The Magento Expert

Finding Product URL Rewrites with SQL

Mex — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:55:22 +0000

When product URLs behave unexpectedly, a direct look at Magento’s url_rewritetable can be useful. It stores public-facing paths, internal targets and redirects for product URLs.

Use the following query to display URL rewrites for a specific SKU:

SELECT
    p.sku,
    u.store_id,
    s.code AS store_code,
    s.name AS store_name,
    u.request_path,
    u.target_path,
    u.redirect_type
FROM url_rewrite AS u
JOIN catalog_product_entity AS p
    ON u.entity_id = p.entity_id
LEFT JOIN store AS s
    ON s.store_id = u.store_id
WHERE u.entity_type = 'product'
  AND p.sku = 'MEINE-SKU'
ORDER BY u.store_id, u.request_path;

request_path contains the URL visible to customers, while target_path points to Magento’s internal target. The field store_id bzw. store_name identifies which store view each rewrite belongs to.

Several entries for one product are not necessarily duplicates or errors. Different store_id values usually mean Magento maintains separate rewrites for different store views.

Also useful is redirect_type. The value 0 means a normal rewrite without a redirect, 301 and 302 indicate permanent and temporary redirects respectively.

After changing URL keys, migrating or importing data, this query helps you see which rewrites Magento actually stores for a product.

Getting the current URL in a template

Mex — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:16:44 +0000

The following code returns the current URL in a Magento 2 template (phtml):

$currentUrl = $this->getUrl('*/*/*', ['_current' => true, '_use_rewrite' => true]);

Reindex URL rewrites

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:54:29 +0000

The URL rewrites of Magento 2 will not be reindexed when rebuilding the index via command line. I recommend using https://github.com/olegkoval/magento2-regenerate_url_rewrites to include the reindex of URL rewrites on the shell. This Magento 2 extensions allows for reindexing all URL rewrites.

After installation, run these 2 commands:

php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento cache:clean

Now just reindex as usual, the rewrites will be included.

Reindexing URL rewrites

Mex — Wed, 02 May 2018 08:33:52 +0000

Magento 2 URL rewrites are not updated simply by rebuilding the indexes. If you want to rebuild them from the command line, I recommend using https://github.com/olegkoval/magento2-regenerate_url_rewrites. This extension lets you regenerate all Magento 2 URL rewrites from the shell.

Afterwards, run these two commands:

php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento cache:clean

Removing slash at the end of a URL

Mex — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:26:53 +0000

Open your .htaccess file in the Magento root directory and add those lines:

RewriteCond %{request_method} ^GET$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.+)/$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ %1 [L,R=301]

Getting URL parameters

Mex — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:38:15 +0000

To get a Magento URL parameter, use the following code:

// URL: http://localhost/project/index.php/admin/sales_order/index/id/123
$id = Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam('id');

Getting a category URL using the category id

Mex — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 08:57:08 +0000

To get a categories URL by category id, use the following code:

$categoryId = 55;
$url = Mage::getModel("catalog/category")->load($categoryId)->getUrl();

Getting the current URL

Mex — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:22:27 +0000

Use the following code to get the current URL in Magento:

$currentUrl = $this->helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();

Getting the URL of a product image and display the image

Mex — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:14:29 +0000

Use the following code to get a Magento products URL and to display the image on a tempate page:

getImageUrl(); ?>" alt="getName();?>" />

Reading request parameters

Mex — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:03:03 +0000

The following short snippet is sufficient to read a Magento request parameter:

// Read the ID request parameter
// URL koennte so aussehen: http://www.domain.de/index.php/irgendwas/id/251/
$id = Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam('id');