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## Resource: Wix Blog "Categories" Collection Fields

## Article: Wix Blog "Categories" Collection Fields

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/wix-apps/wix-app-collections/other-apps/wix-blog/wix-blog-categories-collection-fields.md

## Article Content:

# Velo: Wix Blog "Categories" Collection Fields



>**Note:** 
> Before continuing, make sure you've read [Working with Wix App Collections](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/databases/wix-data/collections/working-with-wix-app-collections-and-code.md).

This document describes the permissions and fields in your Categories collection. 

### Permissions

The Categories collection has the following [permissions](https://support.wix.com/en/article/about-collection-permissions):

*   **Read:** Anyone 
*   **Create:** None
*   **Update:** None
*   **Delete:** None

You cannot change the Categories collection permissions. 

### Fields

The field name is listed as the heading of each section, with the field ID listed in parentheses, like this: Name (name). The fields appear in this document in the order in which they appear in your collection by default.

#### ID (\_id)

**Description**: The ID of the blog category. This is a system field and is hidden by default.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: Yes

**Can be filtered**: eq, ne

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Label (label)

**Description**: The name of the category as it appears in the Blog menu. 

**Type**: Text 

**Can connect to data**: Yes 

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: Yes

**Can be sorted**: Yes

**Can be filtered**: eq, ne, contains, startsWith, hasSome 

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Post Count (postCount)

**Description**: The number of posts in the category.

**Type**: Number

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: Yes

**Can be filtered**: eq, ne, lt, lte, gt, gte

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Posts (posts)

**Description**: A list of posts in this category, referenced from the [Blog/Posts](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/wix-apps/wix-app-collections/other-apps/wix-blog/wix-blog-posts-collection-fields.md) collection.

**Type**: Multiple-item reference

**Can connect to data**: No

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: Yes

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Language (language)

**Description**: The category language.

**Type**: Language

**Can connect to data**: No

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: Yes

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Translation ID (translationId)

**Description**: ID of the category's translations. 

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: Yes

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Category Page Slug (categoryPageSlug)

**Description**: The slug of the category page on your published site.

**Type**: URL

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Category Page URL (categoryPageUrl)

**Description**: The URL of the category page on your published site.

**Type**: URL

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Cover Image (coverImage)

**Description**: Category cover image.

**Type**: Image

**Can connect to data**: No

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Description (description)

**Description**: Category description.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: No

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Slug (slug)

**Description**: Slug of the category to retrieve.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

**Can use in dynamic page URL**: Yes

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes