In short. To redirect a disabled PrestaShop product, select a permanent or temporary redirect in its SEO tab, choose a product or category, set it offline, and save.
Definition: A disabled-product redirect in PrestaShop sends requests for an offline product's URL to a selected product or category. The product editor's SEO tab controls the redirect type and destination.
This entry uses PrestaShop 8 documentation and the linked technical sources available on 17 October 2026.
Key facts
- PrestaShop's product management guide documents permanent redirects with HTTP status code 301, temporary redirects with code 302, and a no-redirect option returning 404, meaning the page is not found.
- The product-page specification provides separate destination fields: a category search and a product search that accepts a name or reference.
- Google's redirect documentation treats a permanent redirect as a signal that the destination should be canonical, meaning the preferred URL for indexing.
Where is the redirect configured?
The Managing Products guide places products under Catalog > Product. In the product editor, the SEO tab contains the Redirection page settings.
The procedure is to choose the redirect type and destination, set the product to Offline using Online / Offline, and save.
The new product-page guide distinguishes Save, used when creating a product or saving an offline product, from Save and publish, which publishes it. This distinction matters when the intended result is an offline product with a redirect.
How is the destination selected?
PrestaShop's product-page specification separates product and category redirects in the offline redirect dropdown. Selecting a category redirect displays Target category; selecting a product redirect displays Target product.
The search accepts a category name or a product name or reference. Clicking a result selects it; the selection appears below the field. An empty category selection falls back to the product's main category; selecting a category explicitly makes the destination reviewable.
The same specification includes No redirection (410), which displays a Gone page, alongside the 404 option. Both leave the request without a replacement destination.
How can the public response be checked?
PrestaShop's product guide documents previewing disabled products; verification therefore uses the public URL.
The curl manual documents options for printing response headers and discarding the response body. With the placeholder replaced by the original public product URL, this command shows the initial response:
curl --silent --dump-header - --output /dev/null 'https://shop.example/product.html'
A configured redirect should return the chosen 301 or 302 status and a Location header identifying the selected destination. The command omits curl's redirect-following option, so the initial response remains visible. Opening the destination separately checks the page that visitors reach.
Related terms
- HTTP redirects
- HTTP status codes
- How do I configure canonical redirects in PrestaShop?
- How do I change a product's catalog visibility in PrestaShop?
FAQ
Which type should I use if I plan to reactivate the product?
The product guide gives product reactivation as a reason to choose a temporary 302 redirect. Use this option when the replacement destination is temporary.
Does a permanent redirect force Google to replace the old URL?
Google's redirect documentation describes permanent redirects as canonicalization signals. With a temporary redirect, Googlebot follows the redirect, but the indexing pipeline does not use it as a signal to make the target canonical.
Can I change a selected destination?
The product-page specification provides a cross to remove the selected destination. Confirm removal, then select the replacement.
Sources
- PrestaShop, "Managing Products", undated
- PrestaShop, "Product Page - 8.0", undated
- Google Search Central, "Redirects and Google Search", undated
- curl, "curl man page", undated
- PrestaShop, "New product page (PrestaShop 8.1)", undated
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