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Require Categories when Creating Products – WooCommerce

Force users to select a product category when creating or editing WooCommerce Products. For example, make category required.

10+ active installs
4.5
(2 ratings)
Free on WordPress.org
View on WordPress.orgSupport forum
Will this break my store?

What the WordPress.org registry says about keeping Require Categories when Creating Products – WooCommerce running.

WordPress compatibility
Tested to 7.1
Tested against the WordPress branch in use today.
Last updated
30 days ago
At least 0.4 releases a year since launch. WordPress.org only lists versions still available for download, so the real number may be higher.
Requires PHP
false
Your host must be running at least this version.
Requires WordPress
3.6
Contributors
2
10+ active installsWordPress.org reports installs in bands, not exact counts.
Maintenance & trust

Scored on how Require Categories when Creating Products – WooCommerce is looked after — not on how many stores run it.

Well maintained
Not enough public feedback to put a confident number on this one. Little public feedback — score rests mostly on release activity. What we can see is below.
Maintenance
35 / 35
Updated 8 days ago.
WordPress compatibility
20 / 20
Tested to WP 7.1 (current).
Support responsiveness
Not enough data
Only 0 support thread(s) — not enough to judge.
Merchant satisfaction
10 / 15
4.5/5 across 2 rating(s).
Listing transparency
10 / 10
Provides: screenshots, description, homepage
1 of 5 measures had too little evidence to score. They are left out of the total rather than counted as zero — otherwise a plugin would be marked down for being small rather than for being poorly kept.Measured 2026-08-30 from the WordPress.org plugin registry.
Ratings

4.5

2 ratings
5★1
4★1
3★0
2★0
1★0
Every rating WordPress.org holds for this plugin, not a sample. Written reviews live in the plugin's WordPress.org reviews forum.

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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What post types can I use this plugin on?

The free version works with WooCommerce products only.

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Catalogue & variations
Plugin details
Version1.0.1
Last updated2026-08-22 9:13pm GMT
Added2018-08-28
Requires WordPress3.6
Tested up to7.1
Requires PHPfalse
Tags on WordPress.org
categories
fields
required
tags
woocommerce
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