Require Categories when Creating Products – WooCommerce
Force users to select a product category when creating or editing WooCommerce Products. For example, make category required.
4.5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Require Categories when Creating Products is a WordPress tags plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.
4.5/52 reviews
10active installs
1.3K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Force users to select a product category when creating or editing WooCommerce Products. For example, make category required.
Prevent users from creating products without category.
You can change the validation message in the settings page, by default it says: “Please select {taxonomy_name}”. Example: “Please select categories”.
Use cases
- Force users to select a category when creating products
- Force users to select a category when editing products
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.1
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