{"id":806,"date":"2021-05-11T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T13:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?p=806"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:29:49","slug":"bulk-edit-product-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/bulk-edit-product-category\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bulk edit WooCommerce product categories?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bulk edit WooCommerce product category is a useful option designed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/?utm_source=kb&amp;utm_content=bulk-edit-category\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; Plugin<\/a> to help store managers manage their products categories in the online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WooCommerce bulk edit categories is simply possible from the &#8220;<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>&#8221; Form. However, before trying this option, we recommend you to filter the products you need to change their categories. <\/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\/filter-products-on-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to filter products on PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For example we choose a specific range for <strong>Width <\/strong>and <strong>Length<\/strong> in the \u201c<strong>shipping<\/strong>\u201d tab of <strong>Filter Form<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also important to see how your bulk edit is going to change the values. So, you can select the related columns to be displayed in the product table.<\/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\/shipping-tab-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1516\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/shipping-tab-2.jpg\" alt=\"search for desire products in WooCommerce bulk product editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2876\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bulk category editor for WooCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can chose \u201c<strong>Width<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>Length<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Product Category<\/strong>\u201d in the <strong>Column Profile<\/strong>.<\/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-save-and-load-column-profiles-on-woocommerce-bulk-product-editing-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to save and load column profiles on PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At the below picture, you can see that our product table consists of our filtered products with the selected columns:<\/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\/filtered-products-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/filtered-products-3.png\" alt=\"bulk edit product category in WooCommerce bulk edit product\" class=\"wp-image-2878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/filtered-products-3.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/filtered-products-3-1536x354.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WooCommerce bulk category editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, everything is ready to bulk edit the product category. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to bulk edit WooCommerce product categories at the same time?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WooCommerce bulk edit product categories is possible by following below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Click on \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d at the main page to open \u201c<strong>Bulk Edit Form<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Go to \u201c<strong>Categories \/Tags\/Taxonomies<\/strong>\u201d tab in the form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see in the below table there are two main boxes in front of Category option and we are going to see how you can take advantage of them to bulk edit product table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Condition box<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The first box in front of Category field includes three conditions as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Append:<\/strong> The category or categories you are selected will be added to the existing categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Replace: <\/strong>All current categories will be removed and replaced by the category or categories you are selected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete:<\/strong> The categories you have selected will be removed.<\/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\/condition-box.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/condition-box.png\" alt=\"change multi product categories at the same time in WooCommerce bulk product editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-2879\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Select Box<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking on the second box, you can see all of the categories you have assigned to your WooCommerce products and you are able to select&nbsp; one or more from the dropdown list.<\/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\/select-box.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/select-box.png\" alt=\"set new category for product\" class=\"wp-image-2880\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you add any categories to the product page of WooCommerce, it will be added automatically to this box and you are able to select among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Some examples of bulk edit WooCommerce product categories<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Append or add WooCommerce product categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For example we wanted to add <strong>clothing <\/strong>to the existing product categories. So, we selected <strong>Append <\/strong>from condition box and chose \u201c<strong>Clothing<\/strong>\u201d category.<\/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\/append-category.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/append-category.png\" alt=\"append clothing category\" class=\"wp-image-2882\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After clicking on \u201c<strong>Do Bulk Edit<\/strong>\u201d, the result is as below:<\/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\/append-category-result.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/append-category-result.png\" alt=\"do bulk edit for changing category in WooCommerce bulk product\" class=\"wp-image-2881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/append-category-result.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/append-category-result-1536x387.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see \u201cclothing\u201d was added to our product categories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Delete or remove WooCommerce product categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, we decided to reverse our decision for the first two products, so for WooCommerce bulk remove category, we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marked the checkbox next to those products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chose \u201c<strong>Delete<\/strong>\u201d from the Condition box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selected \u201c<strong>Clothing<\/strong>\u201d from the list<\/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\/delete-category.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/delete-category.png\" alt=\"delete clothing category\" class=\"wp-image-2883\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As we expected, <strong>Clothing <\/strong>was deleted from the category column of the first two products:<\/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\/delete-category-result.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/delete-category-result.png\" alt=\"remove some categories from product\" class=\"wp-image-2884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/delete-category-result.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/delete-category-result-1536x386.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">bulk remove category in WooCommerce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Replace WooCommerce product categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we tried to replace categories of the first two products by \u201c<strong>Clothing<\/strong>\u201d. We followed below steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marking the checkbox next to those products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selecting \u201c<strong>Replace<\/strong>\u201d from the condition box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choosing Clothing from the category list<\/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\/replace-category.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/replace-category.png\" alt=\"replace clothing category\" class=\"wp-image-2885\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see in the below picture, all categories were removed and replaced by \u201c<strong>Clothing<\/strong>\u201d Category:<\/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\/replace-category-result.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/replace-category-result.png\" alt=\"replace category of products in WooCommerce bulk product\" class=\"wp-image-2886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/replace-category-result.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/woocommerce-bulk-product-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/04\/replace-category-result-1536x387.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bulk edit WooCommerce product category is a useful option designed in the PBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WooCommerce Products &#8211; Plugin to help store managers manage their products categories in the online store. 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