To get started with Related Categories for WooCommerce, install it from Plugins > Add New (or upload the ZIP) and click Activate; WooCommerce must be active first. Then go to WPFactory > Related Categories, where the settings are split into Single, Archives, and Advanced sub-tabs. The Single section is enabled by default.
Install the plugin #
From the WordPress plugin directory (free version) #
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New.
- Search for Related Categories for WooCommerce.
- Find the plugin by the author WPFactory and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
By uploading the ZIP #
You can install either version this way: the free download from, or the Pro ZIP from your Related Categories account.
- Go to Plugins > Add New and click Upload Plugin.
- Select the plugin ZIP file and click Install Now.
- Click Activate.
WooCommerce must be installed and active first, since Related Categories is a WooCommerce extension.
Open the settings #
Go to WPFactory > Related Categories (also reachable at WooCommerce > Settings > Related Categories). The settings are split into three sub-tabs:
- Single: the “Related categories” section on single product pages. This section is enabled by default, so a related categories block appears on product pages as soon as the plugin is active.
- Archives: the same section on shop and category archive pages. This one is off by default.
- Advanced: multi-language handling and transient caching.
Free vs Pro #
Related Categories relates categories automatically in the free version, by siblings, parents, children and the current category. The Pro version adds the Relate Manually options, which let you hand-pick related categories per product, per category, per tag and per custom taxonomy. There is no separate “manual upload” or install step that is reserved for Pro: both versions install the same way.
Get more control #
Automatic relating is free. Related Categories for WooCommerce Pro adds manual, hand-picked related categories per product, category, tag and custom taxonomy. See what Pro unlocks.
