Article Category Object Reference

Last modified 16 September 2026

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Overview

Property	Value
API Name	`s_c__Article_Category__c`
Label	Article Category
Plural Label	Article Categories
Type	Custom Object

Fields

Field Label	API Name	Type	Required	Description
Display Name	`s_c__Display_Name__c`	Text(255)	No	The name of the article category that you want to show up on the article category list on the website.
Information Content (Markdown)	`s_c__Information_Markdown__c`	LongTextArea(131072)	No	Article Category information to display after all the articles on the article category page
Introduction Content (Markdown)	`s_c__Introduction_Markdown__c`	LongTextArea(50000)	No	Article Category information to display before all the articles on the article category page.
Meta Description	`s_c__Meta_Description__c`	LongTextArea(2500)	No	The content that appears within the meta description tag in the HEAD tag of the Article Category page.
Meta Keywords	`s_c__Meta_Keywords__c`	Text(255)	No	The content that appears within the meta keywords tag in the HEAD tag of the Article Category page.
Meta Title	`s_c__Meta_Title__c`	Text(255)	No	The content that appears within the meta title tag in the HEAD tag of the Article Category page.
Parent Category	`s_c__Parent_Category_Id__c`	Lookup (s_c__Article_Category__c)	No	The parent article category this article category belongs to
Path	`s_c__Path__c`	Text(255)	No	The path at which this article category can be found (unique per store)
Position	`s_c__Position__c`	Number(18,0)	No	The Position of this Article Category in navigation. Lower numbers are shown first, records without a number are sorted alphabetically by name
Social Image	`s_c__Social_Image_Id__c`	Lookup (s_c__Media__c)	No	The Image to show when the Category is shared on Social Media. If not provided, will use the Category’s first image.
Store	`s_c__Store_Id__c`	Lookup (s_c__Store__c)	Yes	The store that this article category belongs to
Article Category Type	`s_c__Type__c`	Picklist	No	The type of articles that this category contains
Unique Store and Path	`s_c__Unique_Store_Path__c`	Text(255)	No	Internal use. This ensures a store can only have one article category with the same path
StoreConnect External ID	`s_c__sC_Id__c`	Text(36)	No	StoreConnect External ID, do not modify in Salesforce

Relationships

Field	Type	Related Object	Relationship Name
`s_c__Parent_Category_Id__c`	Lookup	s_c__Article_Category__c	Sub_Categories
`s_c__Social_Image_Id__c`	Lookup	s_c__Media__c	Article_Category_Social_Images
`s_c__Store_Id__c`	Lookup	s_c__Store__c	Store_Article_Categories

Referenced by

These objects hold a lookup or master-detail relationship to Article Category (s_c__Article_Category__c). Where the referring record exists to join things together, Also links to shows what it connects this object to.

Object	Field	Type	Relationship Name	Also links to
s_c__Article_Category__c	`s_c__Parent_Category_Id__c`	Lookup	Sub_Categories	s_c__Media__c, s_c__Store__c
s_c__Articles_Article_Categories__c	`s_c__Category_Id__c`	MasterDetail	Article_Article_Categories	s_c__Article__c
s_c__Menu_Item__c	`s_c__Article_Category_Id__c`	Lookup	Article_Category_Menu_Item	—

On the storefront

Storefront templates read this object through the ArticleCategory Liquid object, written as article_category in a theme.

Salesforce field	Liquid attribute
`s_c__Display_Name__c`	`article_category.name`
`s_c__Meta_Description__c`	`article_category.meta_description`
`s_c__Meta_Keywords__c`	`article_category.meta_keywords`
`s_c__Meta_Title__c`	`article_category.meta_title`
`s_c__Path__c`	`article_category.identifier`
`s_c__Position__c`	`article_category.position`
`s_c__Type__c`	`article_category.type`

Fields you add yourself are not listed above. Expose one with a Custom Data Mapping record, then read it from article_category.data. See custom data fields in Liquid.

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