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In this article
  • Enabling categories for display
  • Displaying categories on the Category page
  • Displaying categories in your site menu
  • Displaying categories using product galleries
  • FAQs
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  6. Wix Stores: Displaying Product Categories

Wix Stores: Displaying Product Categories

In this article
  • Enabling categories for display
  • Displaying categories on the Category page
  • Displaying categories in your site menu
  • Displaying categories using product galleries
  • FAQs
Important:

This article is about the new version of Wix Stores product categories. If you don't see the Active on your site toggle, you're on the previous version. Learn more about adding and displaying categories in the previous version, or request migration to the new product catalog to access the latest features.

Your site structure plays a major role in customers' overall shopping experience.  Choose a way to display categories that's both user friendly and good for SEO.

Enabling categories for display

Each of your categories can have either an active or inactive status. 
Important:
To display a category on your site, the status needs to be 'Active'. To change the status, select the relevant category and click the Active on your site toggle on the right to enable it.
Click below to learn the difference between active and inactive categories:

Displaying categories on the Category page

The Category page is your main store page. Customers can click any of the categories that appear in the category menu to view products they're interested in. 
Any active category you create automatically appears in the category menu, but you can hide categories you don't want to display. You can also reorder the categories you show.
Screenshot of category page on desktop with the category list outlined
Vertical menus do not appear on mobile, but you can display your categories in a horizontal menu on mobile. Learn more about displaying your categories on mobile.  
Screenshot showing a horizontal menu in Wix Stores in the mobile view of the Category page

To choose what categories to display:

  1. Go to your editor.
  2. Go to your Category page:
    1. Click Pages & Menu  on the left side of the editor.
    2. Click Store Pages. 
    3. Click Category page.
  3. Click the Category page element twice on your page.
  4. Click Settings.
  5. Select what you want to hide:
    • Hide the entire menu: 
      1. Click the Display tab.
      2. Deselect the checkbox next to Category menu.
    • Hide individual categories: 
      1. Click the Menu tab.
      2. Select Customize & reorder the menu manually or Specific categories.
      3. Deselect the checkboxes next to the categories you want to hide.
Reordering categories and subcategories:
We're rolling out the ability to create subcategories. If you have this option, go to the dashboard to reorder categories and subcategories. If you don't yet have subcategories, you can reorder categories in the Menu tab in your editor.

Displaying categories in your site menu

Note:
We're in the process of rolling out the ability to create subcategories. To add subcategories to the menu, follow the instructions for adding categories. 
Adding categories to your site's menu makes it easy for customers to navigate your site. It's the best way to give your customers direct access to your categories no matter what page they are viewing.
Screenshot of a sample site menu
You can add multiple categories to your menu and display them in submenus.
Screenshot of a sample site menu with submenu items
Tips:
  • Categories are added to the menu as links, and the link will open the URL of that category.
  • Displaying categories in your site menu boosts SEO for category pages.

To add categories to your menu:

  1. Click Pages and Menuon the left side of your editor.
  2. Click Site Menu.
  3. Click + Add Menu Item at the bottom.
  4. Select Link.
Screenshot of Pages & Menu in the Editor, with the page link option outlined
  1. Select Page on the left.
  2. Select Category page from the Which Page? drop-down.
Screenshot of Site Pages & Menu with link popup open
  1. Select the category you want to display from the Which item? drop-down.
  2. Click Done.
  3. (Optional) Rename the category and click Done.
  4. (Optional) Make the category you added into a subcategory:
    1. Click Pages and Menuon the left side of the Editor.
    2. Click Site Menu.
    3. Drag the relevant menu items under and to the right of the relevant 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.

Displaying categories using product galleries

You can display an active category on any site page, including one that has other content. This makes it easy for customers to purchase your products right after they're exposed to content about the products.
For example, you could create a site page explaining the benefits of your skincare products, add a product gallery to that page, and select the skincare category to display there.

To display a category in a gallery:

  1. Go to the relevant page in your editor.
  2. Click Add  on the left side of your editor
  3. Click Store.
  4. Drag the product gallery or slider gallery on to your page.
  5. Select the gallery. 
  6. Click Choose Category.
Screenshot of options toolbar with Choose Category option outlined
  1. Select the category you want to display.

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more about displaying product categories.

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