Magento 1.7 Multistore – How to Hide the Default Store View Code from the URL

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The site has 2 languages: English and French, represented by 2 store views. French is the default one. For our SEO efforts we need to have the following urls:

French - http://www.domain.com/category/product
English - http://www.domain.com/en/category/product

System -> Configuration -> Web -> Add Store Codes to URL is the all or nothing setting. i turn it off for the default store only. I’ve done a lot of searching through the forums and wiki but there’s nothing on the subject.

Please any sugestions?

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By chance I worked on this same problem recently and created this store codes extension. It works by inserting itself into the router chain, something most module devs aren't even aware of. Instructions are given on the github page.

Caveat Emptor: I've only used this on one site so far and it's not yet released on Magento Connect because it lacks testing.

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I had the same requirement and was able to solve it easily with just one plugin for Magento\Store\Model\Store::isUseStoreInUrl method.

public function afterIsUseStoreInUrl(\Magento\Store\Model\Store $subject, $resultIsUseInUrl)
{
    if ($subject->getCode() != $subject::ADMIN_CODE && $subject->isDefault())
    {
        return $resultIsUseInUrl && $this->scopeConfig->getValue('web/url/use_store_in_default');
    }
    else
    {
        return $resultIsUseInUrl;
    }
}

I registered the plugin in global di.xml instead of frontend because the first time this method is called area has not yet been set so the plugin would not get executed.

Magento – Remove multi-language storeview code from the url – Magento1.9

Here is the solution

https://github.com/jreinke/magento-hide-default-store-code

Remove this format: ?___store=english for english and ?___store=arabic

In the design file find the languages.phtml

/app/design/frontend/default/template/page/switch/languages.phtml

In the line 41

echo $_lang->getCurrentUrl()

Add 'false' as parameter

echo $_lang->getCurrentUrl(false)

Actual Url:

http:example.com?___store=english for english and ?___store=arabic

After added the false parameter in $_lang->getCurrentUrl(false) method. Url will be generated like the below

http:example.com?___store=english

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