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title: "How to Create a Product Category in VirtueMart 3"
description: "In this tutorial we will show you how to create a Product Category in VirtueMart 3 (vm3). Product Categories help you organize your VirtueMart store, by grouping related products together. After..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/virtuemart-3/virtuemart-create-category/
date: 2015-01-20
modified: 2024-01-23
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["VirtueMart"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Create a Product Category in VirtueMart 3

In this tutorial we will show you how to **create** a **Product Category** in **VirtueMart 3** (vm3). Product Categories help you organize your VirtueMart store, by grouping related products together. After creating the category, you can begin adding products.

## Creating a New Category

1. [Login to the Joomla Admin Dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/).
2. In the navigation menu, roll your mouse over **Components**–>**VirtueMart**–>**Prducts**. [![Navigating to vm3](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_components-virtuemart-products.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_components-virtuemart-products.png)
3. On the left menu, click **Product Categories**, then the **New** button. [![vm3 Product Category setup](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_product-categories-new.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_product-categories-new.png)
4. You will then be on the *General Informations* page, fill in the fields as needed. Below is a brief description of the available options. Option Description Category Name Enter a name for the new category you are creating. Published Select **Yes** to add this category to your VirtueMart 3 store, otherwise it will only be visible in the Administration panel. Sef Alias Enter a *search engine friendly* name for this category. What you enter here will be seen in the URL of the page, for example if you enter ‘shirts’ the address for this category will be: example.com/shirts Description Fill in some information here regarding the category you are creating.
5. Click the **Save & Close** button to create the new *product category*. You will then see the new **Product Category** listed. [![Setting up a new Product Category in vm3](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_new-product-category.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/virtuemart_create-category_new-product-category.png)

Congratulations, now you know how to **create** a new **product category** in **VirtueMart 3**! In the next guide we will show you how to [**Add** a new **Product** in **VirtueMart 3**](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/virtuemart-3/adding-a-product/).