vars['order'] ) )
				$vars['order'] = $old_vars['order'];
		}
	}
	return $vars;
});