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When using Magento default installation, products can only be assigned to categories manually.
With Dynamic Category, products can be dynamically assigned to categories based on product attributes.
This extension allows you to define product conditions (general and special conditions) for each category, as well as custom product positions and to select matching products.
Follow this guide to know how to use the Dynamic Category extension.
With Dynamic Category you can define your own conditions from:
products › Categories
Select the category for which you want to define conditions and go to:
Products in Category › Product Category Rules
With Dynamic Category, you can define conditions based on product attributes.
Click on + in the Product Category Rules sub-tab.
From the product attributes list, select the attribute you want to create a condition for (color, size..).
Attribute Set is Clothing
Finally, click on REFRESH MATCHING PRODUCTS to get the list of all the products matching the condition.
Besides the product attributes conditions, Dynamic Category comes with very useful additional conditions that allow you to customize product conditions easily.
Product Type is one of Simple Product, Virtual Product, Downloadable Product
In Promo is Yes
Special Price Applied is Yes
Total Child Products Quantity In Stock is 10
Replace Matching Simple Products By Parent Products and Keep Orphans
You can also define conditions based on Multi Stock Inventory attributes.
From the product attributes list, select the source or stock attribute you want to create a condition for.
Source: Default Source - Is in stock is Yes
Source: Default Source - Quantity is 100
Source: Default Source - Backorders is one of Allow Qty Below 0
Stock: Default Stock - Salable Quantity equals or greater than 50
In the case where you’ve already created rules for a category and would like to assign those same rules to another, you can directly import them via the Import Category Rules tab.
All you need to do is to choose among the categories the one you want to retrieve the rules for and then click on Import.
In the Product Category Rules sub-tab will be displayed the conditions, which you'll be able to edit.
For better performances in the frontend, products that match conditions are indexed in the native Magento database table.
Products are then retrieved in the frontend just like Magento default behavior and in the order that you have defined in the backend.
Because products may not match the defined conditions anymore (attribute has changed, the promotion has expired), they have to be refreshed periodically in order to update the product list in both the backend and frontend.
You have 2 ways of reindexing your products:
You can manually index your products and categories from your Magento backend in:
products › Categories
Select a category and from the Products in Category tab, click on Refresh Matching Products to start the indexation process.
You can also easily refresh all matching products manually by running the below command line:
wyomind:dynamiccategory:refresh_allNote that the indexation is launched after the command line is run.
The matching products are indexed for performance purposes.
Then, if a product does not match the defined conditions anymore, you’ll have to wait until the scheduled task is over (by default: every 24 hours) for the product to be removed from the list.
You can change the index settings in:
Stores › configuration › Wyomind › Dynamic Category › Settings
24
Note that the default Magento cron.php task must be configured for this to work.
Magento offers three variations of its product.
As their names have changed over the past few years, here is a recap:
A license is valid for an unlimited period of time on one single installation
You can pre-register your live domain to your license in advance.
Thanks to this option, you'll be able to get the module ready to use on your domain before it goes live.
To pre-register your production domain:
One license is valid for an unlimited period of time on one installation only. However, it is possible to extend or transfer your license in 2 cases:
To be able to use Dynamic Category on both your production and testing environments, follow the instructions below:
In order to download Dynamic Category, log into your Wyomind account:
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Only the latest extension version released within your Support & Upgrade period is available. In order to get the very latest extension version make sure your Support & Upgrade plan is up to date.
When purchasing a module from wyomind.com, you benefit from 12 months of upgrade. Within this period you can at any time download the latest version of the module directly from your account.
To upgrade Dynamic Category, follow the steps below:
You can install Dynamic Category manually.
bin/magento setup:upgrade If you are using a production mode, execute also:
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy bin/magento setup:di:compile You can install Dynamic Category using Composer software in two cases:
composer config repositories.wyomind composer https://repo.wyomind.com composer require wyomind/dynamiccategorybin/magento setup:upgrade bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy bin/magento setup:di:compileTo uninstall Dynamic Category, start with disabling the extension running the following command:
bin/magento module:disable Wyomind_DynamicCategoryThen, you have 2 ways to uninstall the extension depending on how the extension has been previously installed:
Run the dynamiccategory-uninstall.sh file (you can find it in the extension zip folder) from your Magento root directory:
sh dynamiccategory-uninstall.shRun the below command line:
composer remove wyomind/dynamiccategoryOnce the uninstallation is over, refresh your cache and enable the compiler back again (if you use it).
Start with installing the extension following one of the below options:
Then, from app/code/Wyomind/DynamiqueCategory/etc/adminhtml/di.xml, you will have to comment the below line:
<preference for="MagentoCatalogBlockAdminhtmlCategoryAssignProducts" type="WyomindDynamicCategoryBlockCatalogAdminhtmlCategoryAssignProducts" />And uncomment the following line:
<!--<preference for="MagentoVisualMerchandiserBlockAdminhtmlCategoryAssignProducts" type="WyomindDynamicCategoryBlockCatalogAdminhtmlCategoryAssignProducts" />-->
Once Dynamic Category is installed, you have to activate the license. For previous versions, you can activate the license from your back-office:
<?php
return array(
'backend' => array(
'frontName' => 'admin'
),
'crypt' => array(
'key' => '1e8f3c6772b7a6a6689c3c8cefa4ccf0'
),
/* ... */
)
?>
Add another domain to your license
To activate the license on another domain (test, staging...):
Note that the order in which you activate your license on your domains does not matter. You can start with your staging/dev/local environment or with your live domain, the process will be the same.
Also, if you have loads of staging domains, or if you are an agency managing load of domains for your customers, please contact us so that we can automatically whitelist these domains.Once Dynamic Category is installed, you have to activate the license.
For this, you can use the below command line (change the Activation key with the corresponding value):
bin/magento wyomind:license:activate Wyomind_DynamicCategory <YOUR_ACTIVATION_KEY>To retrieve the list of all the available modules as well as the licenses status, please use:
bin/magento wyomind:license:statusAmong the different status, you can find:
To activate several licenses at the same time, use:
bin/magento wyomind:license:activate \
Wyomind_Extension1,Wyomind_Extension2 \
ACTIVATION_KEY_1,ACTIVATION_KEY_2or:
bin/magento wyomind:license:activate \
Extension1,Extension2 \
ACTIVATION_KEY_1,ACTIVATION_KEY_2Andrew Cattarin
As a Magento 2 user, I love how the Dynamic Category extension keeps my categories up to date automatically based on product attributes. It's been a huge time-saver and has made managing my online store so much easier. Definitely worth trying out!
Magento 2 Store
This extension is very useful. We use it to create auto sale categories and categories for other attributes such as featured, bestselling, etc. A very useful feature is to be able to import the rules that auto select the products from one category to the others. It saves us lots of time. We highly recommend it.
Sal
This dynamic category extension allowed us to create a very detailed backend with products filtered down to very specific attributes. By doing this, we allow products to use both the elastic search to filter products or they can go directly into the folder that already has all the filters applied.
Studioraz
As Ecommecrce agency we use this extension for most of our projects, Its simplify assigning products dynamically to their categories based on specific attribute values.
Mannan Mughal
It's been one year since I'm using Dynamic Category by Wyomind. Very useful & easy to use plugin.
Iphigenie
It works perfectly for grouped products with either visible or hidden simple products. It can properly match on simple product attributes and return the parent product, including for date based attributes like "new to/new from" and sales conditions - better than every other similar "merchandising tool" I had tested before this. Been able to use it for all sorts of scenarios including creating categories that are used solely so other marketing modules like "product labels" or "product highlight" and other "landing pages" that are unable to manage with grouped products. With this module, they can be pointed to "products in xyz category" instead. Anyone who has grouped products will understand the relief of that! There's the odd mystery and early on it was triggering too much cache reset when refreshing a category (with livemage), but considering every other "highlight" "merchanding" or similar tool out there is unable to accommodate grouped products, this is brilliant.
VK
Easy installation and worked pretty much as intended straight away. Saving us a great deal of time!
James
I cant count how much time this extension has saved me over the years on magento 1, I highly recommend to anyone. I definitely will be using the magento 2 version on my next magneto project. Thanks Wyomind!
Shane H
I had the M1 version of this extension and used it without any issues. However, the M2 version has never worked properly. The does not automatically update categories on a schedule. I contacted support and they weren't helpful in resolving the issue. After spending thousands of dollars and 6+ months with our Magento SI trying to get this working, I gave up. I asked for a refund and it was refused.
Shane
I have used the Wyomind dynamic category extension on my M1 store for several years. This extension offers a great deal of advanced capability to add and remove products to categories based on the criteria that I define. This is particularly useful to update sale categories that change as products special price starts and ends. Thanks to this extension, I have been able to set up the criteria and not have to manually update the categories. I particularly like the flexibility in the attributes that I can use to define the categories' critera. I would recommend this extension.
MitchT
Ive tried several and even bought and removed two other extensions that under performed and under delivered This is the best auto dynamic category extension i can find after extensive resurch and implimentations A few nigling things were corrected in upgrade and support was great when i needed it
Matt
All of our products come into Magento 2 from our inventory system with one category each. But we also want these products in a sale category, or a category for a specific type of activity, or maybe a time-of-year category This dynamic category extension allows us to populate many different categories with each of these products based on any number of attribute combinations. It's a game-changer, it's simple to use, and works extremely well.
Jesse
We have been using Dynamic category for over a year now with excellent results. Highly recommended for creating large numbers of specific categories automatically.
OBuchan
I use Dynamic Category to ease manege what's new category.
Kevin - IT Executive
We started our migration project 1.5 years ago, when there were just 3 extensions like that on the market and after some tests, Wyomind dynamic category turned out to be most complete and stable. Can't even imagine what we would do without it.
James
Ive used the dynamic category extension for a long time now and I would not use anything else - it allows me to automate tens of thousands of products. Thank you!
Jan
This module is very easy to install, no problems at all. Once it is setup, it saves you a lot of time. It is definitely worth the money!
Ronny
Very easy to use extension. Just add a filter of attributes to the categories and the extension does the rest! And when something is wrong, just contact the guys at support and they will help you very fast. Response time most times within 15 minutes!
Alexander
Makes my life easier. Worth of its money.
Clicks Online Business
Very good extensions and helpful support.
Initial release for the master version
Initial release for the legacy version
Magento 2 stable release
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