{"id":7488,"date":"2021-09-01T13:04:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T13:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=7488"},"modified":"2021-09-02T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:14:41","slug":"how-to-create-product-category","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-product-category\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create a Product Category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a category for a group of products is an initial step to start with. Then, you can add your product category to the products page.<\/p>\n<p>Examples for<strong>\u00a0main categories<\/strong>\u00a0can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men Shoes<\/li>\n<li>Women Wear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examples for\u00a0<strong>subcategories<\/strong>\u00a0can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men Classic Shoes<\/li>\n<li>Women Home Wear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Always try to\u00a0<strong>unify<\/strong> the way you type the name of your category, for example, small case or upper case.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"strongsteps-to-create-new-categorystrong\"><strong>Steps To Create New Category<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on\u00a0<strong>\u201cProduct<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>catalog\u201d<\/strong>, and click on\u00a0<strong>\u201cCategories\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7729\" src=\"https:\/\/community.zvendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/categories.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2.Then, click on<strong>\u00a0\u201cCreate\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7731\" src=\"https:\/\/community.zvendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Create-categories.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1046\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. Create a new category, enter your category code, which can be its name, but without any spaces,\u00a0(which is a unique product identifier, a product name or slug, for search results purposes, which customers can search your product by).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turn on the \u201c<strong>Enable<\/strong>\u201d toggle button to make sure the new category is visible in your store.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4. Enter a category name, and the slug (which is the part of the store URL that includes your category name) will be added automatically.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5. Add category\u00a0<strong>description<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">6. Add pictures, by clicking on\u00a0<strong>add<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>media<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">7. Repeat these steps on the\u00a0<strong>Arabic<\/strong>\u00a0fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">9. Click on\u00a0<strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7730\" src=\"https:\/\/community.zvendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/screencapture-noha90-zvendostore-store-web-app-php-admin-taxons-new-2021-08-26-22_09_46.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"714\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"strongassign-parent-amp-child-categoriesstrong\"><strong>Assign Parent &amp; Child Categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To make a category under another category\u00a0<strong>(Parent and child category):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, create the parent category, for example, T-shirts, then create the child category, for example, Women.<\/li>\n<li>From the categories page, go to the category you want to add a parent category too, then click on the edit icon.<\/li>\n<li>From the right side, add the parent category.<\/li>\n<li>Then <strong>&#8220;save changes&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5789\" src=\"https:\/\/community.zvendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catgk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catgk.png 768w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/catgk-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5790\" src=\"https:\/\/community.zvendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parent.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parent.png 1049w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parent-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parent-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/parent-768x283.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, you successfully create a new category to your products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a category for a group of products is an initial step to start with. Then, you can add your product category to the products page. Examples for\u00a0main categories\u00a0can be: Men Shoes Women Wear Examples for\u00a0subcategories\u00a0can be: Men Classic Shoes Women Home Wear Note: Always try to\u00a0unify the way you type the name of your category, for example, small case or upper case. &nbsp; Steps To Create New Category &nbsp; Click on\u00a0\u201cProduct\u00a0catalog\u201d, and click on\u00a0\u201cCategories\u201d 2.Then, click on\u00a0\u201cCreate\u201d. 3. Create a new category, enter your category code, which can be its name, but without any spaces,\u00a0(which is a unique product identifier, a product name or slug, for search results purposes, which customers can search your product by). Note: Turn on the \u201cEnable\u201d toggle button to make sure the new category is visible in your store. 4. Enter a category name, and the slug (which is the part of the store URL that includes your category name) will be added automatically. 5. Add category\u00a0description. 6. Add pictures, by clicking on\u00a0add\u00a0on the\u00a0media\u00a0tab. 7. Repeat these steps on the\u00a0Arabic\u00a0fields. 9. Click on\u00a0Create. &nbsp; Assign Parent &amp; Child Categories &nbsp; To make a category under another category\u00a0(Parent and child category): First, create the parent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"doc_category":[32],"doc_tag":[320],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Create a Product Category - zVendo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Creating a category for a group of products is an initial step to start with. Now, you can add your product category to the products page. 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