Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Indoor & Outdoor Plants
The Google product category ID for Indoor & Outdoor Plants is 6762. It sits under Plants and has 3 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 3 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch4
Indoor & Outdoor Plants6762
Bushes & Shrubs543559Landscaping & Garden Plants543560Potted Houseplants543558- Category ID
- 6762
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 3
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 3 / 4
- Others at this level
- 5
- Parent category
- Plants
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Indoor & Outdoor Plants is the largest of the 6 categories under Plants, with 3 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
Indoor & Outdoor PlantsBushes & Shrubs
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Bushes & Shrubs (543559) on level 4: Indoor & Outdoor Plants › Bushes & Shrubs. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowers | 984 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trees | 1684 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seeds | 2802 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Aquatic Plants | 5590 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indoor & Outdoor Plants — this page | 6762 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Plant & Herb Growing Kits | 505285 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (6762) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 3 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 6762 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 6762, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Indoor & Outdoor Plants
3 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 3 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Indoor & Outdoor Plants continues any further, so one of those 3 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Indoor & Outdoor Plants
What is the Google product category ID for Indoor & Outdoor Plants?
6762. The full path, "Home & Garden > Plants > Indoor & Outdoor Plants", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Indoor & Outdoor Plants or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Indoor & Outdoor Plants has 3 directly below it, starting with Bushes & Shrubs (543559), Landscaping & Garden Plants (543560), Potted Houseplants (543558), and 3 in total further down. 6762 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
Where does Indoor & Outdoor Plants sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Plants (985). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Plants → Indoor & Outdoor Plants. If your product does not belong under Plants, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Indoor & Outdoor Plants is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Plants first — there are 5 other categories at this level: Aquatic Plants (5590), Flowers (984), Plant & Herb Growing Kits (505285), Seeds (2802), Trees (1684). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Plants (985) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How much more specific can I get than Indoor & Outdoor Plants?
1 level more. The longest route down from Indoor & Outdoor Plants is Indoor & Outdoor Plants > Bushes & Shrubs, ending at Bushes & Shrubs (543559) on level 4. Not every branch below Indoor & Outdoor Plants runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Indoor & Outdoor Plants compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 6 at its level, carrying 3 categories below it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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