Product Category Widget allows showing product categories in the sidebar.
To use the widget, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets screen. Find the ‘Product Categories’ widget and add it to the selected widget area.
Please note that the widget’s name depends on the catalog labels in the Catalog Label section of the General Settings. If the Catalog Singular Name is set to ‘Item’, the widget will be called ‘Item Categories’ instead of ‘Product Categories’.
When the ‘Product Categories’ widget is placed, it will appear in the sidebar. It will show a list of URLs or a drop-down pointing to the category page.
Available settings
- Display as dropdown – when checked, the category list will change to a drop-down with all the product categories.
- Show product counts – when checked, the category list or drop-down will show the product count inside each category: category name (number of products)
- Show hierarchy – when checked, the category list will be hierarchical (when there are any parent-child product categories)
You can extend the Product Category Widget with Premium Version. It allows for sidebars management, shows child categories only on related parent pages and enables product tags. Click to see more
The same list is available as the Catalog Category Links block. See Catalog Filter Widgets and Blocks for widgets that filter the current product list, and Product Categories to manage the categories.