If you’re looking how to set the default product category in WooCommerce, you might think to look for a setting somewhere. After all, setting the default post category is found in Settings > Writing. But it’s even simpler to set than that.
To set the default WooCommerce product category, visit the product category page here: Products > Categories. Once there, hover over the category you want to set as default and click on the ‘Make Default’ link that appears:
Delete Uncategorized
While you’re there, might as well get rid of the incredibly unuseful Uncategorized product category. If it’s currently set as the default you will need to set another category as default first. Then simply hover over Uncategorized and click delete. Poof:
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Hey,
Thanks for the quick tutorial. I didn’t know it was this easy! I was searching for code snippet for doing this. Haha!
Hello,
How can I undo this process
I accidentally clicked “Make Default” on a category
How can I make the “Browse All” default
Hi Rawan,
WooCommerce uses the standard WordPress taxonomy system, so there will always be a default category here. You can’t really make them all default. The only thing this really affects is what category a new product you set up will be in.
Thanks for this tutorial.
I never figured out it was so easy.