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title: "How to add a new Product in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Adding a new product..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/add-new-product-in-virtuemart/
date: 2012-04-17
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5", "VirtueMart"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
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# How to add a new Product in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).

**Adding a new product** to our store will be the next step In our VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 tutorial series. We just [setup a new product category](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/add-new-virtuemart-category/), Operating Systems. In this tutorial, we will show you how to add a new product to your VirtueMart store. We will add a book called, “Working at the Ubuntu Command-Line Prompt” to our Operating Systems category.

**Steps for adding a new product in VirtueMart:**

1. [Log into your Joomla 2.5 Dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. In the top menu, hover over **Components** and click **VirtueMart**
3. Click the **Products** icon[![click-the-products-icon](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_click-the-products-icon.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_click-the-products-icon.gif)
4. Click the **New** button in the top right menu
5. There are many options you can enter when setting up a product. For our example, we will enter the following basic details: **Product Name**, **Product Category**, and **Cost Price**.[![enter-basic-product-information](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_enter-basic-product-information.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_enter-basic-product-information.gif)
6. You will also want to click the various tabs at the top so you can modify the product even further, for example adding a product image and description.[![set-other-product-options](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_set-other-product-options.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_set-other-product-options.gif)
7. When you are finished configuring the details of your new product, click **Save** in the top right menu
8. You have succussfully **added a new product to your VirtueMart store in Joomla 2.5**! When you browse your store, you will now find your new product.[![browse-and-find-your-new-book](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_browse-and-find-your-new-book.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/edu_joomla25_add-new-virtuemart-category_browse-and-find-your-new-book.gif)