Add a floating, sticky WooCommerce product category sidebar so shoppers can browse your shop from any page — no theme edits required.
Alternatives to Product Category Dropdowns
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Display WooCommerce product categories in Elementor with images, titles, product counts, and responsive layouts.
Titanium Site Watch – Website Uptime Monitoring & Downtime Alerts with Health Checks for WooCommercev1.0.8
Website uptime monitoring, downtime alerts and an 11-check WooCommerce Health diagnostic with store health alerts.
Displays WooCommerce product categories as a collapsible accordion list or a dropdown filter, as a sidebar widget or shortcode.
Navigate WooCommerce product categories visually, one level at a time, without full page reloads.
Category management by rule: WooCommerce product categories that fill themselves from nested AND/OR/NOT conditions and stay in sync.
Product Category Carousel Slider & Grid for WooCommerce. Create unlimited category showcases and embed them anywhere with a shortcode.
Edit the name, slug, description, SEO title and meta description of every WooCommerce category, tag and brand on one screen.
Sidebar Category Tabs for WooCommerce is an interactive product tab solution designed specifically for WooCommerce stores.
CatCraft for WooCommercev1.2.0
Display WooCommerce categories in grid, slider, banner, and hero layouts using native Gutenberg blocks with live editor preview.