Can I replace 'collections' with 'categories'?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A user wants to change the URL structure of their Shopify store from ‘collections’ to ‘categories’ (e.g., myshop.co.uk/categories/vitamins instead of myshop.co.uk/collections/vitamins).

Proposed Solution:

  • Use Shopify’s URL Redirect feature
  • Navigate to: Online Store > Navigation > URL Redirects
  • Set up redirects from /collections/* to /categories/*
  • This would redirect users visiting the old collection URLs to the new category-based URLs

Status: The discussion appears to be ongoing with one solution proposed but no confirmation of implementation or whether this fully addresses the user’s needs.

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Hello

I’ve just started creating my web shop and I wonder if there’s a way to replace the word ‘collections’ with ‘categories’ in url so for example ‘myshop.co.uk/collections/vitamins’ would be changed to ‘myshop.co.uk/categories/vitamins’?

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Here’s a general approach to do it:

Create a URL Redirect:

  • In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Navigation > URL Redirects.
  • Create a new URL redirect where:
    • Redirect from: /collections/*
    • Redirect to: /categories/*

This would redirect users visiting /collections/{collection_name} to /categories/{collection_name}.

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