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## Resource: "Categories" Collection Fields



## Article: Wix Forum "Categories" Collection Fields

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-forum-v2/categories-collection-fields.md

## Article Content:

# Velo: Wix Forum "Categories" Collection Fields

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**Tip:** 
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).

</blockquote>

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's permissions. 

### Fields

>**Note:** 
> This app collection contains read-only fields that cannot be managed from the collection. You can update the fields from the relevant app in your site’s [dashboard](https://support.wix.com/en/article/accessing-your-sites-dashboard).

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 category ID.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

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

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Parent ID (parentId)

**Description**: ID of the parent category (for subcategories).

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: eq, ne

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Name (name)

**Description**: Category name.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

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

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Header Title (headerTitle)

**Description**: Title in the category header.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

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

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Description (description)

**Description**: Description in the category header.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: contains, startsWith, hasAll

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Header Type (headerType)

**Description**: Type of category header.

**Type**: String

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: eq, ne

**Read-only**: Yes

**Notes**: Either "COLOR" or "IMAGE".

#### Header Image (headerImage)

**Description**: Header Image.

**Type**: Image

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Header Image Overlay Color (headerImageOverlayColor)

**Description**: Header image overlay color.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: No

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Header Background Color (headerBackgroundColor)

**Description**: Header background color.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: No

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Header Text Color (headerTextColor)

**Description**: Header text color.

**Type**: No

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Rank (rank)

**Description**: Category order, where 0 indicates the first 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

#### Post Count (postCount)

**Description**: 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

#### Post View Count (postViewCount)

**Description**: Number of times the posts in the category have been viewed.

**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

#### Write Protection

**Description**: 

**Type**: Boolean

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No 

**Can be filtered**: No 

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Page URL (pageUrl)

**Description**: URL of the category page.

**Type**: URL

**Can connect to data**: Yes, can connect as a button click action.

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: No

**Read-only**: Yes

#### Slug (slug)

**Description**: The category's slug, which is its URL-friendly name that is unique across the forum.

**Type**: Text

**Can connect to data**: Yes

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

**Can be sorted**: No

**Can be filtered**: Yes

**Read-only**: Yes