{"id":1210,"date":"2020-08-30T09:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T09:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/30\/add-static-block-to-category-page-in-magento-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:25:01","slug":"add-static-block-to-category-page-in-magento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-static-block-to-category-page-in-magento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Static Block to Category Page in Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An E-commerce store category page is utilized not only to list products but a number of things like display offers or deals, add a content block, show banners, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The default Magento 2 category page does not cater additional CMS block. However, the admin can add CMS block to show custom content on the category page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can change the layout of the category page as you want. Display additional elements with CMS static blocks on the category page easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post shows the stepwise method to&nbsp;<em><strong>add static block to category page in Magento 2<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to Add Static Block to Category Page in Magento 2:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Login&nbsp;<\/strong>to Magento 2 admin panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Catalog &gt; Categories<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the required category<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Steps-to-Add-Static-Block-to-Category-Page-in-Magento-2-1024x340.png\" alt=\"Steps to Add Static Block to Category Page in Magento 2\" class=\"wp-image-10270\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expand&nbsp;<strong>Content<\/strong>&nbsp;section<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From the dropdown menu in the \u201c<strong>Add CMS Block<\/strong>\u201d select one of the options<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Add-CMS-Block.png\" alt=\"Add CMS Block\" class=\"wp-image-10272\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expand the&nbsp;<strong>Display<\/strong>&nbsp;Settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select \u201c<strong>Static block and products<\/strong>\u201d from the dropdown menu in the&nbsp;<strong>Display<\/strong>&nbsp;Mode field<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Display-Settings-1024x204.png\" alt=\"Display Settings\" class=\"wp-image-10271\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"8\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Save<\/strong>&nbsp;the category<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After this configuration, the frontend will show the added static block:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Add-Static-Block-to-Category-Page-in-Magento-2-1024x474.png\" alt=\"Add Static Block to Category Page in Magento 2 - Frontend\" class=\"wp-image-10273\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also refer to the video tutorial to add static block to category page in Magento 2 from our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLBTOxSAJzwEjM5MilmEqj98Ib80tKBu7r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magento 2 video tutorial<\/a>&nbsp;series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Add Static Block to Category Page in Magento 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8PP9vlEN04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, do share the post with Magento 2 store admins via social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-custom-block-in-checkout-success-page-in-magento-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Add Custom Block in Checkout Success Page in Magento 2<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-block-before-add-to-cart-button-in-magento-2-product-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Add Block Before Add to Cart Button in Magento 2 Product Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/create-new-pages-blocks-widgets-using-magento-2-cms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Create New Pages, Blocks, and Widgets Using Magento 2 CMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An E-commerce store category page is utilized not only to list products but a number of things like display offers or deals, add a content&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14705,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210\/revisions\/14705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}