How to Add New Category and Product in Magento 2

Are you a newbie in Magento 2?

If yes, the article is for you.

Magento 2 is widely used for E-commerce business having impressive features. The platform offers many functionalities to improve the user experience, increase the conversion rate and offer a secure shopping experience.

Magento 2 categories are the building blocks of the catalog and provide ease of navigation to the customers. While Magento 2 products are the heart of an online store. If you have built a new Magento 2 store, the primary step is to add new category and product in Magento 2.

Newcomers in Magento 2 development might get confused with the backend architecture. To make their tasks easier, I’ve come up with the stepwise method to create new category and product in Magento 2.

Steps to add new category and product in Magento 2:

• Add New Magento 2 Category
• Add New Magento 2 Product

Follow the below method and that’s it!

• Add New Magento 2 Category:

  • Log in to Admin Panel
  • Go to Catalog > Categories
  • Click “Add Subcategories“
  • Enter the details, enable the category and Include in Menu option.
  • Save the configuration.
  • Similarly to create the root category, click on “Add Root Category” and follow the same steps.
  • To apply this root category to the store, go to Stores > All Stores.
  • Click “Main Website Store“
  • Change the Root Category with your created root category from the drop-down menu.
  • Click “Save Store“

• Add New Magento 2 Product:

  There are multiple product types and here I’m showing the example of a simple product type.

  • Go to Catalog > Products
  • Click “Add Product”
  • Enter the details of the product and select its category
  • It is essential that the product is in stock and the quantity is defined to be displayed in the frontend.
  • Save the product
  • It is seen in the frontend as below:

That was all about creating Magento 2 products and categories!

Hopefully, the post will help you towards excelling Magento 2 development!

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