Commit d20ba10b36e for woocommerce
commit d20ba10b36edda2f2265e2fef6fa701b1aefee1a
Author: verofasulo <98944206+verofasulo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri May 8 10:56:18 2026 +0200
Remove the Categories field helper text (#64710)
Drop the description on the Categories field so the products edit
panel no longer renders the "Add one or more categories..." helper
line below the categories input.
diff --git a/packages/js/experimental-products-app/changelog/update-categories-remove-description b/packages/js/experimental-products-app/changelog/update-categories-remove-description
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a74a614e82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/experimental-products-app/changelog/update-categories-remove-description
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: update
+
+Remove the helper text under the Categories field in the experimental products edit panel.
diff --git a/packages/js/experimental-products-app/src/fields/categories/field.tsx b/packages/js/experimental-products-app/src/fields/categories/field.tsx
index 1608b68a351..3dcaeba3a2c 100644
--- a/packages/js/experimental-products-app/src/fields/categories/field.tsx
+++ b/packages/js/experimental-products-app/src/fields/categories/field.tsx
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ type ProductCategory = {
const fieldDefinition = {
type: 'array',
label: __( 'Categories', 'woocommerce' ),
- description: __(
- 'Add one or more categories to help customers find this product on your store.',
- 'woocommerce'
- ),
enableSorting: false,
filterBy: {
operators: [ 'isAny', 'isNone' ],