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How do I set a Simple Product (under Configurable) as Not Visible Individual, but still keep its associated Related Products?

Is there a way to set a Simple Product (under Configurable) as Not Visible Individual, but still keep the associated Related Products at the Simple Product level?


I have specific Related Products that need to be tied to the Simple Product (under Configurable) so the user gets the correct size Related Product. The Simple Products are set as Catalog only.

However, being set to Catalog, means each of these Simple Products gets a dedicated URL. They’re all the same content just different sizes, so I don’t want a page for each, it will result in duplicate content for SEO and/or an excessive amount of content management.

I tried setting the Simple Products to Not Visible Individually. But doing so eliminates the Related Products from showing at the Simple Product level.

Is there a way to set a Simple Product (under Configurable) as Not Visible Individual, but still keep the associated Related Products at the Simple Product level?