Configure root category as default home page?

[suresh_k]

Hi to all

We have configured the sub category to default home page of the store, as like we can configured to root category as default home page?

Kindly share your ideas 

[Manish Mittal]

Hello @suresh_k

Yes you can configure category as a default home page of the store. 

Check here:

https://www.mageplaza.com/kb/how-to-configure-the-default-page-magento-2.html

[suresh_k]

Thanks for reply,

Yes, that will work for sub category, is it possible to set root category?

[Mayur Bhuva]

You can create a custom phtml file and load your root category in that file.

Then you can call this phtml file in a cms page and set this cms page to the default homepage.

[Manish Mittal]

Yes, you can pass default category URL in Stores> configurations>General>Webs>Default Pages:

You can create a custom rewrite_URL or new root category to pass there. That will help you to make default root category to homepage.

[gelanivishal · Accepted solution]

Hello @suresh_k,

Please follow below steps to make category page as home page

Step 1
Find out an internal identifier of the category 24. https://www.screencast.com/t/kY2vv9ad6K

Step 2
Locate the General → Web → Default Pages → Default Web URL option in the Stores → Configuration and set it in the following format:

catalog/category/view/id/<ID>

where ID is an internal identifier of the category.

https://www.screencast.com/t/1keqMMVJ

https://www.screencast.com/t/zGhCtk5EgPXp

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[dreamble_ecomme]

The solution doesnt work for the Root Category.

With a little teak you can solve it:

1. Add a new subcategory to your default root category, and call it "home"
2. In General → Web → Default Pages → Default Web URL put: 

   catalog/category/view/id/<category id of home category>

3. Of course the new Home Category will appear in your horizontal menu (and category sidebar menu), but you can simply hide these menu items using css: 

   :nth-child(x)

Result is a homepage with layout exactly as your category pages.

Dont forget to set the home category to Static Block Only if you dont want to show products.