Category Bottom Description for Magento 2

Free, open-source Magento 2 extension
by Arjun Dhiman — Adobe Commerce Certified Master
Part of the MageMatch developer ecosystem

MageMatch_CategoryBottomDescription adds a dedicated Bottom Description WYSIWYG field to Magento category edit pages.

This attribute is store-view scoped and is intended for content that should appear below the product listing on category pages.

Features

• Adds a bottom_description category attribute.
• Uses Magento's admin WYSIWYG editor.
• Enables HTML output and Page Builder compatibility.
• Includes an optional ready-to-use category layout handle.
• Ships as a Composer-ready Magento 2 module.
• Supports modern Magento 2.4 installations.

Usage

After installation:

1. Go to Catalog > Categories in the Magento admin.
2. Open any category.
3. Find the Bottom Description field in the Content section.
4. Save the category.

To render the content on the storefront, output the category attribute in your theme or custom module, for example via the current category model:

$bottomDescription = $currentCategory->getData('bottom_description');

This package also includes a reusable example template at view/frontend/templates/category/bottom_description.phtml and a supporting block class at Block/Category/BottomDescription.php.

The module also ships with view/frontend/layout/catalog_category_view.xml, so the bottom description is rendered automatically on category pages after installation.

Example storefront integration

If you want to override the built-in placement in your theme or custom module layout, add a block like this to catalog_category_view.xml:

<referenceContainer name="content">
	<block
		class="MageMatch\CategoryBottomDescription\Block\Category\BottomDescription"
		name="category.bottom.description"
		template="MageMatch_CategoryBottomDescription::category/bottom_description.phtml"
		after="category.products.list"
	/>
</referenceContainer>

The included template renders the attribute only when the category has content, so it is safe to add globally.

Disable or override the default layout

• Remove the module block in your custom theme layout if you want full control over placement.
• Reuse the included template MageMatch_CategoryBottomDescription::category/bottom_description.phtml in your own block or container.
• Override view/frontend/layout/catalog_category_view.xml in your theme if you want to move the output elsewhere on category pages.

Module Structure

• .github/workflows/ci.yml runs Composer metadata, PHP lint, and XML validation in GitHub Actions.
• CHANGELOG.md tracks public release changes.
• .gitignore keeps repository noise out of version control.
• LICENSE contains the MIT license for public distribution.
• Block/Category/BottomDescription.php provides the current category and rendered bottom description.
• RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md provides a quick publish checklist for GitHub releases.
• registration.php registers the module.
• etc/module.xml declares the Magento module.
• Setup/CategorySetupFactory.php provides a setup factory used by the data patch.
• Setup/Patch/Data/AddBottomDescriptionCategoryAttribute.php creates or updates the category attribute.
• view/frontend/layout/catalog_category_view.xml renders the block automatically on category pages.
• view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml adds the admin form field.
• view/frontend/templates/category/bottom_description.phtml contains the storefront rendering example.

Notes

• Storefront placement remains theme-controlled, but the module now ships with a ready-to-use example block and template.
• If you are replacing an older custom module that used the same attribute code, existing attribute data can still be reused.

Release Workflow

For a first public GitHub release, a simple flow is:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial public release"
git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "Version 1.0.0"

If this module lives inside a larger Magento project today, copy app/code/MageMatch/CategoryBottomDescription into its own repository root before running the commands above.

CI

This repository includes .github/workflows/ci.yml for a lightweight public CI pipeline. It validates:

• Composer package metadata.
• PHP syntax across the module.
• XML well-formedness for Magento config, UI, and layout files.

Before each release, use RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md to verify the package is ready to publish.

Installation

composer require magematch/module-category-bottom-description
bin/magento module:enable MageMatch_CategoryBottomDescription
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:clean

Compatibility

• Magento Open Source 2.4.x
• Adobe Commerce 2.4.x
• PHP 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

Support & Custom Development

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License

MIT License — free to use commercially