Product categories are crucial for organizing your online store and improving navigation for your customers. You can create a category hierarchy to structure your products in a clear and logical way.
You can create a complex category structure with multiple levels. The top-level categories, called root categories, are the ones your customers see in the main navigation.
You can also add second-level, third-level, etc. subcategories within your root categories to further refine your product organization.
Table of contents
Creating a top-level category
Create a multi-level subcategories
Add a product to a category
Edit an existing category
Creating a top-level category
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From your store's admin, go to Store → Categories.
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Click Create to add a new category.
Enter the category's general information in the Create Category section.
Title: Enter a name for your category.
ID (or URL) (Optional): The ID is used to reference the product in your storefront. If not specified, the ID will be generated from the product title.
Description (Optional): Write a complete and detailed description of the category.
Status: Click the drop-down list and choose between Active or Disabled.
Visibility: Click the drop-down list and choose between Public or Internal.
- Click Continue.
- In the Orginize by order tab, the new category will automatically be positioned as a top-level category.
- To reposition the new category, drag and drop it down or up.
- Click Save.
Create a multi-level subcategories
- From your store's admin, go to Store → Categories.
- Click Create to add a new category.
- Enter the category's general information in the Create Category section.
- Click Continue.
- In the Order by order tab, drag and drop the new category as a second-, third-, or other level subcategory.
Add a product to a category
- From your store's admin, go to Store → Categories.
- The list of categories appears; click the three-dot icon to the right of the category.
- In the Products window, click Add to begin adding products.
- The list of products appears; check the box next to the products you want to add to the category.
- Click Save.
- The product has been added to the category.
Edit an existing category
- From your store's admin, go to Store → Categories.
- The list of categories shows.
- Click the three-dot icon to the right of the category and click Edit.
- In the Edit Category window, you will be able to modify the following settings: Title, Identifier (Optional), Description (Optional), Status, and Visibility (Public or Draft).
- Click Save.