{"id":1333,"date":"2024-11-23T04:58:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T04:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support-landing.altegio.cloud\/support\/4838056323101-configuring-and-editing-service-categories\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:11:05","password":"","slug":"4838056323101","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/4838056323101\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring and editing service categories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After filling out the initial settings sections<\/strong><\/a>, add and edit information about the company\u2019s services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All services are grouped into categories. A Category<\/strong> is a section (folder) containing several types of similar services or jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of categories: haircuts, coloring, consultations, quests, body repair.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Go to the Administration mode<\/strong> and open Services<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. To add a new category, click the Create > Service category<\/strong> button. A new window will open where you need to enter information about the category.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Specify the Name<\/strong> of the category, for example, Haircuts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Check the Use a different name for online booking<\/strong> checkbox if you want to use a different name in the online booking widget. If you do not specify another name, the main category name will be used.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. In the Name for online booking<\/strong> field, enter the category name that clients will see when booking online.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. Click the Create<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            Editing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            In the Services section <\/strong>you can see a list of all categories with their services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            There are controls to the right and left of the category name; use them to edit the category and move it within the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            To edit an existing category or delete it, click the Edit<\/strong> (pencil) button. In the new window that opens, make the necessary changes and click Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            To delete a category, click the Delete<\/strong> button. A warning window will appear: Deleting a category will have irreversible consequences: deletion of nested services in the category, loss of all associated operations and settings.

            Enter the word DELETE<\/strong> to confirm deletion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            To view existing services, click the folder with the category name. A dropdown list will open where you can edit services, delete them, and add new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If a service category is marked with the Chain<\/strong> icon, it is a chain category and can only be edited at the chain level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            For more details on working with chain services, see the article Setting chain services<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            After filling out the initial settings sections, add and edit information about the company\u2019s services. All services are grouped into categories. A Category is a section (folder) containing several types of similar services or jobs. Examples of categories: haircuts, coloring, consultations, quests, body repair. New category Editing In the Services section you can see a list… Continue reading Configuring and editing service categories<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[41],"doc_tag":[1267,1609,1297,1312],"class_list":["post-1333","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-services","doc_tag-chain-en","doc_tag-online-booking-en","doc_tag-service-en","doc_tag-service-category-en","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":322,"total_views":"182","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"ivan.k","author_nicename":"altegio","author_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/author\/altegio\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Services","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/categories\/services\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Chain","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/chain-en\/"},{"term_name":"Online Booking","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/online-booking-en\/"},{"term_name":"Service","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/service-en\/"},{"term_name":"Service Category","term_url":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/knowledge-base\/docs-tag\/service-category-en\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297961,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1333\/revisions\/297961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alteg.io\/en\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}