Replicate SEF URLs Using Article Alias

Question

I've got a Joomla site that I'm preparing to upgrade to Joomla 4. I'm currently using the sh404SEF component to create SEF urls that use the article's alias (Ex: example.com/about-us). I need a another component or method of replicating the current URLs and to continue the pattern for future articles. Our site is a smaller church site so I'm just looking for a reliable, affordable solution.

Note that the sh404SEF author is taking the opportunity to totally rewrite the component as an SEO component. The current component is not Joomla 4 compatible. They have split off their SEF solution into a separate component but it is not production ready and they don't seem to have enough testers to make it so. Thus I don't want to continue using it.

Answer 1

Route 66 should be suitable for your use case. From its description:

Patterns can include any URL friendly character along with some tokens for generating dynamic variables ( like the article's date for example ). Here are some examples of URL patterns you can use in Route 66:

• blog/{articleYear}/{articleMonth}/{articleAlias}
• {categoryAlias}/{articleAlias}
• {articleAlias}
• page-{articleId}
• {categoryPath}/{articleAlias}

So using {articleAlias} should work in your case.

Direct Alias has a similar function but it seems to be limited to menu items:

This plugin allows you to switch alias to 'direct' mode and have short URL without aliases of parent menu items:

http://site.com/child-menu-item-alias