{"id":20361,"date":"2026-10-13T08:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=20361"},"modified":"2026-10-13T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:22:32","slug":"hostinger-ecommerce-how-to-create-product-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-ecommerce-how-to-create-product-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger Ecommerce: How to create product categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create product categories in <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-hostinger-ecommerce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ecommerce\">Hostinger Ecommerce<\/a> from Store Manager: add a category, name it, assign products, and save. Categories group your products so they&rsquo;re easier to manage and to show by group on your website.<\/p><h3>Before you start<\/h3><ul>\n<li>Add your products first, so you can assign them to a category. See <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-add-products-to-your-store\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-ecommerce-how-to-add-products-to-your-store\/\">How to add products to your store<\/a> to add them.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h-create-a-product-category-in-hostinger-ecommerce\">Create a product category in Hostinger Ecommerce<\/h2><ol>\n<li>In <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-store-manager\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-ecommerce-how-to-navigate-the-store-manager\/\">Store Manager<\/a>, go to <strong>Products<\/strong> &#10095; <strong>Product categories<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Add category<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1637\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18.png 1637w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18-1536x637.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Name<\/strong>, enter the category name. The name is required.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Assign products<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1123\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_1.png 1123w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_1-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_1-1024x704.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_1-768x528.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Assign products<\/strong> window, select the checkbox next to each product you want in the category. Use <strong>Search for product<\/strong> to find a product by name. Then click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_2.png 472w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-18_2-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> again to save the whole category.<\/li>\n<\/ol><p>The new category appears on the <strong>Categories<\/strong> page with its number of products.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-assign-a-product-to-a-category-when-you-create-it\">Assign a product to a category when you create it<\/h2><p>You can also assign a category while you add a product. In the product form, use the <strong>Categories<\/strong> field and click <strong>Assign to category or add new<\/strong> to create or assign one. See <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-add-products-to-your-store-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-ecommerce-how-to-add-products-to-your-store\/\">How to add products to your store<\/a> for every field in the product form.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1063\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-19.png 1063w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-19-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-19-1024x184.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2026\/10\/2026-10-13_15-19-768x138.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1063px) 100vw, 1063px\" \/><\/p><h2 id=\"h-show-product-categories-on-your-website\">Show product categories on your website<\/h2><p>Categories organize products in Store Manager. To show products by category on a Hostinger AI Builder manual mode website, add a product list section and choose the category in its settings. See <a data-click-id=\"hgr-post-content-link-how-to-create-product-categories-in-hostinger-ai-builder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6538359-hostinger-ai-builder-how-to-create-product-categories\/\">How to create product categories in Hostinger AI Builder<\/a> for the steps.<\/p><p><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>The All products category lists every product in your store.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>After you save the category, your products are grouped under it in Store Manager, ready to show by category on your website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a product category in Store Manager and assign products to organize your store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-ecommerce"],"hreflangs":[],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20368,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20361\/revisions\/20368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}