WooCommerce Product Categories

WooCommerce Product Categories is a functionality of WooCommerce that allows online store owners to organize their products based on categories. It helps shoppers to quickly and easily find the products they are looking for.

How to use WooCommerce Product Categories

1. Login to your WordPress dashboard.
2. On the left-hand side menu, click on "Products" and then on "Categories".
3. Click on the "Add New Category" button.
4. Enter the name and slug for your category.
5. You can also add a category description, parent category, and category image (optional).
6. Click on the "Add New Category" button to save the category.

Benefits of using WooCommerce Product Categories

1. Improved User Experience: By categorizing products, shoppers can easily find the products they need without sifting through a lot of irrelevant products.
2. Better Organization: Product categories help online store owners organize their products, making it easier to manage and display them.
3. More Targeted Marketing: Using categories, online store owners can target specific groups of customers with their marketing campaigns.
4. Improved SEO: Product categories can improve the SEO of an online store, making it easier for shoppers to find.

Code Example

Here's an example of how to display WooCommerce Product Categories using code:

$taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
$orderby      = 'name';  
$show_count   = 0;      
$pad_counts   = 0;      
$hierarchical= 1;      
$title        = '';  
$empty        = 0;

$args = array(
    'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
    'orderby'      => $orderby,
    'show_count'   => $show_count,
    'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
    'hierarchical'=> $hierarchical,
    'title_li'     => $title,
    'hide_empty'   => $empty
);

$all_categories = get_categories( $args );

foreach ($all_categories as $cat) {
    if($cat->category_parent == 0) {
        $category_id = $cat->term_id;
        echo '<br /><a href="'. get_term_link($cat->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $cat->name .'</a>';

        $args2 = array(
            'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
            'child_of'     => 0,
            'parent'       => $category_id,
            'orderby'      => $orderby,
            'show_count'   => $show_count,
            'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
            'hierarchical'=> $hierarchical,
            'title_li'     => $title,
            'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );

        $sub_cats = get_categories( $args2 );
        if($sub_cats) {
            foreach($sub_cats as $sub_category) {
                echo  $sub_category->name ;
            }   
        }
    }
}

The above code retrieves all product categories and displays them in hierarchical order.