Prestashop is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms, especially in European markets. Being open source and highly flexible at the same time providing top-notch security is the reason that a lot of online merchants are gravitating towards it. One other powerful feature that distinguishes Prestashop is its ability to get new functionality by installing addons. And there are plenty of them out there. If you need any extra functionality for your Prestashop store there is a high chance that you will be able to find an addon offering it. Here we are listing 4 Prestashop plugins that we think are a must-have for any Prestashop store.

1. Prestashop Pretty URL  Module

Every online store needs a good SEO i.e search engine optimization as this directly affects your sales. Good SEO means higher Google rankings which in turn drives more traffic to your site. Pretty URL module make your website URLs more SEO friendly by removing ids and numbers from them. This is exactly in line with Google’s own guidelines. Prestashop by default adds ids to each URL and there is no way to remove them without doing some proper core development. Pretty URL makes this very easy, you just need to install it on your site, and in a matter of seconds ids will be removed from all of your site URLs. Other features offered by Pretty URLs are:

• Auto redirect old URLs to new ones using 301 redirect
• Offers duplicate URL report
• URL tree for category route

2. Prestashop Product Label and Stickers

Product images are one of the most important aspects of any online store as it is the first thing that attracts visitors’ attention. Prestashop Product Label and Stickers modules allow you to customize your product images by adding stickers on top of them. If you want to inform your customers about any special feature or offer on your product such as if there is some discount going on or you are offering free shipping, you can simply add a sticker about it, which will be shown on product images throughout the site. The use case scenarios for the Product Label and Stickers Module are limitless if you are creative enough. Similarly, you can also create and add labels on the product page. There are multiple customization options available at the backend. Admins can edit each sticker or label in any way, shape, or form they want.

A few features of the module are listed below:

• You can add multiple text labels and stickers on the product images at different positions
• You can assign labels on the basis of rules created and schedule them to display
• You can add a link and a hint popup to make stickers more appealing
• You can exclude any product from the rule
• You can create rules for a specific product feature and its value

3. PrestaShop Custom Registration Form Module

Another module that we think is a must-have for your store especially if you have a moderately big one is Prestashop Custom Registration Fields Module. With the help of the PrestaShop Custom Registration module, you can add more fields to enhance your customer registration form so that you can get additional information about your customers. The default registration form Prestashop uses has a very limited number of fields with very basic information. On the other hand, you can add fields like text fields, multiple choice, file or image upload, dropdown, etc using this module and get the exact information from your customer that you might desire. All this extra information collected is available in the backend. You can also use a powerful feature called conditional fields offered by this module. Conditional fields are those fields that change their behavior based on the user selection i.e a field like VAT number will only appear if the user selects Yes for VAT number question.

Other features offered by Custom Registration Form Module are: 

• Add as many fields as desired and make them mandatory or optional
• Option to make fields non-editable so that the user is not allowed to change them
• Option disable auto approval and set validation for new customers
• Option to create sections of similar fields and give each section its own name
• Option to allow the user to select user group right from the registration form

4. Prestashop Custom Product Designer Module

This Prestashop module allows your customers to customize products such as phone covers, caps, and t-shirts with their own personalized images or text. Offering this customization option to your customers will not only make your sales grow but at the same time, it will help you stand out from the rest of the competition. Custom Product Designer offers a very smooth user experience and makes customization a very enjoyable experience. Users can select images from the default or can upload their own, change it,s size, position, and orientation, or can add more than one image at a time. Same options are available for the text with multiple fonts. You can charge extra your customers for customization with the option to dynamically increase the price as more customization is employed by the user. Other features offered by the Product Customization Module are:

• Layered-based futuristic design
• Offer different printing materials
• Limit area for the customization. Users will be able to add customization in that area only
• Offer premade designs to your customers
• Set different prices for each customization layer