OSMap Documentation

How to Enable SEF URLs for VirtueMart Products in OSMap Sitemaps

If your VirtueMart product links are not SEO-friendly in your OSMap sitemap, follow the steps below to fix it.

Step 1: Enable SEO in VirtueMart

Open your VirtueMart configuration and make sure SEO is enabled.

  • Go to VirtueMart → Configuration → SEO tab.
  • Set SEO Disabled to No.

the SEO Disabled parameter

This allows VirtueMart to generate SEO-friendly product URLs.

Step 2: Enable the OSMap VirtueMart Plugin

Make sure the OSMap plugin for VirtueMart is enabled so that SEO-friendly product links are correctly included in your sitemap.

  • Go to System → Plugins.
  • Search for OSMap - VirtueMart.
  • Make sure the plugin is Enabled.

the OSMap - Virtuemart plugin

Result

Once both steps are completed, VirtueMart will generate SEO-friendly URLs for your products, and OSMap will automatically include those URLs in your sitemap.

the final result

No additional configuration is required in OSMap.

Tip

If your URLs are still not SEO-friendly, also check your Joomla SEO settings:

  • Go to System → Global Configuration → Site.
  • Set Search Engine Friendly URLs to Yes.
  • Set Use URL Rewriting to Yes.