Magento 2 Tutorials

How to Add New Category and Product in Magento 2

Add product category

Magento 2 is one of the best ecommerce platforms in the market. It has a number of great features and options, but I have seen that many newbies face problems in adding categories and products in Magento 2. So this tutorial seeks to solve their problems and help them add those features easily.

This topic is a part of Product Management Series in Magento 2. You can jump on to the other parts here:

 

In this tutorial, I will cover the following topics:

  • How to Add Categories
  • How to Add Products

Add Categories

Open the admin panel of your store and go to Products → Categories.

Products-categories

Now click on Add Subcategory.

Click on Sub Category

Now enter the details of your category and select Yes from Enable Category and Include in Menu options. I am using the category name as Mobile. After entering all the details, just click on Save.

category details

Your subcategory Mobile has now been created under Default Category.

If you want to create your own Root category, then just click on Add Root Category and create it in a similar way.

To apply your root category to your Magento 2 store, go to STORES → All Stores.

Stores-AllStores

Now click on Main Website Store.

Main website store

Change the Default Category with your own root directory and click on Save Store.

change root category

Add Products

Go to Products → Catalog.

products-catalog

Now click on Add Product.

Click on Add product

Enter the details of your product and select your category from its drop-down menu.

Note: Make sure your product is in stock and its quantity is defined so that it can be shown on your store.

add-product

Open your store and you will see your category in the menu bar. Click on the Mobile category.

category output

You will see the product that is associated with this category.

product output

Final Words

Adding categories and products is a basic need of any ecommerce store. After following this tutorial, you should now be able to add categories and different products in Magento 2. If you have any confusion or want to add something to the tutorial, use the comment section below and be heard!

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