Creating Product Categories in Magento Updated on September 14, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 44 Seconds to Read Magento allows you to categorize all your products into groups. this helps to better organize your product base making it easier for your customers to find your products. The groups are referred to as categories and can be created in the Magento Backend. Not a current customer? Learn more about our Magento hosting plans! Log into your Magento Admin Panel. Go to Category ->> Manage Category. Make sure the Default Category is highlighted and select Add Subcategory.It’s very important that you select “add subcategory” and make it a subcategory of the “root” or default category. If you do not do this, the new category you are creating will not show up in the menu. Fill in the fields as needed, making sure to go through each of the four tabs at the top: General Information, Display Settings, Custom Design, and Category Products. Click Save Category. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 10 Magento Security Tips Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6 Adding Store Email Addresses to Magento How to stop Displaying Product Reviews in Magento 1.6 How to Install Magento Manually Merging Javascript Files in Magento 1.6 How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6 Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6
