Prevent Faceted Filter URLs from Being Created (SEO Issue)

Hi
I am using the Woodmart theme for my WooCommerce shop (https://floorence-tile.com/
) and I’ve noticed a major SEO issue.

Currently, the theme generates query parameter URLs for filters, shop view, products per page, and sorting. For example:
https://floorence-tile.com/
/shop/?shop_view=grid&per_row=2&per_page=24&filter_looks=concrete,patterned&filter_colors=grays

Because every filter and combination creates a unique URL, my site has produced over 190,000 duplicate pages. These URLs are being crawled and but not indexed by Google, which wastes crawl budget and hurts SEO.

let me know how we can prevent that

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Hello

The URLs with query parameters for filters, shop view, products per page, and sorting are generated by WooCommerce itself, not the WoodMart theme. Our theme uses the standard WooCommerce functionality for these features, so this behavior is common across WooCommerce shops regardless of the theme.

To address the SEO concerns with duplicate URLs, you can try the following approaches:

1. Test with the default WordPress theme (e.g., Storefront) to confirm that the URLs are similarly generated by WooCommerce.
2. Use SEO plugins like YOAST SEO to control how these URLs are handled by search engines. YOAST can help you add noindex tags or canonical URLs to prevent indexing of filtered or parameterized pages.
3. Refer to WooCommerce and SEO plugin documentation for best practices on managing crawl budget and duplicate content caused by faceted filters.
4. Consider adding rules to your robots.txt file or using the URL Parameters tool in Google Search Console to instruct crawlers on which parameters to ignore.

Unfortunately, the WoodMart theme does not provide built-in options to disable these URLs entirely, as this is managed by WooCommerce core functionality.

Kind Regards

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