Magento - Setup Categories


Categories are classes or things which are related, and have some shared characteristics. The following steps describe how to add categories for the products in Magento.

Step (1) − Login to your Magento Admin Panel.

Step (2) − Go to the Catalog menu and click on the Manage Categoriesoption.

Magento Setup Categories

Step (3) − Next you need to fill the fields like Name of the category, Is Active status which is set to Yes/No and Description of the category.

Magento Setup Categories

Step (4) − Click on Save Category button and your category is ready to have the products added to it.


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