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PrestaaShop how to fix Search Console Issues

Here are practical, PrestaShop-specific steps to fix common Google Search Console issues. I will keep everything simple and directly applicable to PrestaShop sites.


✅ 1. Fix “Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt”

Cause

Your robots.txt is blocking URLs that Google still found.

Fix

  1. Go to your PrestaShop back office.
  2. Shop Parameters → Traffic & SEO
  3. Click Generate robots.txt
  4. Save.

If custom rules needed:

Allow important pages:

Allow: /modules/
Allow: /themes/

Do NOT block:

/product
/category
/content
/sitemap.xml

✅ 2. Fix “Duplicate Meta Descriptions / Titles”

PrestaShop sometimes creates duplicate titles for:

  • Pagination
  • Filters
  • CMS pages

Fix

  1. In Traffic & SEO → SEO & URLs
  2. Edit Category, Product, CMS templates.
  3. Use dynamic tags in Meta Title:
    {meta_title} | {shop_name}
    

Install free module:

✔ Pretty URL / Remove IDs module
✔ SEO Canonical URL Fixer


✅ 3. Fix “Crawled – Currently Not Indexed”

This happens when:

  • Thin content
  • Duplicate URLs from filters
  • Slow website

Fix

(A) Disable “filter URLs” indexing

Go to:
Advanced Parameters → Performance → CCC
Disable “Friendly URLs for filters” if enabled.

(B) Improve content

Add 150–300 words unique text on:

  • Category pages
  • Important landing pages

(C) Speed Optimization

Use:

  • Page cache module
  • Image compression module
  • Cloudflare CDN

✅ 4. Fix “Soft 404”

Google thinks your page has no value.

Fix:

  • Add unique product description
  • Add at least 1 image
  • Avoid empty categories (add text + products)

✅ 5. Fix “404 – Not Found”

Occurs when products deleted or URLs changed.

Fix options:

A) Redirect using PrestaShop

Go to:
Shop Parameters → Traffic & SEO → Redirects

B) Use .htaccess

Example:

Redirect 301 /old-product-url/ https://example.com/new-product-url/

C) For deleted products

In PrestaShop → Product page → Redirect when deleted
Choose:
✔ Redirect to category
✔ Redirect to similar product


✅ 6. Fix “Server Error (5xx)”

Caused by:

  • Hosting issues
  • PHP memory limit
  • Bad modules

Fix:

  1. Increase PHP memory limit to 512MB
  2. Disable recently installed modules
  3. Regenerate .htaccess
  4. Check hosting error logs

✅ 7. Fix “Mobile Usability Errors”

Such as:

  • Text too small
  • Elements too close
  • Content wider than screen

Fix:

  1. Switch to a responsive theme (Warehouse, Transformer recommended)
  2. Test pages:
    Use URL Inspection → View Tested Page → Screenshot
  3. Fix CSS issues:
    img, iframe { max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
    

✅ 8. Fix “Schema Markup Errors”

Usually caused by theme modules.

Fixes:

  • Use Google Rich Snippet Module
  • Use JSON-LD schema generator module
  • Ensure product schema has:
    • name
    • image (use ImageObject)
    • price
    • availability
    • SKU
    • brand
    • offers

Let me know — I can generate optimized Product + Category + Breadcrumb JSON-LD for your store.


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✔ Error type
✔ Example URL

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