Limiting the findings in WooCommerce
Track an old product goal through category and host changes to the final URL. Check shop permalinks and redirect plugin together.
Where to check the setting in WooCommerce
Check the product permalink configuration, old slugs and the rules of a redirect plugin together. Compare the first old product URL with the final replacement product. If an old category has been renamed several times, several valid individual rules can still result in an unnecessary chain.
Example of this specific finding
Illustrative control case: http://www.example.org/alt leads first to HTTPS, then without www and finally to the new path. Three steps lead to the same final content.
follow-up audit in WooCommerce
Normalization and relocation as far as possible to match a suitable final destination. Check multiple entry-level variants and query parameters after the change.
Derogations and scope
A chain is not automatically a loop. Individual necessary external transitions can remain.
Regarding: WooCommerce on WordPress. Block and classic product templates as well as SEO extensions can have different output locations.
Classify the general error
Definition, system-independent causes and further correction examples: Recognize multiple normalizations in a track