Enhance Your Store with Multilingual URL Handles
Provide a seamless shopping experience for your global audience by translating your Shopify URL handles into different languages. This guide walks you through how to create localized URLs that align with your customers' preferred languages.
Why Translated URL Handles Matter
Translated URL handles not only improve the shopping experience for international customers but also play a significant role in enhancing your store's SEO. Search engines rank websites higher when URLs are user-friendly and relevant to language-specific queries.
How to Translate URL Handles
- Use the Translate & Adapt App: Shopify’s Translate & Adapt app allows you to manually translate URL handles for products, collections, blogs, articles, and pages.
- Activate Language Switchers: Add language switchers to your theme so customers can easily toggle between different language versions of your store.
- Enable Automatic Redirection: Automatically redirect customers to the correct language version of your site based on their browser settings or location.
What Happens to Existing URLs?
Your existing URLs will automatically redirect to their translated versions. For example:
- English URL:
example.com/en-us/products/red-shoes - Spanish URL:
example.com/es-us/products/zapatos-rojos
This ensures that your SEO rankings and visitor traffic are preserved during the transition to localized URLs.
Supported Resources
Translated URL handles are supported for the following types of Shopify resources:
- Products
- Collections
- Blogs
- Articles
- Pages
Start localizing your Shopify store today to reach a broader audience and improve your global market presence.