How to activate SEF URLs in Joomla?

SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URLs are designed to make your Joomla website’s URLs more readable and understandable by search engines and users. To activate SEF URLs in Joomla, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Joomla administrator backend.
2. In the top menu, click on “System” and select “Global Configuration”.
3. Under the “Site” tab, scroll down to the “SEO Settings” section.
4. Set the “Search Engine Friendly URLs” option to “Yes”.
5. If your website is hosted on an Apache server, you can also enable the “Use URL rewriting” option to remove the index.php from your website’s URLs.
6. Click the “Save” button to save the changes.

Once SEF URLs are activated, Joomla will automatically generate and display more readable URLs for your website’s pages, categories, and articles. For example, the default URL for an article might look like this:

With SEF URLs enabled, the same article URL would look like this:

Note: Enabling SEF URLs may require additional configuration and server settings, so it’s always a good idea to test your website’s URLs and make sure they are working correctly.