General Questions

How to create product redirects after migration from/to WooCommerce?

Cart2Cart creates product redirects to the new products and categories during migration from or to WooCommerce as an additional option. Before the data transfer, however, you need to install a free “Redirection” plugin.

  1. Install the plugin:
  • Enter your WooCommerce Admin Panel
  • Hold the mouse over Plugins in the Left Nav menu and choose Add New
  • Enter "Redirection" in the search field
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  • Tap on Install Now button
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  • Once the installation is finished, click on Activate
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  • Choose Installed Plugins from the Plugins tab
  • Find "Redirection" and click on Settings
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  • Press Start Setup button
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  • Check "Monitor permalink changes in WordPress posts and pages" and "Keep a log of all redirects and 404 errors". Click on Continue Setup
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  • Click on Finish Setup
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  • Tap on Finished and your plugin is ready to use!
  • Go to Cart2Cart Migration Wizard
  • Choose “Create the 301 redirects on your target store after migration” additional option
  • Launch Full migration
  • Additionally, we suggest implementing such settings in Permalinks menu in your WooCommerce admin panel:

    - go to Settings->Permalinks, choose Post Name in the Common Settings section and Default in the Product Permalinks.

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