Adding a Category to Your Site Menu
4 min
In this article
- Adding a category to a regular site menu
- Adding a category to an advanced site menu
You can display any of your active categories in the site menu. Choose whether you want to add them as main menu items:

...or as subitems:

Tips:
- Each active category has its own URL that you use to link in your menu.
- It's recommended to add categories to your site menu, so that customers can view your categories from any site page.
- Your categories can also appear in the category menu of the category page itself. Choose either a vertical category menu display (desktop only) or a horizontal one (desktop and mobile). Learn more
Adding a category to a regular site menu
You can add Category pages to your site menu by linking the category page URL. When you make changes to a regular site menu, the changes appear on the mobile version of your site as well as the desktop version.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Click Pages and Menu
on the left side of the Editor.
- Click Site Menu.
- Click +Add Menu Item at the bottom.
- Select Link.

- Select Page on the left.
- Select Category page from the Which Page? drop-down.

- Select the category you want to display from the Which item? drop-down.
- Click Done.
- (Optional) Rename the category and click Done.
- (Optional) Make the category you added into a subcategory:
- Click Pages and Menu
on the left side of the Editor.
- Click Site Menu.
- Drag the relevant menu items under and to the right of the relevant category.
- Click Pages and Menu
Important:
- When you build your menu using the instructions above, the menu appears both in desktop and mobile.
- You can also create menus using Advanced Menus or Mega Menus. When you do, you need to create the menu separately on desktop and mobile.
Adding a category to an advanced site menu
If you've built your site's menu using advanced menus, you can add the menu items you need and then use the advanced functionality to build submenus and sub-sub-menus.
Important:
- The category list on the Category page does not appear on mobile. Add shop categories to the site menu to make them easily accessible.
- With advanced menus, changes on desktop don't appear on mobile. Make sure you go to the mobile version of your site and add them separately there.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Click the site menu in your editor.
- Click Manage Menu.
- Click +Add Menu Item at the bottom.
- Select Link.
- Select Page on the left.
- Select Category page from the Which Page? drop-down.

- Select the category you want to display from the Which item? drop-down.
- Click Done.
- (Optional) Rename the category and click Done.
- (Optional) Drag the menu items over and to the right of the relevant category to make it a sub-category.
Important:
- When you build your menu using the instructions above, the menu appears both in desktop and mobile.
- You can also create menus using Advanced Menus or Mega Menus. When you do, you need to create the menu separately on desktop and mobile.