Category Slider for WooCommerce

About Category Slider for WooCommerce

WooCategory is a free plugin that helps you display your WooCommerce product categories in a sliding manner, making it easier for your customers to find the categories they are looking for. It offers many customizable options and is compatible with popular WooCommerce themes and plugins. It is also responsive, fast loading, and comes with fast support.

Screenshots

Category Slider for WooCommerce screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What is Category Slider for WooCommerce?

Category Slider for WooCommerce, also known as WooCategory, is a WordPress plugin that helps display WooCommerce Categories in a slider. It allows you to show product categories with thumbnails, child categories, descriptions, and a "shop now" button. The plugin aims to increase conversion rates by highlighting specific product categories aesthetically.

What are the key features of WooCategory?

WooCategory is responsive and mobile-ready, slick, powerful, and fast loading. It allows users to create unlimited category sliders and includes a shortcode generator. The plugin enables filtering of the list of categories.

Why is WooCategory important for a WooCommerce store?

WooCategory helps highlight product categories that might otherwise not be well-displayed in a WooCommerce store. It allows visitors to easily find categories and see more product categories simultaneously, either in a slider, grid, or block view. This can make the shop look more professional and increase conversion rates.

Does WooCategory require coding knowledge?

No, WooCategory does not require coding. It features a simple and easy-to-use shortcode generator interface with many options for customization and management.

Changelog

1.5.3 – Nov 22, 2024

Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.
Fix: The translation-related warning found with WP 6.7.1
Tested: WooCommerce 9.4.2 compatibility.

1.5.2 – Nov 11, 2024

Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

1.5.1 – Oct 14, 2024

Improved: The plugin menu name was renamed to ‘WooCategory’.
Improved: The plugin-backed options have been enhanced.
Improved: The Layout Preset option is moved to the top of the Edit Category View page.
Improved: The Slider Orientation and Carousel Style options are placed after the Layout Preset option.
Improved: The Typography tab options are placed into the Display Settings tab.
Improved: The How To Use Shortcode section moved to the right side of the page.
Fix: The Fontello icon conflict issue was resolved using a prefix.
Fix: Some strings translation issue.
Updated: The language (.pot) file.
Tested: WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.
Tested: WooCommerce 9.3.3 compatibility.

1.5.0 – Jun 28, 2024

New: The Slider Layout feature.
New: Border Width option for category image.
New: Border Style option for category image.
Improved: Plugin UI and UX improved.
Improved: The Space Between Categories option moved to the General Settings tab.
Improved: The Margin of the section title option moved to the Typography tab.
Improved: The Tooltip/Help texts of plugin options to make it more user-friendly.
Improved: The Options of Display Settings were reorganized by the Nested Tab.
Improved: The Options of Carousel Settings were reorganized by the Nested Tab.
Tested: WordPress 6.5.4 compatibility.
Tested: WooCommerce 9.0.2 compatibility.

1.4.21 – Jun 05, 2024

Tested: WooCommerce 8.9.2 compatibility.

1.4.20 – Apr 04, 2024

Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-Cli command.
Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

1.4.19 – Mar 19, 2024

Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
Fix: The warning was found when activating the plugin via WP CLI.
Tested: WooCommerce 8.6.1 compatibility.
Tested: WordPress 6.4.3 compatibility.

1.4.18 – Oct 30, 2023

Fix: Few PHPCS warnings with PHP8.2.
Fix: The plugin admin page style issue for RTL sites.
Tested: WooCommerce 8.2.1 compatibility.
Tested: WordPress 6.3.2 compatibility.

1.4.17 – Aug 28, 2023

Fix: The plugin admin panel translation is not working if the language file is placed in the plugin language folder.
Tested: WooCommerce 8.0.2 compatibility.
Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.

1.4.16 – Jul 20, 2023

Improved: The plugin security.
Tested: WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) feature compatibility.
Tested: WooCommerce 7.9.0 compatibility.

1.4.15 – Jun 21, 2023

New: The Hover Color option of Category Name.
Improved: The Some Color options moved to the Typography tab.
Fix: The text color of the category slider does not remain after upgrading to pro.
Fix: The Gutenberg Block preview shows only the preloader at the second reload.
Tested: WooCommerce 7.8.0 compatibility.
Tested: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

1.4.14 – Mar 16, 2023

Improved: The Gutenberg Block NPM packages are updated.
Tested: WooCommerce 7.5.0 compatibility.

1.4.13 – Jan 13, 2023

Improved: Plugin security improved.
Improved: Load Stylesheets in the header based on shortcodes on the page.
Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.
Tested: WooCommerce 7.2.3 compatibility.
Removed: The deprecated ‘woo_cat_slider’ shortcode.

1.4.12 – Nov 24, 2022

New: The Free mode feature.
Fix: Carousel style issue in Gutenberg edit view along with WP Carousel Pro plugin.

1.4.11 – Sept 28, 2022

Fix: The alter tag missing in the preloader tag.
Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 6.9.4 version.

1.4.10 – Aug 24, 2022

Improved: The dynamic CSS has been minified.
Fix: The export option does not work properly along with the WP Debugging plugin.
Fix: Deprecated JS warning on Category Slider page
Removed: Unused codes from the plugin.
Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 6.8.2 version.

1.4.9 – Aug 01, 2022

Improved: SVG preloading icon has been added as a pre-loader image.
Fix: Deprecated warning of Gutenberg Block.
Fix: Dequeue option of Advanced Settings does not work along with the Elementor plugin
Removed: The TinyMCE button from the classic editor.

1.4.8 – Jun 15, 2022

Updated: The language (.pot) file name.
Fix: The premium page warnings.
Fix: CLS issue of carousel layout.

1.4.7 – May 16, 2022

Tested: WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
Fix: Deprecated warnings of Gutenberg block and Elementor addon.
Fix: Extra space at bottom of the image of Category Slider with theme Twenty Twenty-Two.

1.4.6 – Apr 12, 2022

New: Gutenberg Block to insert Category Slider shortcode to preview.
Fix: JS warning issue when carousel navigation hide in mobile option.
Fix: Deprecated warning for Elementor Addons.

1.4.5 – Mar 08, 2022

New: Elementor Addons has been added.
Fix: An undefined variable warning ($review) when Review Notice has been dismissed.
Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

1.4.4 – Jan 27, 2022

Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

1.4.3 – Jan 14, 2022

New: A hook ‘sp_wcslider_ui_permission’ added for UI permission.
Improved: Security issue.

1.4.2 – Dec 15, 2021

Improved: Category Type.
New: New video tutorial added.

1.4.1 – Nov 15, 2021

Improved: Settings page “Save Changes” and “Reset Tab” button.
Removed: “Reset All” button.
Fix: Hide empty categories issue.
Improved: Plugin security.

1.4.0 – Oct 25, 2021

New: Shortcode live preview option.
Improved: Shortcode settings panel text.
Fix: Several minor tweaking.

1.3.0 – Set 25, 2021

New: Export and Import option.
Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.7.1 version.
Improved: Plugin security.
Fix: Thumbnail_src undefined issue.

1.2.13 – Jul 23, 2021

Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.5.1 version.
Tested: Compatibility tested with WordPress 5.8 version.

1.2.12 – Jun 08, 2021

Fix: AutoPlay does not start again if swipe once at mobile.
Fix: Category order_by name issue.
Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.3.0 version.

1.2.11 – Apr 22, 2021

Fix: Source map error issue.

1.2.10 – Apr 14, 2021

Fix: Shortcode select area copy icon click issue.
Improved: Help tooltip text alignment change.
Fix: Dashboard style issue.
Tested: WooCommerce 5.2.0 compatibility.

1.2.9 – Mar 17, 2021

Improved: Filter Categories(Specific) moved to right place.

1.2.8 – Mar 11, 2021

New: Slider MouseWheel option.
Fix: PHP backward compatibility issue.

1.2.7 – Mar 04, 2021

New: Shortcode onClick copy option.
Improved: Newly designed plugin main icon.
Improved: Dashboard Generator Settings panel.
Improved: Settings page.
Improved: Help page.
Tested: WooCommerce 5.0.0 compatibility.

1.2.6 – Dec 14, 2020

Fix: Preloader issue.
Fix: WordPress 5.6 compatibility issue.
Fix: WooCommerce 4.8.0 compatibility issue.

1.2.5 – Aug 28, 2020

Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatibility issue.
Fix: WooCommerce 4.4.1 compatibility issue.

1.2.4 – May 24, 2020

Fix: Column issue on mobile view.
Fix: WooCommerce 4.1.1 compatibility issue.

1.2.3 – Apr 10, 2020

New: Slider duplicate option.
Fix: Small image alignment issue.
Fix: Navigation icon and border width issue.
Fix: WordPress 5.4 compatibility issue.
Fix: WooCommerce 4.0.1 compatibility issue.

1.2.2 – Nov 25, 2019

Fix: WordPress 5.3 compatibility issue.

1.2.1 – Nov 08, 2019

Improved: Update controlling improved.
Improved: Plugin menu text replaced ‘All Cat Slider’ with ‘Manage Sliders’.
Fix: Pro and Free version active/deactivate issue.
Fix: Google font console error fixed.
Remove: Removed deprecated files.

1.2.0 – Aug 06, 2019

Improved: Plugin dashboard UX huge improved.
New: Display child category beside parent.
New: Preloader.
New: Card style (for material design).
New: Shop now button margin.
New: Shop now button link target.
New: Thumbnail border option.
New: Thumbnail margin option.
New: All style and script enqueue/dequeue option.
New: Plugin data remove when the plugin is deleted.
Improved: Style and script enqueue system issue.

1.1.3 – Oct 25, 2018

Fix: WooCommerce 3.5.0 support.

1.1.2 – Oct 09, 2018

New: Widget option.

1.1.1 – Sep 05, 2018

Edit: Back-end text modified.

1.1 – Sep 04, 2018

New: Include Child Categories Option.
New: Hide Empty Categories Option.
New: Category Image On/Off Option.
New: Specific Category Select Option.

1.0.2 – Jul 26, 2018

Fix: Theme Two background color issue.
Fix: Theme Two category name color issue.

1.0.1 – Jul 25, 2018

Fix: Background color option issue.

1.0 – Jul 18, 2018

First Release.