Managing Product Categories and Tags
Product categories
Product categories are the primary way to group products with similar features. You can also add subcategories if desired.
For example, if you sell clothing, you might have “t-shirts”, “hoodies” and “pants” as categories.
How to add/edit product categories
Categories are managed from the Products > Categories screen.
Similar to categories on your posts in WordPress, you can add, delete, and edit product categories.
- Add a Name.
- Add a Slug (optional); this is the URL-friendly version of the name.
- Choose a Parent if this is a subcategory.
- Enter a Description (optional); some themes display this.
- Choose the Display type. Decide what is shown on the category’s landing page. “Standard” uses your theme’s default. “Subcategories” will display only the subcategories. “Products” only displays products. “Both” will display subcategories and products below that.
- Upload/Add Image (optional); Some themes have pages where product category images are displayed, so this is a good idea.
Storefront by default displays product category images on the homepage template.
Categories can also be reordered by dragging and dropping – this order is used by default on the front end whenever the categories are listed. This includes both widgets and the category/subcategory views on product pages.
Since WooCommerce 3.3, there will be a default category. Every product must be assigned to a category, so the default category will be automatically assigned if the product is not assigned to any other category. By default, this category will be named “Uncategorized” and can not be deleted. However, you can rename the category. You can also switch the default category using the row actions underneath the category name, then the “Uncategorized” category can be deleted as it is no longer the default.
When you add a new product via Products > Add Product, you can select this new product category from the list.
Alternatively, you can go to Products > Add Product directly, and select Add New Product Category.
Product tags
What are product tags?
Product tags are another way to relate products to each other, next to product categories. Contrary to categories, there is no hierarchy in tags; so there are no “subtags.”
For example, if you sell clothing, and you have a lot of cat prints, you could make a tag for “cat.” Then add that tag to the menu or sidebar so cat lovers can easily find all t-shirts, hoodies, and pants with cat prints.
How to add/edit product tags
Tags can be added similarly to adding product categories and work in exactly the same way as post tags. See the WordPress.org Codex for more information.
The taxonomy is product_tag.