{"id":1819,"date":"2024-09-26T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs"},"modified":"2024-09-26T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:44:51","password":"","slug":"how-to-enable-product-categories-for-menus","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/menu-set-up\/how-to-enable-product-categories-for-menus\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable Product Categories for Menus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to show <b>product categories<\/b> in your WordPress site&#39;s navigation menu, navigate to <b>Appearance &gt; Menus &gt; Screen Options<\/b> at the top of the page: <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/helpscout.net\/docs\/assets\/5809d09590336070ba24798e\/images\/65b0d58005bc62438dd2b671\/file-1XdO8YWty5.png\" style=\"max-width: 100%; \" \/><\/p>\n<p>Incorporating product categories into a site menu can be highly beneficial for various reasons, particularly for e-commerce websites. Here are several compelling reasons why integrating product categories into your site menu is advantageous:<\/p>\n<p><b>Improved Navigation:<\/b> Product categories help organize a large inventory into logical groups, making it easier for users to navigate and find what they&#39;re looking for. This enhances the overall user experience by reducing the time and effort required to locate specific products.<\/p>\n<p><b>User-Friendly Browsing:<\/b> By structuring your site menu with product categories, visitors can quickly identify the type of products available. This aids in creating an intuitive and user-friendly browsing experience, especially for first-time visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to show product categories in your WordPress site&#39;s navigation menu, navigate to Appearance &gt; Menus &gt; Screen Options at the top of the page: Incorporating product categories into a site menu can be highly beneficial for various reasons, particularly for e-commerce websites. Here are several compelling reasons why integrating product categories into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[39],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1819","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-menu-set-up"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":137,"total_views":"5741","reactions":{"happy":"1","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"author_nicename":"docs","author_url":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/author\/docs\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Menu Set Up","term_url":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/xstore\/menu-set-up\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"author_list":[{"ID":"1","user_login":"docs","display_name":"docs","id":"1"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8theme.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}