Category Editor

For stores with a modest number of categories, the default category page is frequently acceptable, but what if your site has hundreds of product categories? The Bulk Category Editor’s unique interface presents your product categories in a table style, giving you a bird’s eye perspective of all your data. In a matter of seconds, you may see and update category names, details, imagery, and slug information. Subcategory colour coding and the ability to hide descriptions make it simple to identify and change your categories.

Quickly Add New Product Categories

With the Bulk Category Editor for WooCommerce, you can bulk add categories directly from within the extension dashboard. Simply enter a category name and description, select the parent category (if any) and upload a unique image. If you want to bulk create categories, use the last row in the table, select a parent category (optional) and enter your category names. 

Set Categories on Your Products

Restructure your product categories easy using the ‘Move Products’ feature. 

Bulk set, add or remove categories to products 

Need to add multiple products to a category? Select the product category you want to edit, refine your selection using the filter in the “Products” tab, select the new category assignment and click  “Add Categories.” In seconds, you would’ve assigned a new category to multiple products. A progress bar will display to alert you that the products are being reassigned. Click a category in the category list on a product to remove. NEW

Replace and Remove Categories

As well as adding categories, with Bulk Category Editor, you can also replace and remove categories in bulk. Select the categories you want to edit, refine your selection and select the new category to replace the old, or select the category you wish to remove. This feature is great for quickly reassigning products that fall into the Uncategorized category by default.

Product Filters

Create category and attributes filters to use in your frontend shop templates. The product filters it is easy to add, update and remove in Bulk Category Editor (admin). You can set font sizes, colours, labels, layout, exclude(hide) categories, queries (settings) and a lot more. When you have created a filter, just click the shortcode and it is copied, then just paste it in your shop templates (i.e your theme shop page, sidebar widget or use it with i.e Elementor (shortcodes)).

Create Your Filter

The filter editor let you change titles/labels, font sizes, colours, buttons, box layout, exclude categories and much more. Please look at the documentation for more information.

Import And Export Categories

Importing and exporting categories with Bulk Category Editor can save you time and effort, especially if you’re managing multiple WooCommerce stores. Instead of manually adding or updating categories in each store, simply create a .csv file and import it into the plugin.

The benefits don’t stop there – you can also use the export feature to quickly create a backup of your categories or move them to another store. Plus, with the ability to edit categories in a spreadsheet program, you can easily make changes in bulk and then import the file, saving you even more time.

More About the Category Functions

View and Manage Nested Categories

Perfect for online stores with an extensive product portfolio, with Bulk Category Editor, you’ll get a clear picture of all of the categories in your store. With a quick glance, you’ll be able to see and manage all of the nested categories in your store.

Easily Change Text Using the Built-In Search and Replace Function

Need to change a word or phrase in several categories? The Bulk Category Editor for WooCommerce helps you bulk change categories thanks to a handy search and replace function. Select the Search and Replace function, enter the text you wish to change and specify the text that should replace it. Clicking the ‘Do’ button will automatically replace the text across all categories. Use this feature to replace or remove text when bulk products import with incorrect naming conventions or unnecessary text. 

Add Text to Category Listings in Seconds

If you’d like to add a word or phrase to a product category, the ‘Add text before’ or ‘Add text after’ function lets you do just that! Enter the word you’d like to add text before or after and all listings with the respective word will appear. Specify the text you’d like to add before or after the word and hit ‘Do’ to preview the updated listings.

Extend the Category Description Box for Lengthy Text

Detailed, SEO-optimized category descriptions will help your store display favourably in search engines. If you have a lengthy category description, drag the bottom right corner of the text area box to give you more space to enter a long description. With the Bulk Category Editor for WooCommerce, you can bulk add categories directly from within the extension dashboard. Simply enter a category name and description, select the parent category (if any) and upload a unique image.

Stress Less With the Bulk Save Feature

Don’t worry about hitting ‘Save’ every step of the way. As you work, the extension will register which rows have been edited, marking these rows with a tick in the checkbox. As soon as you click one of the two ‘Save Changes’ buttons, every row that has been edited will save at once.

View and Edit Category Featured Images

With this extension for WooCommerce, you can bulk edit product images directly from the dashboard. Not only does Bulk Category Editor’s interface let you view the featured images related to your categories—great for keeping track of multiple rows of products—but it also lets you add, replace or delete images without leaving the dashboard. Option to bulk set and remove category images – NEW

Use the Filter Function to Quickly Sort Through Categories

Great for online stores with a multitude of categories, the category filter lets you sort and specify categories to edit. Enter a word or phrase related to a category and it’ll automatically begin filtering as you type. You can search for a name, category, description or slug using the filter function.

Features

Bulk Category Editor is compatible with:

• WooCommerce products and variations
• WooCommerce subscription and variations
• Perfect companion with Bulk Table Editor for WooCommerce
• Bulk Shop for WooCommerce (filters)
• Other product types

Requirements

Minimum PHP version: 5.2