How to Move Category Position Programmatically in Magento 2?

Hello Magento Friends,

In today’s instructional guide, I will explain How to Move the Category Position Programmatically in Magento 2?

A Magento 2 store contains various categories to classify the products based on their type. The category comprises various subcategories and products. You can quickly move subcategories in Magento 2 by drag-and-drop from the Admin Panel. Another way to move the category position is by executing it programmatically.

Let’s see how to move the category position from one parent category to another parent category along with its products programmatically in Magento 2.

Steps to Move Category Position Programmatically in Magento 2:

Category position before running the script

Step 1: Create a file in your Magento root directory at the below path. 

magento_root_directory\Changecategoryposition.php

Now add the code as follows

<?php
use Magento\Framework\AppInterface;
try
{
    require_once __DIR__ . '/app/bootstrap.php';
} 
catch (\Exception $e) 
{
    echo 'Autoload error: ' . $e->getMessage();
    exit(1);
}
try
{
	$bootstrap = \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
	$objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();
	$appState = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Framework\App\State');
	$appState->setAreaCode('frontend');
	
       $category = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Catalog\Api\CategoryManagementInterface');

	
	$categoryId = 5; //id of The category to be moved
        $parentId = 6; //id of parent category where the new category to move
        $afterId = 7; //id of category after which you want to move
        
        $CategoryMoveSuccess = $category->move($categoryId, $parentId, $afterId);	
        
        if($CategoryMoveSuccess)
        {
            echo "Successfully Move Category Position";
        }  
        else
        {
            echo "Not Move Category Position";	
        }
}
catch(\Exception $e)
{
	echo "Error : ".$e->getMessage();
}

?>

Step 2: After the above step, you will need to run the below-given URL.

https://yourdomain.com/Changecategoryposition.php 

Category position after running the script

Conclusion:

This way, you can change the category position in Magento 2 programmatically. Alternatively, you can integrate Duplicate Categories Extension for Magento 2 to create a copy of the category.

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Happy Coding!