Set up categories & tags in WooCommerce

Everspring doesn't send categories or tags to WooCommerce — you design the structure yourself. Here's how to build a clean category tree and apply tags for navigation and SEO.

Written By Bas den Hoed

Why this matters

Everspring doesn't send categories or tags to WooCommerce — you design the structure yourself. A clear category tree helps customers navigate your shop and gives you clean URLs for SEO.

Categories vs. tags in WooCommerce

  • Categories are hierarchical — use them for the main structure of your shop (e.g. Indoor plants → Tropical → Monstera).

  • Tags are flat labels — use them for cross-cutting attributes that don't fit the main tree (e.g. low-light, pet-safe, gift idea).

Create a category

  1. Go to Products → Categories.

  2. Fill in Name, Slug (URL-friendly), optional Parent category, and a short Description.

  3. Click Add new category.

Create a tag

  1. Go to Products → Tags.

  2. Fill in Name, Slug, and a short Description.

  3. Click Add new tag.

Assign categories and tags to a product

  1. Open the product in Products → All Products.

  2. On the right sidebar, use the Product categories and Product tags boxes to check existing ones or add new.

  3. Click Update.

💡 Bulk assignment: in Products → All Products, select multiple rows, choose Edit in the bulk actions dropdown, click Apply, and set categories/tags in the edit panel.

Using AI to draft the tree first

Before you click anything, sketch your structure. Give a tool like ChatGPT a list of your main product types from Everspring and ask it to propose a 2-level category tree with slug suggestions. Review, trim, and then create them in WooCommerce.

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