Magento 2: Remove Store Code in URL only for default store

Question

We run a magento 2 multistore in 2 langauges where default store view is german. Online shop is also available in french. Store code is added to URLs like the following:

www.domain.at
www.domain.at/de
www.domain.at/fr

When it comes to SEO we have the problem of duplicate content because the default store is available with AND without store code in URL. The following urls show the same content:

www.domain.at/de  
www.domain.at/

In fact we need same behavior like here for magento 1: Magento remove "default" store code from urls

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Answer 1

1. Create new module in Vendor/HideDefaultStoreCode

registration.php

<?php
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
    'Vendor_HideDefaultStoreCode',
    __DIR__
);

etc/module.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
    <module name="Vendor_HideDefaultStoreCode" setup_version="0.1.0" />
</config>

2. Add an option to the admin panel

etc/adminhtml/system.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Config:etc/system_file.xsd">
    <system>
        <section id="web">
            <group id="url">
                <field id="hide_default_store_code" translate="label" type="select" sortOrder="100" showInDefault="1" showInWebsite="1" showInStore="1" canRestore="1">
                    <label>Hide Default Store Code</label>
                    <source_model>Magento\Config\Model\Config\Source\Yesno</source_model>
                </field>
            </group>
        </section>
    </system>
</config>

Default option value is No

etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Store:etc/config.xsd">
    <default>
        <web>
            <url>
                <hide_default_store_code>0</hide_default_store_code>
            </url>
        </web>
    </default>
</config>

3. Add helper

Helper/Data.php

<?php
namespace Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Helper;

class Data extends \Magento\Framework\App\Helper\AbstractHelper
{
    const XML_PATH_HIDE_DEFAULT_STORE_CODE = 'web/url/hide_default_store_code';

    /**
     *
     * @var \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface
     */
    protected $scopeConfig;

    /**
     *
     * @param \Magento\Framework\App\Helper\Context $context
     * @param \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface $scopeConfig
     */
    public function __construct(
        \Magento\Framework\App\Helper\Context $context,
        \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface $scopeConfig
    ) {
        parent::__construct($context);
        $this->scopeConfig = $scopeConfig;
    }

    /**
     *
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function isHideDefaultStoreCode()
    {
        if ($this->scopeConfig->getValue(self::XML_PATH_HIDE_DEFAULT_STORE_CODE, \Magento\Store\Model\ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE)) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

4. Create after-plugin

etc/di.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
    <type name="Magento\Store\Model\Store">
        <plugin name="vendor_hide_default_store_code" type="\Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Plugin\Model\HideDefaultStoreCode" sortOrder="0" />
    </type>
</config>

Plugin/Model/HideDefaultStoreCode.php

<?php

namespace Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Plugin\Model;

class HideDefaultStoreCode
{
    /**
     *
     * @var \Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Helper\Data 
     */
    protected $helper;

    /**
     *
     * @var \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface
     */
    protected $storeManager;

    /**
     * 
     * @param \Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Helper\Data $helper
     * @param \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
     */
    public function __construct(
        \Vendor\HideDefaultStoreCode\Helper\Data $helper,
        \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface $storeManager
    ){
        $this->helper = $helper;
        $this->storeManager = $storeManager;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @param \Magento\Store\Model\Store $subject
     * @param string $url
     * @return string
     */
    public function afterGetBaseUrl(\Magento\Store\Model\Store $subject, $url)
    {
        if ($this->helper->isHideDefaultStoreCode()) {
            $url = str_replace('/'.$this->storeManager->getDefaultStoreView()->getCode().'/','/', $url);
        }
        return $url;
    }
}

My Plugin for hide Default Store Code - https://github.com/alex-79/magento2-hide-default-store-code-from-url

Answer 2

Preference \Magento\Store\Model\Store, override the following protected function.

protected function _updatePathUseStoreView($url)
{
    if ($this->isUseStoreInUrl()) {
        $url .= $this->getCode() . '/';
    }
    return $url;
}

with below code:

protected function _updatePathUseStoreView($url)
{
    if ($this->isUseStoreInUrl()) {
        if($this->getCode() == 'default'){
            $url .= '/';
        }else{
            $url .= $this->getCode() . '/';
        }

    }
    return $url;
}

Answer 3

You can disable store codes via admin at below path

Admin > Stores > Configuration > General > Web > URL options > Add Store Code to Urls > No

Keep cache Disabled or run upgrade/deploy/cache commands if you don't see the changes

Answer 4

i have the same problem. After research here, i have an solution based on Renk´s answer. In backend set the "add store code". Than create a di.xml in your extension path under "Vendor/Module/etc/di.xml" for an plugin.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
   <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
        <type name="\Magento\Store\Model\Store">
            <plugin name="RemoveDefaultStorePath" type="Vendor\Module\Plugin\RemoveDefaultStorePath" sortOrder="1" disabled="false" />
        </type>
    </config>

After that create the plugin class under "Vendor/Module/plugin/RemoveDefaultStorePath.php" with the follow function as "after" IsUseStoreInUrl to overwrite the standard behavior

<?php

namespace Vendor\Module\Plugin;


class RemoveDefaultStorePath
{
    public function afterIsUseStoreInUrl(\Magento\Store\Model\Store $subject, $resultIsUseInUrl)
    {
       if ($subject->getCode()==='default')
        {
          $resultIsUseInUrl = false;
          return $resultIsUseInUrl && 'default';
        }
        else
        {
          $resultIsUseInUrl = true;
          if(!$subject->getCode() ==='admin') {
            return $resultIsUseInUrl && $subject->getCode() . '/';
          } else {
            $resultIsUseInUrl = false;
            return $resultIsUseInUrl && $subject::ADMIN_CODE;
          }
       }
    }
}

And than compile and clean the cache.

php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento cache:clean

I hope that´s help somebody - in my environment i have now the "default" store url´s without any addtional "store_code" and for the other multisites stores the preferd code "en"/"fr" etc. Please not: under the store config - don´t set the store code to url:

Answer 5

We created an extension for this issue. We used an after plugin on Magento\Store\Model\Store::isUseStoreInUrl to check if the store code is not the admin store and if the store is the default store. You can find the extension here : https://github.com/customgento/module-default-store-code-remover-m2