next we're going to take a look at how
to add more categories to our store and
how to add products to those categories
and then we're also going to look at how
to add those categories to the
navigation menu so here in the WordPress
dashboard let's go to products and click
on categories and here we can see two
categories we've already added while
creating our products we have dresses
and we have tops and then we also have
uncategorized so for each product that
doesn't have a specific category it will
automatically be assigned to
uncategorized now the first thing we
want to do here is ADD images to each of
our categories so for the addresses
let's click on edit then let's scroll
all the way down to the thumbnail and
click on upload image then I'm just
going to drag in all of my category
images and I'm going to choose this one
for the addesses category and click use
image and click update then let's go
back and do the same thing for the tops
now if you want to create a new category
we can do that right here on the left so
let's say we want to create a best
sellers category we can enter the name
here then if this is a subcategory of an
already existing one we can choose the
parent category right here and then all
the way at the bottom we can also choose
the category thumbnail the category
image so let's click here and then let's
choose this image for the best sellers
and click use image and then click add
new category and then we can scroll up
and see that new category right here now
I've added one more category called new
arrivals and then we can also change the
order so let's say we want to have
addresses all the way at the top then we
have tops then we have best sellers and
then new arrivals so now we have four
categories in total but we can see that
for the new categories we've just added
there aren't any products in those
categories yet so let's look at how to
add products to those categories as well
so let's go back to products and then
here let's select all of the products we
want to add to the best sellers category
once all of those products are selected
let's go to bulk actions click on edit
and then apply and then here we can see
all the products that are selected and
here we can choose the categories we
want to add those products to so let's
add them to the best sellers category
then scroll down and click on update and
now we can see that those products are
in the best sellers and also in the
dresses category which was the original
one we have added the product to and now
let's also add a few products to the new
arrivals category so select the product
again go to bulk actions edit apply then
choose new arrivals and update so now we
also want to add our categories to our
navigation menu so let's quickly go to
our website by hovering over our website
name then right click on visit site and
open in a new tab and then here we can
see the navigation menu and this is
where we want to also be able to
navigate directly to our product
categories so let's go back to our
WordPress dashboard then let's scroll
down here go to appearance and click on
menus and here we can see all of the
links that we currently have in our
navigation menu now to add our product
categories we're going to scroll down
here and then go to product categories
and now here we can see our categories
we can simply click on select all and
then add to menu now let's click on Save
menu and then we can go back to our
website reload the page and now we can
see all of our product categories in the
navigation menu now you can see that
this can be a lot of different links in
the navigation menu which can be quite
confusing so what I would want to do is
add those categories as a submenu of the
shop page so to do that we're going to
go back to the dashboard again and then
here under Pages we can now also add our
shop page so let's go to view all and
then let's select the shop page and
click on add to menu now we should see
that page right here and now we can add
all of the categories as subcategories
or a sub men to the shop link so let's
just drag them down here and drag them
to the right bit like this and then just
do that for all of our categories then
let's click on Save menu and now let's
go back to our website again reload the
page and now we can see that we just
have one more link the shop page link
and we have all of our categories as sub
menus right here now I actually want to
have that Shop link all the way on the
left so let's go back and drag that all
the way to the top and then again save
menu and now we can see that the shop
link is all the way on the left of the
menu