How to Edit Handle URLs to Match Product Titles

If you edit the title of your Shopify product after it has been created you may notice that the product's URL / Product Handle does not match the title.

You can use Ablestar Bulk Product Editor to fix your URLs in bulk to match the product name, while also creating redirects from the old URLs. This will prevent SEO problems or visitors from seeing your '404 - Page not found' error message.

Edit Products

Once you have filtered your products, From the 'Configure modifications' view, specify these fields:

1. Field to Edit: search and input 'Handle (URL)'
2. How to Edit: select 'Set text to value'
3. Click the 'Add dynamic value' link and a popup window will appear.
4. In the popup modal, choose 'Product Title' from the 'Field to use' field.
5. Click Add dynamic field button to close the popup.
6. Once you return to the 'Configure modifications' view, confirm two checkboxes:
   1. 'Create web redirects to the new handles' - ensures your users will be redirected to the correct page, without 404 errors
   2. 'Make sure handle is unique' - allows the system to check for duplicate handles and adds a random 4-digit number to the end of duplicate handles

Once configured, {{ product.title }} should appear visible. Click the Run edit button to apply all changes.

✅ Tips and Troubleshooting

• Get more advanced tips in handling redirects with the Ablestar Link Manager
• See other examples and use cases for Dynamic fields like adding any suffix to a tag (ie size=XL)

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