Product Categories

You can easily add product categories to your store to structure and filter your product catalog from here.

Check a demo site where products can be filtered using categories.

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Manage product categories:

• Enter product categories (1) in the Search Bar.
• From the related results, click on the Store Product Categories option (2) under Studio Links. 

 

• You will now reach the Categories page.
• On this page, you would see the list of all the categories that already exist and the option to create a new category as well.

 

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From here, you can: 

1. View the category page on your live website
2. Edit a category
3. Delete a category
4. Add to site menu
5. Add a new category

 

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Create a new category:

After clicking on the + Add Category button, fill the following fields to create your product category:

1. Category Title: The name for your product category.
2. Visibility: Set the status of a category. You can choose between Active, Hidden, and Unpublished.
3. Featured Image: Used on the website wherever applicable and for social media sharing. 

4. Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Specify SEO metadata for this category. It will override the website’s main SEO data

Also See: Add SEO metadata for your website, gallery, and page

6. • Page URL – Manage the URL for this category. This is automatically created based on your category title but you can customize it as well.
   • Hide this page from search engines – Enable this button to hide this category from the search engine.
   • Page Title – Appears in search results and browser tabs (55-70 characters)
   • Page Description – Describe your business and the purpose of this page (50 – 300 characters)
   • Google Search Results Preview (5) shows you the SEO data as visible in case of search results.

5. Page Code Injection: Insert any external code which will be included in the body section of a category page.
6. Delete: Delete a category by clicking on this button.
7. View: Click here to check this category on your live website.
8. Save: Click on the Save button to save all your edits.
9. Banner: Used to show a full-width banner on the top or bottom of a category.

 

You can specify the category that the product belongs to while creating the product, check how.