{"id":29,"date":"2024-05-20T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:22:03","slug":"main-categories-and-subcategories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/main-categories-and-subcategories\/","title":{"rendered":"Main categories and subcategories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:89px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-e72813c6 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);flex-basis:25%\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/appearance\/\">Appearance<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/appearance\/menus\/\">Menus<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/appearance\/menus\/customize-menu-alternatives\/\">Customize menu alternatives<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/appearance\/menus\/create-multilevel-menus\/\">Create multilevel menus<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/\">Getting started<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/general-use-of-wordpress\/\">General use of WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/posts\/\">Posts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/main-categories-and-subcategories\/\">Main categories and subcategories<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/pages\/\">Pages<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/settings\/\">Settings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/gutenberg\/\">Gutenberg<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/gutenberg\/qala-modern-checkout\/\">Qala Modern Checkout<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/gutenberg\/qala-template-parts\/\">Qala Template Parts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-block-pattern\/\">Qala block pattern<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-block-pattern\/cover-with-content\/\">Cover with content<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item has-child\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/\">Qala blocks<\/a><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__submenu-container\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/accordion\/\">Accordion<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/faq-list\/\">FAQ list<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/hero\/\">Hero<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/test\/\">Hero Blog Post<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/latest-posts\/\">Latest posts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/logo-slider\/\">Logo slider<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/multi-image-accordion\/\">Multi Image Accordion<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/shop-categories\/\">Shop categories<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/single-testimonial\/\">Single testimonial<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item \"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-blocks\/testimonials\/\">Testimonials<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-cms\/\">Qala CMS<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/qala-features-benefits\/\">Qala features &amp; benefits<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item menu-item-home\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/\">Welcome<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-main-categories-and-subcategories-in-wordpress\">Main categories and subcategories in WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have already covered how to create a category in WordPress, now let&#8217;s take a look at how you build a category structure, a so called category-tree. Categories in itself is a very powerful tool which makes it very important to have a properly organised categorisation. With this you can control and improve the customers experience on your site, but it also results in a better and improved SEO ranking and makes the SEO work easier in itself too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For example, we who work with WooCommerce and have written a post about just that makes it reasonable to use <strong>&#8216;WooCommerce&#8217;<\/strong> as a main category where the visitor easily can find and understand that this specific article is about that subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we can also have posts about specific functions in WooCommerce for example <strong>&#8216;Products&#8217;<\/strong>. Thats where the subcategories come in. <strong>&#8216;WooCommerce&#8217; <\/strong>then becomes a main category and the different functions become subcategories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When posting under a subcategory the post doesn&#8217;t necessarily need to be in the main category. In our example we could have let <strong>&#8220;WooCommerce&#8221; <\/strong>stay unchecked and only put the post in <strong>&#8220;Products&#8221;<\/strong>. If you do post something under a subcategory and not the main category it is however important to remember that the post will not be visible at all under the main category archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-create-a-category\">Create a category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With all that said, let&#8217;s take a look at how you add both regular categories as well as subcategories in WordPress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You can easily add a new category in WordPress while writing your post. In the Admin Panel to the right on the page you open the &#8220;Category&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There you can click on <strong>&#8220;Add New Category&#8221; <\/strong>to create a new category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop-qala.jdj.ac.dev\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/screenshot-2023-06-15-at-152146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4874\" style=\"width:258px;height:235px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop-qala.jdj.ac.dev\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/screenshot-2023-06-15-at-152407-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4876\" style=\"width:235px;height:312px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When you click that link, two new boxes are shown where you can add your category. For a main category you don&#8217;t need to choose anything for <strong>&#8220;Parent Category&#8221;<\/strong>, it will automatically become a main category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you however would like to make a subcategory then you do need to choose a <strong>&#8220;Parent Category&#8221;<\/strong>. There you decide where in the hierarchy you want your new category to be positioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t necessarily have to create the category in a new post, you can as we&#8217;ve shown previously, add a new and administer existing categories under <strong>posts &gt;&gt; categories.<\/strong> This is useful if you want to create all your categories before you start making content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This method also allows you to edit <strong>&#8220;slug(URL)&#8221; <\/strong>for your categories. You can even remove or change name on the categories here as well. If you want to hone your SEO work a bit you can also add a description for your categories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop-qala.jdj.ac.dev\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/screenshot-2023-06-15-at-152753.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4877\" style=\"width:248px;height:163px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adding-subcategories\">Adding subcategories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add and edit subcategories in the exact same way as you added the main categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You follow the same steps as above when editing your post. But when you create a subcategory, you will have to choose a <strong>&#8220;parent category&#8221;.<\/strong> There you choose where in the hierarchy you want your new category to be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop-qala.jdj.ac.dev\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/screenshot-2023-06-15-at-153151.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4878\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like with the main categories you can go <strong>posts &gt;&gt; categories<\/strong> to add new subcategories. Name your subcategory and pick your <strong>&#8220;parent category&#8221; <\/strong>from the dropdown menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qala.jdj.ac.dev\/img-srv\/7klPaUMUjMkpne_mhHQ0zZDDNt8CRNhTdDk_PYiUgoU\/resizing_type:auto\/width:1024\/height:0\/gravity:sm\/enlarge:1\/ext:webp\/strip_metadata:1\/quality:35\/bG9jYWw6Ly8vcWFsYS9xYWxhLnVrL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy84LzIwMjMvMDYvc2NyZWVuc2hvdC0yMDIzLTA2LTE1LWF0LTE1MzcyNS5wbmc.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4883\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we come to the more tree-building part. Your subcategories can have their own subcategories. As in our case, we might want to have several categories under &#8216;<strong>Stock<\/strong>&#8216;, like different articles about plugins that help manage stock status, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qala.jdj.ac.dev\/img-srv\/Ms8mDIO2_Ko0mD55hDDduWVG7fv0n7DKpzuvLGiYXeQ\/resizing_type:auto\/width:1024\/height:0\/gravity:sm\/enlarge:1\/ext:webp\/strip_metadata:1\/quality:35\/bG9jYWw6Ly8vcWFsYS9xYWxhLnVrL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy84LzIwMjMvMDYvc2NyZWVuc2hvdC0yMDIzLTA2LTE1LWF0LTE1Mzg1NC5wbmc.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4884\" style=\"width:575px;height:463px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we have WooCommerce as the main category. With &#8216;<strong>Variations<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Stock<\/strong>&#8216; as subcategories which in turn has &#8216;<strong>Qala Single Stock<\/strong>&#8216; as a subcategory. Categories at the same level in the hierarchy are called &#8220;sibling&#8221; categories. For example, here &#8216;Variations&#8217; and &#8216;Stock&#8217; are sibling categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to point out that categories can only have one main category. Meaning you cant add a subcategory with two different main categories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:22.1%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main categories and subcategories in WordPress. We have already covered how to create a category in WordPress now let&#8217;s take&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"parents":[{"permalink":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation","title":"Home"},{"permalink":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/getting-started\/","title":"Getting started"},{"permalink":false,"title":"Main categories and subcategories"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qala.shop\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}