The Clone Categories add-on allows you to clone product categories, with their subcategories and products or without them. While cloning a category, all main information will be cloned like its name, location, description, images, meta data, availability, layouts. Any modifications made by third-party add-ons will not be cloned.
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This add-on can be especially useful for those who create complex categories with multiple subcategries. So you won’t have to manually fill in all fields again and again, you can get a copy of an existing category with just a few clicks.
- The ability to clone categories with/without subcategories/products.
- Clones all essential details of a category like name, location, description, images, meta data, availability, layouts.
- Subcategory structure will be cloned.
- Adds a postfix to cloned categories.
- The cloned category automatically gets a Disabled status.
The add-on is compatible with CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.9 and above, but only versions 4.12.x and above are supported. Minimum required PHP version is 7.1.
See more information about compatibility of our add-ons here.
You are guaranteed a quality add-on supported by the future versions. If you need help, please contact us via our help desk system.
Here are available settings of the Clone Categories add-on.
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- Clone subcategories—If enabled, all subcategories will be cloned when cloning categories.
- Share products—If enabled, the cloned category and subcategories will be automatically assigned to products from categories and subcategories being cloned.
- Postfix—A cloned category will be created with the postfix specified in this field.
To clone a category, first go to Products - Categories.
Select a category you want to clone.
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Click the gear button in the top right and select Clone category.
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You will be redirected to the editing page of the cloned category.
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Note
The cloned category automatically gets a Disabled status. The admin should change this status manually when it’s time for it.
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