Category Model Extension

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Hi everyone,

Question: what’s the best way to “extend” default Category model?
Context: currently we need to store SEO metadata (description, keywords, etc.) for categories in order to display on Category Display Page, but there might be other data needed as well later on.

Possible options we’re considering:

  1. Category property (we’re currently using, but facing some issues):

  • not localized

  • limited length (255)

2. Custom Fields

  • Can be added with some customization, but not natively supported for Categories

  • Deprecated (in favor of Objects)

3. Objects

  • Category is not a System Object → not “extendable” this way

  • Separate Object - need to manage relation somehow, not in a structured way (e.g. a separate long field to store categoryId)

Any other ideas / suggestions?

Thanks,

Vitaliy