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title: Position, Template and Image Options on Single Product Pages
description: Position the related categories section on WooCommerce product pages and control its template and images.
url: "https://wpfactory.com/docs/positioning-display-choices/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: How to
tags:
  - Related Categories for WooCommerce
---

# Position, Template and Image Options on Single Product Pages

## Positioning and display options

Positioning options decide where the "Related categories" section sits on a single product page, and the template and image options control how it looks. [Related Categories for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/related-categories-for-woocommerce/) keeps all of these on the **Single** sub-tab, at **WPFactory > Related Categories** (also reachable at **WooCommerce > Settings > Related Categories**).

![Position Options for Related Categories for WooCommerce on single product pages](https://wpfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/Position-Options-related-cat.png)

### Position Options

- **Position**: where the section is hooked into the page. The options are **Before single product**, **Before single product summary**, **Inside single product summary**, **After single product summary** (the default), **After single product**, and **Disable**. Choose "Disable" if you would rather output the section with the shortcode or widget.
- **Position order (i.e. priority)**: the hook priority. A higher number places the section later on the page. The default is 21. To show the section before the standard "Related products" block, set the position to "After single product summary" and the priority to 19; to show it after, use 21.
- **Widget**: adds a "Related Categories: Single Product Page" widget under **Appearance > Widgets**. Its sub-option, **Override "Relate Options" in widget settings**, lets each widget carry its own relate options.

| Label | Option ID (array key) | Default | Free/Pro |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Position | `position` | After single product summary | Free |
| Position order (i.e. priority) | `position_priority` | 21 | Free |
| Widget | `widget` | No | Free |

#### Using the shortcode

You can output the section anywhere with the `[alg_wc_related_categories_single]` shortcode. Set **Position** to "Disable" if you only want the shortcode or widget to place it.

#### Using the widget

Enabling the **Widget** option registers the "Related Categories: Single Product Page" widget, which you add from **Appearance > Widgets** to a sidebar or other widget area.

### Template Options

The template options are free. They control the HTML wrapped around the category list.

- **Header**: the HTML shown before the list. Defaults to a `<section>` wrapper with a "Related categories" heading.
- **Footer**: the HTML shown after the list. Defaults to `</section>`.
- **Template type**: **Default** (uses the built-in WooCommerce category grid) or **Custom** (your own markup).
- **Template type: Custom**: your custom HTML, using placeholders such as `%category_name%` and `%category_link%`. Ignored unless "Template type" is set to Custom.
- **Template type: Custom: Glue**: a separator placed between items, for example a pipe (` | `). This is a free option.

For the full placeholder list see the [custom template placeholders reference](https://wpfactory.com/item/related-categories-for-woocommerce/).

### Image Options

The image options are free.

- **Image size**: the registered image size used for category thumbnails. Defaults to `woocommerce_thumbnail`.
- **Placeholder image**: an attachment ID or image URL used for categories that have no image. Left empty, the default WooCommerce placeholder is used.
- **Remove image**: hides the thumbnails entirely. Applies only when "Template type" is set to Default.

### Advanced Options

- **Hide "Related products"**: hides the standard WooCommerce "Related products" section on single product pages, so only your related categories show. This is a free option.

### Reset section settings

Every sub-tab has a **Reset section settings** checkbox at the bottom. Ticking it and saving resets every option on the current sub-tab (all of the Single settings above), not just the position options, back to their defaults.

### Get more control

Positioning, templates and images are all free. [Related Categories for WooCommerce](https://wpfactory.com/item/related-categories-for-woocommerce/) Pro adds hand-picked related categories per product, category, tag and custom taxonomy. [See what Pro unlocks](https://wpfactory.com/item/related-categories-for-woocommerce/).

Related articles

- [Single Product Page Options for Related Categories](https://wpfactory.com/docs/single-product-settings/)
- [Category Images, Placeholders and Image Size](https://wpfactory.com/docs/related-categories-image-options/)
- [Archives Options: Related Categories on Shop and Category Pages](https://wpfactory.com/docs/improving-shop-archives/)
- [Manually Relate Categories per Product, Category, Tag or Taxonomy](https://wpfactory.com/docs/woocommerce-manually-relate-categories/)
- [Custom Template Placeholders Reference](https://wpfactory.com/docs/related-categories-template-placeholders/)

 

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