In the default Opencart, managing the store categories is quite a tedious task. Because you need to create the store categories one by one. This infuses a lot of time if you want to add or update the big number of categories.

If you want to add a bulk number of categories at a time, then there is no option available to manage the categories in bulk in the default Opencart.

But with the help of Opencart Bulk Category Upload module, the admin can easily add a big number of categories on the store using CSV, XLS, or XML files. The module makes it easy and convenient for the admin to manage bulk categories.

The admin can even upload a bulk number of products to the store by simply defining the product Ids in CSV, XLS, or XML files.

Uploading a large number of categories along with its details manually to an e-commerce store becomes hectic and time-consuming. Also, increases the chances of errors.

The OpenCart Bulk Category Upload module is to make the importation task easy, and efficient. With the OpenCart Bulk Category Upload module, the admin can easily import a large number of categories in bulk using CSV/XLS/XML files.

• Edit the sample file as per your requirement. Import the category with the images.
• The admin can also import the category without the image.
• Add meta title, meta keyword, and meta description.
• The admin can add product IDs in the file.

The OpenCart Bulk Category Upload module also makes the mass category exportation process very easy and convenient. It helps to save a lot of time The admin can easily export the categories file and update it then import the updated file -

• The admin can export the category through CSV, XLS, or XML files.
• Choose the store view and export the respective categories through CSV, XLS, or XML files.
• Can update the exported file as per the business requirements.
• More categories can be added to the exported CSV, XLS, or XML files by the eCommerce store owner.

The store owner will get the category id, parent category id, category name, meta title, meta keywords, meta description, product ids, and many more in the exported CSV, XLS, or XML files.

The admin can edit the file as per the requirement –

• Parent Id – Define the parent id of the category which the admin uploading.
• Image – Enter the category image name which will be the same as in the image zip file if uploading the categories with images
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• Enter the top, column, and sort order of the category.
• Status – Set 1 to display category at the front end else set 0.
• Product Id – Add products to the category by just entering the product Ids.
• Category Filters – Define the category filters.
• Store Id – Enter store id in which admin wants to import the categories. (Store id 0 for default store).
• Enter the category SEO URL and category name.
• Enter the meta title, meta keywords, meta description, and description.

• Manual bulk uploading through the category data entry process could be a hectic and tedious task.
• It expends much of the time and that too doesn't guarantee quality work.
• By OpenCart Bulk Category Upload, we offer bulk categories uploading with their related images.
• Bulk category uploading isn't a simple assignment, it requires great experience.
• This module will allow the admin to add the bulk categories in few clicks.
• The admin can import and export a bulk number of categories on the store using CSV, XLS, or XML files.