Remove basic Xenforo 2 routes with XenVn add-on

Only for XenVn addon version 1.9.x

Xenforo default link for categories, forums, threads, resources, attachments, members:

site.com/categories/category-title.1/
site.com/forums/forum-title.1/
site.com/threads/thread-title.1/
site.com/resources/categories/resources-category.1/
site.com/resources/resources-title.1/
site.com/attachments/attachment-title.1/
site.com/members/member-title.1/

With XenVn add-on we can remove /categories, /forums, /threads, /resources, /attachments/, members/ route, helps improve URL SEO:

site.com/category-title.c1/
site.com/forum-title.f1/
site.com/thread-title.t1/
site.com/resources-category.s1/
site.com/resources-title.r1/
site.com/attachment-title.a1/
site.com/member-title.m1/

When accessing site.com/forums/forum-title.1/ will automatically redirect to site.com/forum-title.f1/, similar to threads, resources,... (and vice versa)

Shortened URLs:

site.com/c1/ => site.com/category-title.c1/
site.com/f1/ => site.com/forum-title.f1/
site.com/t1/ => site.com/thread-title.t1/
site.com/s1/ => site.com/resources-category.c1/
site.com/r1/ => site.com/resources-title.r1/
site.com/a1/ => site.com/attachment-title.a1/
site.com/m1/ => site.com/member-title.m1/

Describe (new):

• Disable: Use default routes
• Disable (redirect): Use default routes, redirect URL from UnRoute -> Route
• Enable: Remove basic routes, redirect URL from Route -> UnRoute

Example:
Redirect URL from UnRoute -> Route
site.com/forum-title.f1/ -> site.com/forums/forum-title.1/
Redirect URL from Route -> UnRoute
site.com/forums/forum-title.1/ -> site.com/forum-title.f1/

Conditions to use this feature:

• Use full friendly URLs
• Use Romanize titles in URLs
• Don't use URL portion
• Use default Route
• Don't use Route filter

This is a feature part of XenVn add-on, see details here:
https://xenvn.com/threads/xenvn-all-in-one-tools-for-xenforo-2.516/

---

Xenforo 2, remove /threads from url, remove /forums from url, remove /resources from url, changing / removing "forums" & "threads" in URL,...

 

[qene10Verified member]

This is a very risky option. But it is also necessary.
Unfortunately, XenForo's URL structure cannot be analyzed by some SEO analysis sites because it is not "SEO-friendly".
I wonder if there is an automatic option to create a redirect to the .htaccess file when we change the URL structure, like in WordPress?
NOTE: I would love to use this on my site but I have about 25k indexed content. As soon as I switch to this, Google will start dropping my traffic.

 

[xenvnVerified member]

Changing URL structure should not be done frequently. After changing, the old URLs will automatically redirect to the new URL, and it takes a long time for Google to update the new URL data.