Maybe because you have only one product category and therefore search engines would find duplicate content (Shop page = Category page) and penalize your website.
Or maybe because you use advanced product filters and you prefer customers to see the filtered view “by category” (e.g. “example.com/shop/?_product_category=tables“) as opposed to the default category pages ( “example.com/product_category/tables” ).
Either way, it is possible to programmatically redirect all product category pages to a given page or to a relevant URL with parameters – and here’s the fix. Enjoy!
PHP Snippet 1: Redirect All Product Category Pages to Shop Page
/**
* @snippet Redirect To Shop @ WooCommerce Category Pages
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* @author Rodolfo Melogli
* @compatible WooCommerce 7
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*/
add_action( 'wp', 'bbloomer_redirect_cats_to_shop' );
function bbloomer_redirect_cats_to_shop() {
if ( is_product_category() ) {
wp_safe_redirect( wc_get_page_permalink( 'shop' ) );
exit;
}
}
PHP Snippet 2: Redirect Each Product Category Page to A Relevant URL With Parameters
/**
* @snippet Redirect To URL + Parameters @ WooCommerce Category Pages
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* @author Rodolfo Melogli
* @compatible WooCommerce 7
* @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/
*/
add_action( 'wp', 'bbloomer_redirect_cat_to_relevant_filter' );
function bbloomer_redirect_cat_to_relevant_filter() {
if ( is_product_category() ) {
$term = get_queried_object();
$url = $term && $term->slug ? '/shop/?_product_category=' . $term->slug : wc_get_page_permalink( 'shop' );
wp_safe_redirect( $url );
exit;
}
}