Content URL settings let a site use nested CMS tags as public category paths. Use them for structured content such as help guides, documentation, resource libraries, or other content trees where categories and articles need predictable URLs.

What this guide helps you do

• Enable nested tag URLs for selected root tags.
• Choose whether child tag slugs should include or strip the root prefix.
• Preview category and article URLs before relying on them publicly.

Before you start

• Create the root tag and child tags that represent the content tree.
• Publish at least one article using the intended tag path.
• Decide the public URL shape your customers should see.

Do it manually

1. Open Settings and choose Content URLs.
2. Enable nested tag URLs only for the root tags that need category-style URLs.
3. Choose the root tags that should own nested category paths.
4. Turn on root-prefix stripping if child tags use prefixed slugs but public URLs should be shorter.
5. Save changes and open the example category and article URLs shown in the settings panel.
6. Check the public category page and at least one article before sharing links.

Ask Faster AI

• Review this content URL setup for the Help tag tree. Confirm the root tag, child categories, article URL pattern, and any risky links before I save.
• Explain which content tags should be selected as roots for a documentation-style URL hierarchy.
• Check whether this article URL matches the deepest selected category tag and suggest the safest fix if it does not.

Review before saving or publishing

• Use this setting only for content trees that need structured category paths.
• Check existing public links before changing URL shape on a live site.
• Review category pages, article pages, breadcrumbs, and navigation after saving.

Common issues and fixes

• If a category URL returns 404, confirm the root tag is selected and the category tag is in the expected hierarchy.
• If an article appears under the wrong path, check the deepest content-tree tag attached to the article.
• If a child URL includes an unwanted root prefix, review the root-prefix stripping setting and tag slugs.

Nested content URL routing

For the engineering model behind root tags, deepest-tag resolution, redirects, and nested content URL behavior, read the hierarchical permalinks article. How We Route Nested Content: Hierarchical Permalinks in the CMS.

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Related help

• Configure content URL hierarchy
• Fix a help category 404
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