Create Category Programmatically

Create Category Programmatically

Create category dynamically:

$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category');
$category->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());

$cat['name'] = "Custom Category Name here";
$cat['path'] = "1/2/30"; //parent relationship..
$cat['description'] = "categorie's description";
$cat['is_active'] = 1;
$cat['is_anchor'] = 0; //for layered navigation
$cat['page_layout'] = 'two_columns_left';
$cat['url_key'] = "custom-category"; //url to access this category
$cat['image'] = "custom-category.jpg";

$category->addData($cat);
$category->save();
Then reindex catalog_category_flat dynamically:

$process = Mage::getSingleton('index/indexer')->getProcessByCode('catalog_category_flat');
$process->reindexEverything();