301 redirect manager for OpenCart

After migrating to a new friendly URL structure, deleting categories, or replacing old links, a store should not display an empty page to customers. Redirect Manager solves this issue. It sets up OpenCart redirects, configures redirection from old URLs to new ones, and logs 404 errors in a separate list.

Redirect table directly in the OpenCart admin panel

A workspace featuring a comprehensive list of rules appears directly in the panel. Here, you can monitor the source URL, the destination URL, the HTTP status code returned by the server, and the total hit count for each rule. A 301 redirect is utilized for permanent moves, while an OpenCart 302 redirect remains available for temporary pages.

• Add a new row containing the source and destination URLs.
• Disable a rule without deleting it to test page behavior.
• Filter the list by either the old or new address.
• Set start and end dates, which is ideal for temporary promotions.
• Reset the hit counter or delete obsolete rules.

Fine-tuning features for current SEO tasks

• Select the appropriate response code: 301, 302, or 307.
• Configure 301 redirects for pages that have been permanently relocated.
• Use the * wildcard symbol in the address to process a group of similar links.
• Enable broken link logging to analyze OpenCart 404 error redirects based on actual user transitions.
• Exclude specific IP addresses and User-Agents to prevent service requests from cluttering the log.
• Create a rule directly from a detected 404 error in just two steps, eliminating manual copying.
• Download the 404 list or import/export rules via CSV.

Important: Before launching, SEO URLs must be enabled in OpenCart, and the .htaccess.txt file must be renamed to .htaccess. Otherwise, OpenCart 3 page redirects might not function properly for friendly URLs.

Additionally, the module settings include a URL export and import tool. This allows you to easily upload a list of broken pages from Google Search Console and redirect them to the correct addresses.

In practice, an administrator reviews the list of problematic URLs and instantly decides where to route them. This allows you to easily set up a redirect to the OpenCart homepage for deleted sections, create redirects from empty pages to live categories, or map an old URL to a new one after updating the catalog structure. For OpenCart 3, this serves as a complete redirect module equipped with a 404 log and a built-in hit counter.