{"id":1459,"date":"2021-05-11T13:20:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:07:24","slug":"how-to-inline-edit-category-tag-in-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/how-to-inline-edit-category-tag-in-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Inline edit WooCommerce category\/tag in PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inline edit WooCommerce category vs tag in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?utm_source=kb&amp;utm_content=inline-edit-category\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products plugin<\/a> can help you to add or remove any category or tag, to\/from a product directly in the product table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are going to show you how to Inline edit category \/ tag in our plugin in three simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1: Add category \/ tag columns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To have access to the category\/tag in the product table, you need to add these columns to be displayed in the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding new columns in the product table is possible by using column profile form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/how-to-manage-product-columns-on-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/how-to-manage-product-columns-on-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to add columns to PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; plugin?<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the column profile form, you need to click on the <strong>\u201cColumn Profile\u201d<\/strong> button at the main page of our plugin. Then, you can mark those columns related to the \u201ccategories\u201d and \u201ctags\u201d as shown below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Column-Profile-3.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1494\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Column-Profile-3.png\" alt=\"Add category \/ tag columns in WooCommerce bulk product editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2824\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking on <strong>\u201cApply To Table\u201d<\/strong>, those columns will be displayed in the product table and you can easily inline edit any column related to any product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2: Search product<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d option to find the right product that you need to inline edit its category\/tag. By using this field, you can quickly find your preferred profile by searching either \u201cTitle\u201d or \u201cID\u201d of the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we searched for a product with \u201cID No: 2211\u201d&nbsp; And it was filtered as below:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-Search-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-Search-4.png\" alt=\"search product in WooCommerce bulk product editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-Search-4.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/Quick-Search-4-1536x249.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3: Inline edit WooCommerce tag \/ category<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To inline edit WooCommerce tag\/category of that product, the following actions are required:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on category\/ tag column of that product.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add new categories&nbsp; \/ tags If you need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \/ unmark your preferred categories \/ tags.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Apply Changes<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Example 1: Inline edit WooCommerce category<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, we tried to inline edit the category of our selected product. As shown below,\u00a0 we unmarke \u201cClothing\u201d and marked \u201cAccessories\u201d and \u201cT-shirt\u201d:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-taxonome-edit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-taxonome-edit.jpg\" alt=\"inline edit category in woocommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-1467\" style=\"width:621px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then by clicking on \u201c<strong>Apply Changes<\/strong>\u201d, our selected categories were assigned to our selected product:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/selected-product.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/selected-product.png\" alt=\"display product category in product table\" class=\"wp-image-2826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/selected-product.png 1700w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/selected-product-1536x250.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/bulk-edit-product-category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to bulk edit WooCommerce products category?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Example 2: Inline edit WooCommerce tag<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To inline edit WooCommerce product tags, we decided to&nbsp; add a new one which could be done by below actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on the tag column<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the \u201c<strong>Add New<\/strong>\u201d button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type a \u201cName\u201d for new tag and complete other fields if needed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Create<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-new-product.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-new-product.jpg\" alt=\"add new category\/tag and assign and inline edit category\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" style=\"width:631px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, the new tag that we have created by the name of \u201cOn sale\u201d, has been added to the tag list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-On-sale-added.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/34-On-sale-added.jpg\" alt=\"product inline edit category in woocommerce bulk product editing\" class=\"wp-image-1473\" style=\"width:631px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We assigned that new tag to our selected product by marking the check box next to it and clicking on \u201c<strong>Apply Changes<\/strong>\u201d:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/result-tag.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1701\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/result-tag.png\" alt=\"result product tag in product table\" class=\"wp-image-2827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/result-tag.png 1701w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/result-tag-1536x254.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1701px) 100vw, 1701px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inline edit WooCommerce category vs tag in PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products plugin can help you to add or remove any category or tag, to\/from a product directly in the product table. We are going to show you how to Inline edit category \/ tag in our plugin in three simple steps: Step 1: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plugin-usage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3601,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/3601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}