Hi Adam,

Path Manager should be auto-updating the canonical URLs to the settings you provide, which is supposed to fix any issues related to duplicate content. It’s perfectly fine to change the settings, but there will be a delay in Google processing them, particularly if your site is crawled less often. You will also need to update any manual linking to reflect the new structure, to ensure Google fully respects the new version of links.

Great post.

I have a question. I am in the process of cleaning up a website which uses the following path manager settings:

Product: Shortest Path
Breadcrumbs: Direct Link
Category: Direct Link

I believe the above settings are contributing to duplicate content/canonical issues.

Would you be wary of changing the config to the correct paths on an established site?

Adam

Hi Vaibhav,

Opencart lightning offers a free 1 week trial, but there is no free version. It’s well worth it though.

My top 3 extensions for SEO would be Opencart Lightning, Path Manager, and Additional Category Content – as this will give you speed, control of canonicals, and the ability to optimise your category pages well.

Unlike WP – opencart is all together different ball game.

Coming to page speed OC Lightninig – is there a free variant too?
And any plugins to optimise Images separately, or OC Lightning takes care of it too?

If you could shortlist best 3 plugins to go without brains (and without bucks to start, upgrade later options) that would be great!

Glad you liked it Shubhra! You can see all future Opencart posts here: https://matt-jackson.com/opencart/