Category

Category loop lists categories from your shop.
{loop type="category" name="the-loop-name" [argument="value"], [...]}

Arguments

Argument	Description	Default	Example
content	One or more content ID. When this parameter is set, the loop returns the categories related to the specified content IDs.		content="3"
current	A boolean value which allows either to exclude current category from results either to match only this category		current="yes"
exclude	A single or a list of category ids.		exclude="2", exclude="1,4,7"
exclude_parent	A single or list of categories id to exclude.		exclude_parent="12,22"
exclude_product	A single or list product id to exclude.		exclude_product="3"
id	A single or a list of category ids.		id="2", id="1,4,7"
need_count_child	A boolean. If set to true, count how many subcategories contains the current category	false	need_count_child="yes"
need_product_count	A boolean. If set to true, count how many products contains the current category	false	need_product_count="yes"
not_empty	(not implemented yet) A boolean value. If true, only the categories which contains at least a visible product (either directly or through a subcategory) are returned	no	not_empty="yes"
order	A list of values Expected values	manual	order="random"
parent	A single or a list of category ids.		parent="3", parent="2,5,8"
product	A single or list of product IDs.		product="3"
ProductCountVisibleOnly	A boolean that specifies whether product counting should be performed only for visible products	false	ProductCountVisibleOnly=true
TemplateId	IDs of template models used to filter categories
visible	A boolean value.	yes	visible="no"
with_prev_next_info	A boolean. If set to true, $PREVIOUS and $NEXT output arguments are available.	false	with_prev_next_info="yes"

Plus the global arguments and search arguments

Outputs

Variable	Value
$CHAPO	The category chapo
$CHILD_COUNT	Number of subcategories contained by the current category. Only available if "need_count_child" is set to true
$DESCRIPTION	The category description
$HAS_NEXT	True if a category exists after this one in the current parent category, following categories positions. Only available if "with_prev_next_info" is set to true
$HAS_PREVIOUS	True if a category exists before this one in the current parent category, following categories positions. Only available if "with_prev_next_info" is set to true
$ID	The category id
$IS_TRANSLATED	Check if the category is translated or not
$LOCALE	The locale used for this loop
$META_DESCRIPTION	The category meta description
$META_KEYWORD	The category meta keyword
$META_TITLE	The category meta title
$NEXT	The ID of category after this one in the current parent category, following categories positions, or null if none exists. Only available if "with_prev_next_info" is set to true
$PARENT	The parent category
$POSITION	The category position
$POSTSCRIPTUM	The category postscriptum
$PRODUCT_COUNT	Number of visible products contained by the current category. Only available if "need_product_child" is set to true
$PREVIOUS	The ID of category before this one in the current parent category, following categories positions, or null if none exists. Only available if "with_prev_next_info" is set to true
$ROOT	ID of the root category to which a category belongs
$TEMPLATE	The template id associated to this category
$TITLE	The category title
$URL	The category URL
$VISIBLE	Return if the category is visible or not

Plus the global outputs

Order possible values

Arguments

Ascending value	Descending value	Sorted fields
alpha	alpha_reverse	title
created	created_reverse	date of content creation
id	id_reverse	Order ID
manual	manual_reverse	position
random
updated	updated_reverse	date of content update
visible	visible_reverse	online items