---
title: "VirtueMart SEF URLs"
description: "VirtueMart search engine friendly urls use to be a popular topic / request for VirtueMart store administrators. If you're not running VirtueMart 2 (released in early 2012), obtaining VirtueMart SEF..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/virtuemart-search-engine-friendly-urls/
date: 2012-05-10
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5", "VirtueMart"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# VirtueMart SEF URLs

VirtueMart search engine friendly urls use to be a popular topic / request for VirtueMart store administrators. If you’re not running VirtueMart 2 (released in early 2012), obtaining VirtueMart SEF URLs required the use of third party extensions and VirtueMart plugins. As of VirtueMart 2, search engine friendly URLs is a feature including by default!

In our testing, we have a [product category](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/add-new-virtuemart-category/) named *Operating Systems*, and a **product** called *Working at the Ubuntu Command-Line Prompt* (a book). When we browse our store and find the product, the URL is:

https://domain.com/index.php/**operating-systems**/**working-at-the-ubuntu-command-line-prompt**-detail

As you can see, there are no numbers or variables in the URL (such as id=5). Instead, the product category and the product title cleanly show! If you’re looking for SEF in VirtueMart, look no further. VirtueMart 2 now includes search engine friendly URLs out of the box!