Categories are useful for grouping listings to help the users find the one they want. For example, you can group all restaurants on your website into a category. Another use of categories is to indicate the general definition of a listing, such as whether it is an advertisement.
To manage the Listdom categories, go to Listings → Categories. There are several options on this page to add or edit the categories.
1. Name
Name of the category, for example, “Beauty Salon”.
2. Slug
This field automatically gets filled according to the category name, and you may change the slug manually as you wish. For example, if the slug is: “beauty salon”, then the URL of the categories will be: YourDomain.com/categories/beauty-salon. The term “categories” in this URL can be changed too. To do that see the Slugs documentation.
3. Parent Category
To create a hierarchy, you can assign a parent term to a category. For example, the term “Jazz” would be the parent of “Bebop” and “Big Band”. Doing The categories will be displayed in a parent-child style wherever possible. For example in the categories field of the Listdom Search and Filter forms.
👉 The Parent Category field is available in the Listdom Pro Add-on.
4. Description
This field is for explanations of the categories. If your theme does not support this description, it will not be displayed.
5. Icon
Select an appropriate icon for this category. This icon will be shown with the category name in different places. For example, it will be displayed on the map as a marker of the listings that are in this category.
6. Color
The color selected in this field will be used as the dedicated color for each category marker on the map.
7. Image
This image will be displayed on archive pages in conjunction with the category it represents.
8. Schema Type
In this field, you can define the “Schema Item Type” according to https://schema.org/. This “Schema Item Type” will be used for the listings in this category. Learn more about Schema types and properties.
👉 The Schema Type field is available in the Listdom Pro Add-on.
9. Rank
Assign the Rank score of the listings of this category. Read more about it in the Rank Addon documentation.
👉 The Rank field is available in the Listdom Rank Add-on.
10. Image Icon
Select the desired icon to replace the icon of this category. Read more about it in the Advanced Icon Addon documentation.
👉 The Image Icon field is available in the Listdom Advanced Icon Add-on.
11. Categories List
The created categories are listed here. Each row of this section shows the Image, icon, name, slug, and the count of the listings it includes. Under the name, you can see the Edit, Quick Edit, Delete, and View links and use them to manage the created category. Also, you can select several categories and apply Bulk actions to save time.
By pressing the View link the archive of the listings of this category will be opened. To customize the design and structure of the archive page see the Archive Pages documentation.
Listdom also shows a list of the published categories in different styles with simple shortcodes. Read more about the Listdom categories shortcodes.
Add listing view
When you add or edit a listing, you can select a category from the list of categories that are displayed on the Add/Edit listing page. This allows you to group listings and makes it easier for users to find the ones they want. Read more about how to add a new listing in the Listdom.
