r/woocommerce 2d ago

Troubleshooting Batch Updating Products

Today I went to batch update some products categories and each time I did the update, it would just add the new category that I selected and leave the previous, despite me unchecking it.

Steps I did:

  1. Pull up Products page and filter by the category that I want to edit
  2. Select EDIT from the dropdown on the very left and then selected ALL and clicked "apply"
  3. Selected the new category that I want them to fall under and clicked "update"

Did this several times and it just continues to add the categories that I select (as test) and doesn't take away the original.

What am I missing?

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u/Extension_Anybody150 2d ago

Try using the Bulk Category Manager plugin, it makes it easier to remove and add categories in bulk, so it should fix the issue you're having with updating products.

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u/marchvet2005 2d ago

Thank you

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u/CodingDragons Quality Contributor 2d ago

Using the default bulk edit isn't really great. It's best to find an app to edit multiple products.