How to add a category to Magento via Setup script?

Question

I actually can add a category via setup script, the thing is for some reason some of the fields doesn\'t get set properly. Here\'s is my code

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Answer 1

I have created multiple categories via installer script.

startSetup();

Mage::register('isSecureArea', 1);

$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category');
$category->setPath('1/2/4') // set parent to be root category
->setName('CAT NAME') //Category Name
->setIsActive(1) // Category Status
->setIncludeInMenu(1) // Show in Menu
->setIsAnchor(1) // used for Layered navigation
->setDisplayMode('PAGE') //  Product Only
->setPageLayout('one_column') // Page layout
->save();

$installer->endSetup();