Configure anchor categories for catalog layered navigation in Magento

Layered navigation is a feature that allows customers to filter products within category and search result pages based on attributes like color, size, price and more. It helps visitors narrow down searches so they can find exactly what they are looking for.

The is_anchor attribute controls two critical behaviors in your catalog:

1. Whether a category displays products from its child categories

2. Whether layered navigation filters appear for that category

When is_anchor is set to Yes, customers can see all products from subcategories and filter them. When set to No, they only...