sh404SEF

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Introduction

Site Management, SEF, SEO & Metadata, URL Redirection, Social Share

After more than 15 years of duty, sh404SEF won't be ported to Joomla 4. To move to Joomla 4, please consider our newer extensions, released over the last couple years, including 4SEF to maintain your site SEF URLs (see Related extensions on this page or visit our website) and 4SEO for metadata.
sh404SEF is discontinued from August 17, 2023 - same as Joomla 3 end of support. Please update to 4SEF and 4SEO to maintain your URLs and metadata.

Joomla 4 notice

We created sh404SEF® for Joomla with SEO in mind. sh404sef helps you improve your search engine rankings and get more traffic to your website. Satisfy many of the Google recommendations for search engine optimization with just a few clicks.
sh404sef also includes many security features.

sh404SEF® is the most popular and longest developed Joomla seo extension. We are dedicated, full-time Joomla professionals who work each and every day to bring you the very best extensions and prompt support. Our staff have over 20 years of combined experience with Joomla (and Mambo) and we maintain some of the longest, continually developed Joomla add-ons available.

Brand new documentation set, including "Getting started" as well as other specialized short videos.

Features:
* sh404SEF rewrites Joomla URL to user-friendly format (SEF URL or URL rewriting): mysite.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=69&id=34
becomes mysite.com/en/sh404SEF-and-url-rewriting/list-of-available-plugins.html but it does in a way that prevent Joomla standard SEF duplicate content issues.

Important: from version 4.17, we automatically add robots meta tag required for full visibility in Google search results.
NEW: Support for Google Analytics version 4
NEW: Full Turkish translation
NEW: insert a QRCode anywhere, on any page
NEW: Redesigned Google Analytics reports, can now also display on frontend without having to log-in
NEW: block requests based on simple rules
NEW: Redirect mutiple URLs together, no more using .htaccess
NEW: Add canonical tags to mutiple URLs in one go
NEW: URL shortener can now shorten any URL, not just of current site
NEW: extended Structured data support: social profiles, corporate contacts, logos
Connector with wbAMP, our Accelerated Mobile Pages for Joomla plugin
Automatic redirect of 404s errors to most similar page
Google Sitename, Google breadcrumb and Google sitelinks search JSON+LD markup
Using oAuth2 for Analytics authorization
Twitter Cards support
Google Analytics Universal support
Google Tags manager support
all output through JLayout, easily override in template
Create and insert Open Graph data: quickly and easily add social media buttons to your entire site to allow sharing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Linkedin and Pinterest.
Integrated Google Analytics reports display
Automatically generate tiny URLs (shURLs) for your content
Full urls and bulk meta data management
Multi-lingual support
Easily redirect 404s to suggested SEF URLS
Instantly add global support for canonical URLs (add rel="canonical" HTTP headers)
Removes automatically duplicate URLs, a common problem with Joomla websites
Create human ear and search engine friendly (SEF) URLs
Control URL re-write mode on a per-application basis
Support for Google News URL format
Easily customize the page title and page description with bulk updater
Create customized error pages (i.e. 404) with relevant links, suggest best match pages
Harden against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS)
Harden against malicious page requests
Limit flooding attacks
Protect input forms such as the contact page from spam (using Project Honey Pot)
Control site access from suspicious domains (using IP address whitelisting and blacklisting)

We Support many third-party SEF plugins via the standard Joomla installer.
Components we support natively include: VirtueMart, K2, FlexiContent, Kunena, Jomsocial, Community Builder and more.

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Full control of site links

Andrew Pagani (1).
Posted on 10 March 2022

Functionality

Sh404sef allows you to have complete control of site links, manage duplicate links and meta tags

Ease of use

Sh404sef may seem a bit complex at first. But it becomes an irreplaceable tool with constant use and with the support help.

Support

The Sh404sef support helps you to have a global overview of the problem and its causes in addition to solving your problem.

Documentation

Value for money

Sh404sef is certainly the best SEO extension for Joomla. You can install it on an unlimited number of websites.

I used this to: I use it to properly manage all SEO aspects of my websites and correct small Joomla inaccuracies in this field.

Very inconsistent

Mark Havener (1).
Posted on 16 February 2022

Functionality

I use this on two websites. One it does what I tell it to do. The other one creates random and unwanted URLs constantly.

Ease of use

When it works, easy. When it's creating URLs faster than you can delete them, not so much.

Support

ZERO. I have complained to the creator several times and have received the total support of "you're on your own. Don't know, don't care."

Documentation

What is this "documentation" you speak of? I know not this word.

Value for money

When it works, good. When it doesn't, it costs me time and effort I don't have.

I used this to: URL names that are standardized, readable and understandable. When it works.

Owner's reply: Hi Mark,

What a strange review! I have checked the tickets you have opened with us over the years (most are in 2015 - 2018 which is also why this review is kinda odd) and I can see that there's still a fundamental misunderstanding on what sh404SEF does. Not the place to go into details, please feel free to reach out again for more but there's still a few things to say here:

> When it's creating URLs faster than you can delete them, not so much.
sh404SEF does not create URLs. It only transforms URLs created by Joomla or extensions on your site. Whether sh404SEF is on your site or not, these URLs are created. sh404SEF "just" hides the duplicates from search engines.

> ZERO. I have complained to the creator several times and have received the total support of "you're on your own. Don't know, don't care."

That is false. I did reply, asked questions, logged-in to some of your site admin, provided responses and procedures to all your requests (11 in total). Tickets are visible on the site. Please reach out directly to me to point out a single ticket where I did not provide detailed support.

> at is this "documentation" you speak of? I know not this word.

That is false. Extensive documentation is available for all our extensions. It is linked from this very JED page, from our site and from the component itself. Let's not forget even a few videos. That affirmation is easy to verify: https://weeblr.com/documentation/products.sh404sef/4/index.html

Maybe sh404SEF does not fit your bill - despite you being a user since at least 2015, and that's OK. I see no point however in ALSO provviding incorrect information just to try and make your point.

Best regards

Ho controla tot

abacmedia (24).
Posted on 16 October 2020

Functionality

Ho controla tot! Si vols tenir controlat què veuen els cercadors del teu lloc web, amb aquesta extensió podràs definir fins a l'últim detall

Ease of use

No és complicada, però necessites treballar-la unes hores abans de conèixer què pot fer per tu.

Support

Ràpid, professional, resolutiu i amable. El vaig necessitar un cop i em va solucionar els problemes en molt poc temps.

Value for money

Són diners ben invertits si necessites posicionar la teva web i evitar càstigs dels cercadors per tenir coses fora de lloc

I used this to: Controlar què i com indexen els meus continguts, i cedir el control de la gestió de metas als propietaris dels llocs web.

A "Must Have" extension

Champidis Kyriakos (1).
Posted on 14 October 2019

Functionality

Everything works like a charm. My site is eventually SE Optimized with the best possible way.

Ease of use

You have to invest some time but "Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty..."

Support

Amazing support!!! The developers explain every aspect and question thoroughly and most important they solve problems that may come up.

Documentation

There is detailed and good explained documentation for the extension.

Value for money

The price is more than reasonable. The extension itself It's worth every penny and If you consider the unbelievable support it's priceless.

I used this to: To enable Search Engine Optimization and raise visitors and sales on my Virtuemart eShop.

Cool SEO/SEF Links extension

Amaury (12).
Posted on 23 May 2019

Functionality

If you need an extension to fully support your SEO / SEF links functions in Joomla, this is the component you need

Ease of use

It's easy to understand and control it, just a few minutes of getting to know you will understand its working principle

Support

Documentation

Value for money

OK price, as long as the job is done, not too concerned about this issue, A ++

I used this to: For most of my Joomla websites, they all work well and efficiently

The best extension from I used before!

uzbaby (9).
Posted on 18 April 2019

Functionality

Functionality is the exact word for this extension at all

Ease of use

It is very easy to use. Just several click and you get all you need from this extension.

Support

I have Joomla site for more than 10 years and since I used lots of extensions, I think this extension is one the BEST in my history.

Documentation

Documentation is very accurate and good for use.

Value for money

Value for money NO DOUBT! It is!

I used this to: Joomla web site. And it solved even more problem for me than I was waiting from it.

Great extentsion, super support!

Frank (2).
Posted on 18 January 2018

Functionality

One of my favorite extensions. It's on a very high level, for certain the best sef-extension I have ever used. Using it for years now.

Ease of use

Set up is easy. If you want more, you have to read the documentation. That's because the extension has a lot of possibilities.

Support

Support is amazing: very fast, very helpfull, very professional!

Documentation

Didn't need it a lot to set it up, but it's ok for me.

Value for money

Great value for money! It really helps to get great results in Google. Worth every penny/euro!

I used this to: My Joomla 3-site Frankwandelt.nl (1000+ pages / 90.000 visitors a month)

Best Extension I Have Bought This Year

John Hickman (15).
Posted on 02 November 2017

Functionality

Very crisp functions, No problems whatsoever.

Ease of use

A bit of a learning curve in some respects, but once I grasped the terminology, easy !!

Support

Execellent. Fast and straight to the point.

Documentation

Well written, and complete.

Value for money

Saved me loads of time in relation to redirects - for me the extension provided excellent value for money

I used this to: I completely redesigned a real estate website which had a vast amount of duplicate content. Having transferred the property listings to the new site sh404sef helped with the required redirects and eliminated as far as possible the duplicate content issue.

Owner's reply: Hi there,

Thanks very much for your kind comments! Good to see sh404SEF helped you with redirects among other things. I just wanted to mention that we have kept working on that. Next version, due within a week or so, will have a vastly expanded redirects feature, with wildcards and such. Should prevent having to use .htaccess in most cases.

Cheers

Great compoent

acamila (2).
Posted on 02 May 2017

Functionality

Great functionality

Ease of use

Yes it's easy of use

Support

i think is good. I never had any problems with having to contact the support

Documentation

No read documentation.

Value for money

Good price

I used this to: For my site

Best than Artio Jomsef in my opinion...

Antuan (7).
Posted on 16 March 2017

Functionality

great

Ease of use

Very easy of use

Support

BEST SUPPORT EVER SEEN IN 15 YEARS!
I had an smaill problem and the asked me to send them a copy of my website for analyzing and fixing!!!

Documentation

Enaugh. And you can ask for suport

Value for money

Yes.

I used this to: control my friendly url

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