Title: base page setting problem Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # base page setting problem * [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/) * I have a category called ‘Softpot Shop’. it’s the parent of all products in my shop. * When I go to the Pages section in woo commerce settings, to set the base page it lists lots of pages except the Softpot Shop page which where I want the cart‘ Return to Shop’ button to go to. * Does anyone know how to make the shop page appear in this list? Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956008) * That’s because you’re trying to define a category as a page and they are not the same thing. * You’d most likely have to create a custom template to display all of your products, then create a page and assign that custom template to it and then set that page as your redirect. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956014) * Thanks for the help! How do you create a custom template? Hmm..I shall go away and see if I can figure out how to do that. * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956015) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates#Custom_Page_Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates#Custom_Page_Template) * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956017) * Actually looking at WooCommerce did you setup the default pages option when installing the plugin? If so, it should have setup a Shop page and this page displays all of your products by default. * So if that is the case, you could just then redirect to that page. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956023) * No..I didn’t install the woo comm plugin. Installed pretty much everything else so I don’t know. I’m in trouble! Just look at the link you gave me and it all looks Greek to me. * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956024) * I *think* if you create a Shop page that it might default to showing a default list of all of your products. * So just create a new page and use Shop as the title. * This is what you are wanting right? A page on your site that displays all of your products so that you can set the redirect option to that? * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956025) * I think he must have done as there are plenty of default pages. i.e, page not created by me. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956026) * I tried this. i set up a shop page and it did default to it but with not all products showing (though it said it showing them all) and was a mess. It also created a new slug! softpot-shop-3. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956028) * Also the menu default to the right page. That is the the Softpot Shop category page I’ve set up. When I created a ‘Shop’ page to default to it defaults to that ok as I said but it not set up right and as I said, didn’t display all the products anyway. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956029) * Like the hat by the way! * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956030) * I think the WordPress default “Blog pages show at most” setting under Settings- >Reading might control how many products are displayed on your shop. * The only issue with this is that it would apply to your entire site and not just the shop so may have unwanted consequences. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956032) * I’ve created another Shop page and it appears in the base page list..so I set it to that.but the cart “return to shop’ doesn’t go there. Goes nowhere in fact. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956033) * There’s a setting somewhere that controls how many product are displayed per page. I know ’cause I changed form 12 to 20 and from 5 across to 4. * Thread Starter [softpots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/softpots/) * (@softpots) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/base-page-setting-problem/#post-3956034) * I think I need professional help! (People have been telling me that for years!) 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