Category, template and visibility

Assign a Shopify product category, change the theme template, or hide products from search engines in bulk.

Category

The Category field assigns a category from Shopify's standard product taxonomy. The edit method is Set category. Click the picker, browse or search the taxonomy, and choose the category. Every matching product gets that category.

Product categories drive tax rules and the product data Shopify sends to channels, so pick the most specific category that fits.

Theme template

The Theme template field changes the template suffix a product uses, for example product.pre-order. It uses the standard text edit methods; the most useful is Replace entire text with the suffix name. See Title, handle, vendor, type and SEO for the full list.

Search engine visibility (seo.hidden)

This field controls whether products appear in search engine results. Choose:

• Visible: search engines may index the product page.

• Hidden: the product page is excluded from search engines.

Reverting any of these tasks restores the previous value on each product.