📝 Blog Editor – PrestaShop Blog Module

Version: 1.3.0
Author: FreePrestashopModules.com
Compatibility: PrestaShop 8.2.x (up to 8.2.99)

🚀 Overview

Blog Editor is a lightweight, fast, and easy-to-use blog module for PrestaShop 8.2.x.

It allows you to create, manage, and display blog posts directly inside your store — without slowing down your site or requiring complex setup.

Designed with simplicity and performance in mind, this module gives you everything you need to add content marketing, SEO pages, and updates to your shop.

✨ Key Features

📰 Full Blog Management

• Create, edit, and delete blog posts
• Draft / Published status support
• Organize content with categories
• Clean and simple admin interface

🔍 SEO-Friendly URLs

• Custom SEO Friendly URL setting
• Rename /blog to anything you want:
  • /news
  • /articles
  • /guides

🔗 Automatic Footer Integration

• Adds your blog link to the footer "Our Company" section
• Automatically updates:
  • link text
  • URL when changed in settings

📌 Optional Main Menu Link

• Add your blog to the main navigation menu
• Uses your configured label (Blog, News, etc.)

⚡ Fast & Clean Front Office

• Lightweight templates
• No unnecessary scripts or bloat
• Mobile-friendly layout

🔎 Built-in Blog Search & Sorting

• Search blog posts directly on the blog page
• Front-end sorting options (newest, oldest, etc.)

📢 Ad-Friendly Design

• Supports Product Page Center hook on blog posts
• Multiple placements for long articles:
  • Top
  • Middle
  • Bottom

Perfect for AdSense or custom ad modules.

🎨 Native PrestaShop Experience

• Clean admin UI integrated into back office
• Matches PrestaShop navigation and layout
• No clutter or unnecessary settings

🛠 Settings Included

• Enable / Disable blog
• SEO Friendly URL
• Posts per page
• Show publish date
• Show featured image
• Enable blog search
• Enable front-end sorting
• Show blog link in footer
• Footer link label
• Show blog link in main menu
• Meta title & description

🔒 Safe & Simple

• No core overrides
• No database structure changes outside module tables
• Easy install and uninstall
• Designed for stability and compatibility

💡 Use Cases

• Content marketing (SEO articles)
• Store updates and announcements
• Product guides and tutorials
• News section for your shop
• Affiliate or ad monetization pages

📦 Installation

1. Go to Modules > Module Manager
2. Click Upload a module
3. Upload the zip file
4. Install and configure

⚠️ Notes

• After changing the SEO Friendly URL, clear cache and regenerate friendly URLs if needed
• Footer and menu integration depend on your theme using standard PrestaShop structures

📊 Changelog

v1.3.0

• Final UI polish and cleanup
• Improved admin menu icon alignment
• Removed unused sidebar setting
• Cleaned settings page layout
• Stabilized footer and menu integrations

v1.2.7

• Added option to display blog link in main menu
• Reused footer label for menu link

v1.2.6

• Removed sidebar feature and related logic
• Fixed duplicate info box in settings

v1.2.5

• Improved footer integration with "Our Company" link list
• Automatic link label and URL updates

v1.2.x

• Added category edit and delete
• Improved admin usability
• Added ad hook support for blog posts
• Cleaned front-end layout

v1.1.x

• Added settings page
• Added SEO Friendly URL option
• Added blog search and sorting
• Added footer link toggle

v1.0.0

• Initial release
• Blog posts and categories
• Front office blog pages
• Basic admin interface