diff --git a/openpype/hosts/hiero/plugins/publish/collect_clip_effects.py b/openpype/hosts/hiero/plugins/publish/collect_clip_effects.py
index fcb1ab27a0..d7f646ebc9 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/hiero/plugins/publish/collect_clip_effects.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/hiero/plugins/publish/collect_clip_effects.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class CollectClipEffects(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     label = "Collect Clip Effects Instances"
     families = ["clip"]
 
+    effect_categories = []
+
     def process(self, instance):
         family = "effect"
         effects = {}
@@ -70,29 +72,62 @@ class CollectClipEffects(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         subset_split.insert(0, "effect")
 
-        name = "".join(subset_split)
+        effect_categories = {
+            x["name"]: x["effect_classes"] for x in self.effect_categories
+        }
 
-        # create new instance and inherit data
-        data = {}
-        for key, value in instance.data.items():
-            if "clipEffectItems" in key:
+        category_by_effect = {"": ""}
+        for key, values in effect_categories.items():
+            for cls in values:
+                category_by_effect[cls] = key
+
+        effects_categorized = {k: {} for k in effect_categories.keys()}
+        effects_categorized[""] = {}
+        for key, value in effects.items():
+            if key == "assignTo":
                 continue
-            data[key] = value
 
-        # change names
-        data["subset"] = name
-        data["family"] = family
-        data["families"] = [family]
-        data["name"] = data["subset"] + "_" + data["asset"]
-        data["label"] = "{} - {}".format(
-            data['asset'], data["subset"]
-        )
-        data["effects"] = effects
+            # Some classes can have a number in them. Like Text2.
+            found_cls = ""
+            for cls in category_by_effect.keys():
+                if cls in value["class"]:
+                    found_cls = cls
 
-        # create new instance
-        _instance = instance.context.create_instance(**data)
-        self.log.info("Created instance `{}`".format(_instance))
-        self.log.debug("instance.data `{}`".format(_instance.data))
+            effects_categorized[category_by_effect[found_cls]][key] = value
+
+        categories = list(effects_categorized.keys())
+        for category in categories:
+            if not effects_categorized[category]:
+                effects_categorized.pop(category)
+                continue
+
+            effects_categorized[category]["assignTo"] = effects["assignTo"]
+
+        for category, effects in effects_categorized.items():
+            name = "".join(subset_split)
+            name += category.capitalize()
+
+            # create new instance and inherit data
+            data = {}
+            for key, value in instance.data.items():
+                if "clipEffectItems" in key:
+                    continue
+                data[key] = value
+
+            # change names
+            data["subset"] = name
+            data["family"] = family
+            data["families"] = [family]
+            data["name"] = data["subset"] + "_" + data["asset"]
+            data["label"] = "{} - {}".format(
+                data['asset'], data["subset"]
+            )
+            data["effects"] = effects
+
+            # create new instance
+            _instance = instance.context.create_instance(**data)
+            self.log.info("Created instance `{}`".format(_instance))
+            self.log.debug("instance.data `{}`".format(_instance.data))
 
     def test_overlap(self, effect_t_in, effect_t_out):
         covering_exp = bool(
diff --git a/server_addon/hiero/server/settings/publish_plugins.py b/server_addon/hiero/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
index a85e62724b..f3d1e21fe4 100644
--- a/server_addon/hiero/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
+++ b/server_addon/hiero/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from pydantic import Field
-from ayon_server.settings import BaseSettingsModel
+from pydantic import Field, validator
+from ayon_server.settings import (
+    BaseSettingsModel, ensure_unique_names, normalize_name
+)
 
 
 class CollectInstanceVersionModel(BaseSettingsModel):
@@ -9,6 +11,30 @@ class CollectInstanceVersionModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     )
 
 
+class CollectClipEffectsDefModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    _layout = "expanded"
+    name: str = Field("", title="Name")
+    effect_classes: list[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list, title="Effect Classes"
+    )
+
+    @validator("name")
+    def validate_name(cls, value):
+        """Ensure name does not contain weird characters"""
+        return normalize_name(value)
+
+
+class CollectClipEffectsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    effect_categories: list[CollectClipEffectsDefModel] = Field(
+        default_factory=list, title="Effect Categories"
+    )
+
+    @validator("effect_categories")
+    def validate_unique_outputs(cls, value):
+        ensure_unique_names(value)
+        return value
+
+
 class ExtractReviewCutUpVideoModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     enabled: bool = Field(
         True,
@@ -25,6 +51,10 @@ class PublishPuginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         default_factory=CollectInstanceVersionModel,
         title="Collect Instance Version"
     )
+    CollectClipEffects: CollectClipEffectsModel = Field(
+        default_factory=CollectClipEffectsModel,
+        title="Collect Clip Effects"
+    )
     """# TODO: enhance settings with host api:
     Rename class name and plugin name
     to match title (it makes more sense)
@@ -44,5 +74,8 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_PLUGIN_SETTINGS = {
         "tags_addition": [
             "review"
         ]
+    },
+    "CollectClipEffectsModel": {
+        "effect_categories": []
     }
 }
diff --git a/server_addon/hiero/server/version.py b/server_addon/hiero/server/version.py
index 485f44ac21..b3f4756216 100644
--- a/server_addon/hiero/server/version.py
+++ b/server_addon/hiero/server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.1"
+__version__ = "0.1.2"