{"id":17282,"date":"2019-11-19T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=17282"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:03:17","slug":"jetengine-how-to-create-meta-boxes-for-product-categories","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/jetengine\/jetengine-how-to-create-meta-boxes-for-product-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Meta Boxes to WooCommerce Product Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adding Meta Fields to the product categories will enlarge the information which is related to them. It will make the product categories more visually attractive, and the users will be interested in clicking on them and receiving access to the products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From this tutorial, you will learn how to add the Meta Box with Meta Fields to the Product Categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create-meta-box-for-product-categories\">Create Meta Box for Product Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>In your WordPress Dashboard, proceed to the <strong><em>JetEngine &gt; Meta Boxes<\/em><\/strong> and hit the &#8220;<strong>Add New<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/metaboxes-list.png\" alt=\"meta boxes list\">\n\n\n\n<p>Enter the <strong>Meta Box Title<\/strong>, and choose the &#8220;Taxonomy&#8221; option in the <strong>Meta Box for<\/strong> drop-down menu in the <strong>General Settings<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/woocomerce-meta-box.png\" alt=\"woocommerce meta box\">\n\n\n\n<p>Select the &#8220;Product Categories&#8221; option in the <strong>Enable for Taxonomies <\/strong>field in the <strong>Visibility Conditions <\/strong>tab. More about the <strong>Visibility Conditions <\/strong>you can read <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/meta-boxes-visibility-conditions-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/meta-box-taxonomy-visibility-conditions.png\" alt=\"meta box taxonomy visibility conditions\">\n\n\n\n<p>Then add one or several meta fields. If you need insight, check our <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-create-a-custom-meta-field-with-jetengine-custom-meta-field-types-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meta Fields Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/product-meta-fields.png\" alt=\"product meta fields\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"add-value-to-meta-fields\">Add Value to Meta Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Go to <strong><em>Products<\/em><\/strong><em> &gt; <\/em><strong><em>Categories<\/em><\/strong>. The newly created meta fields will be available both for the new categories and the created ones, so you will have no problems adding the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/product-field-in-category.png\" alt=\"product field in category\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"make-listing-and-archive-template\">Make Listing and Archive Template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Adding a Meta Box is not enough. You will still have to showcase the categories and the items in it on the page somehow. To do that, you will need to create a Listing Template and an Archive Page template. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a Listing Template for the Product Categories, follow the steps described in this <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/creating-a-listing-template-for-the-terms-from-custom-taxonomy-with-jetengine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, we need to showcase all product categories items together on one page. 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