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
- Go to your PrestaShop back office.
- Shop Parameters → Traffic & SEO
- Click Generate robots.txt
- 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
- In Traffic & SEO → SEO & URLs
- Edit Category, Product, CMS templates.
- 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:
- Increase PHP memory limit to 512MB
- Disable recently installed modules
- Regenerate .htaccess
- Check hosting error logs
✅ 7. Fix “Mobile Usability Errors”
Such as:
- Text too small
- Elements too close
- Content wider than screen
Fix:
- Switch to a responsive theme (Warehouse, Transformer recommended)
- Test pages:
Use URL Inspection → View Tested Page → Screenshot - 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.
Want me to check your specific Search Console errors?
Tell me the exact issues you see:
✔ Error type
✔ Example URL
I will give exact PrestaShop fixes for those URLs.
