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Display Related Categories with the Widget

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To display related categories in a widget area with Related Categories for WooCommerce, go to WPFactory > Related Categories, tick Widget under Position Options on the Single or Archives sub-tab, and save. Then add the Related Categories: Single Product Page or Related Categories: Archives widget in Appearance > Widgets. Both widgets are free.

Before you start #

  • The section you want must be enabled: Single for the product-page widget, Archives for the archives widget.
  • The Widget option must be turned on for that section.

Enable the widget #

  1. Go to WPFactory > Related Categories (also reachable at WooCommerce > Settings > Related Categories).
  2. On the Single or Archives sub-tab, under Position Options, tick Widget (widget) and save.
  3. Go to Appearance > Widgets and add the widget. The single-page widget is named Related Categories: Single Product Page and the archives widget is named Related Categories: Archives.

Appearance / Widgets showing the Related Categories widget added to a sidebar

Widget options #

Each widget has its own fields, so a widget can show a different list from the one hooked into the page:

  • Title: an optional heading above the list.
  • Limit and Columns: how many categories, and the column count.
  • Hide empty, Order by and Order: the same display and sorting choices as the main settings.
  • Visibility (archives widget only): show for all categories, categories with children only, or categories with no children only.
  • Template Options: Header, Footer, Template and Glue. The widget renders with a custom template, so the default markup is an unordered list (<ul> / <li>). Use the same placeholders as any Custom template, for example %category_name% and %category_link%.

Widget-level relate options #

By default, a widget uses the Relate Options saved in the plugin settings. To give a widget its own relate rules, turn on Override “Relate Options” in widget settings (widget_override_relate_options) under Position Options for that section. The widget form then shows its own Relate Options (Siblings, Parents, Children, Current and, where enabled, the Pro per-category, per-tag, per-taxonomy and per-product options).

Get more control #

The widget is free. Related Categories for WooCommerce Pro adds hand-picked related categories per product, category, tag and custom taxonomy. See what Pro unlocks.