Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce is a powerful plugin that allows you to display your product categories in a beautiful and engaging way. Whether you run a fashion store, electronics shop, or any other type of online business, this plugin helps you highlight your categories to boost sales and improve user experience.
Video Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjWdEETbAs
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Instead of hiding product categories in a dropdown or sidebar, this plugin puts them front and center with a stylish display that’s easy to customize and fully responsive.
Perfect for:
- Clothing boutiques with seasonal collections.
- Gourmet food stores with multiple departments.
- Digital download shops with different file types.
With this plugin, you can create eye-catching category showcases without writing code. Simply choose a layout (Slider, Block, or Grid), pick your categories, and drop the generated shortcode anywhere on your site.
Key benefits:
- Encourage browsing with modern category displays.
- Highlight featured or high-margin categories to increase sales.
- Provide a seamless shopping experience across desktop and mobile.
- Save time with a simple, shortcode-based setup.
🎯 Free Features
- Multi-Layout Displays – Choose Slider, Block, or Grid layouts for flexible presentation.
- Featured & Additional Categories – Highlight main categories and add up to 6 supporting ones.
- Unlimited Slider Categories – Add as many categories as you want to your carousel.
- Responsive & Mobile Friendly – Works beautifully across all devices.
- Shortcode Support – Insert showcases anywhere using [wccs_showcase id="123"].
- Category Filtering & Sorting – Display all or selected categories, sort by name/date/ID.
- Customizable Card Styling – Adjust colors, spacing, border radius, and content placement.
- Content Toggles – Show or hide category images, titles, descriptions, and product counts.
- Image & Icon Settings – Use rectangle, rounded, or circle images with hover effects.
- Theme Compatibility – Works with most WooCommerce themes without extra setup.
🚀 Pro Features
- Advanced Layout Templates – More styling options for sliders, grids, and blocks.
- Ticker & Autoplay Options – Create news-style scrolling carousels with speed controls.
- Google Fonts & Typography – Full font customization for headings and category titles.
- Customizable Buttons & Hover Effects – Add “Shop Now” buttons with custom styles.
- Unlimited Category Sliders – Create multiple showcases across different pages.
- Priority Support & Updates – Premium assistance and regular feature updates.
🛠️ How It Works
- Install & Activate – Find “Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce” in your dashboard or upload manually.
- Create a Showcase – Go to WC Showcases → Add New, choose a layout (Slider, Block, Grid).
- Select Categories – Pick featured categories or let the plugin pull all automatically.
- Customize Styling – Control colors, hover effects, product counts, fonts, and more.
- Insert Shortcode – After hitting Publish, copy the generated shortcode and paste it into any page or post.
- Test & Iterate – Adjust layouts and settings until your showcase looks perfect.
- No coding required – everything is managed inside your WordPress dashboard.
💡 Use Cases
- Fashion Boutique – Showcase seasonal collections in an autoplay slider.
- Electronics Marketplace – Organize dozens of departments with a clean grid layout.
- Lifestyle Blogger – Add a block-style showcase for a small shop section.
- Wholesale Supplier – Display product quantities and encourage quick ordering.
You may also like our other plugins
Product Category Slider for WooCommerce | Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce | WC Min Max Quantities
Contribute
This may have bugs and a lack of many features. If you want to contribute to this project, you are more than welcome. For reporting any bugs or feature requests, open an issue on
Github.
Automatic Installation From WordPress Dashboard
- Login to your admin panel.
- Navigate to Plugins → Add New.
- Search WooCommerce Category Showcase.
- Click install and activate, respectively.
- After activation, you will see a new menu item called WC Showcases in your admin panel.
- Click on WC Showcases → Add New to create a new showcase.
- Choose a layout (Slider, Block, or Grid).
- Select the categories you want to display.
- Customize the settings as per your requirements.
- Click Publish to save your showcase.
Manual Installation From WordPress Dashboard
If your server is not connected to the Internet, then you can use this method:
- Download the plugin by clicking on the Download button above. A ZIP file will be downloaded.
- Login to your site's admin panel and navigate to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
- Click Choose File, select the plugin file, and click Install.
- After installation, click Activate Plugin.
- Cheers! You have successfully installed the plugin.
Install Using FTP
If you are unable to use any of the methods due to internet connectivity and file permission issues, then you can use this method:
- Download the plugin by clicking on the Download button above. A ZIP file will be downloaded.
- Unzip the file.
- Launch your favorite FTP client, such as FileZilla, FireFTP, CyberDuck, etc. If you are a more advanced user, then you can use SSH too.
- Upload the folder to wp-content/plugins/
- Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
- Navigate to Plugins → Installed.
- Activate the plugin.
2.2.6 (23rd October 2025)
- Enhance: Update the plugin notices.
- Compatibility - Compatible with the latest version of WordPress and WooCommerce.
2.2.5 (15th October 2025)
- Fix - Resolved known issues.
- Compatibility - Compatible with the latest version of WordPress and WooCommerce.
2.2.3 (7th July 2025)
- Fix - Resolved slider pagination style issues.
- Fix - Resolved slider button style issues.
2.2.2 (3rd July 2025)
- Fix - Resolved few known issues.
- Compatibility - Compatible with the latest version of WordPress and WooCommerce.
2.2.1 (19th May 2025)
- Fix - Image not zooming on hover.
- Security - Fixed security issues.
2.2.0 (24th April 2025)
- New - Rebuilt the plugin with new features and look.
- Enhanced - Improved the performance of the plugin.
- Compatibility - Compatible with the latest version of WordPress and WooCommerce.
2.0.7
- Fix - Resolved known issues
- Compatible – Compatibility with WP Latest version
- Compatible – Compatibility with WC Latest version
2.0.6
- Fix - Resolved known issues
- Compatible – Compatibility with WP Latest version
- Compatible – Compatibility with WC Latest version
2.0.5
- Fix - Resolved known issues
- Compatible – Compatibility with WP Latest version
- Compatible – Compatibility with WC Latest version
2.0.4
- Fix - Resolved known issues.
- Fix – Compatibility with WP v6.6.1
- Fix – Compatibility with WC v9.2.2
2.0.3
- Fix - Resolved metabox issues.
2.0.2
- Fix - Resolved some known issues.
2.0.1
- Fix - Woocommerce HPOS issue.
- Fix - Resolved some known issues.
2.0.0
- Enhance - Update framework.
1.1.8
- Enhance - Added support for WooCommerce 7.1
1.1.6
- Fix - Fix typo
- Fix - Notice when no additional category selected
- Fix – Compatibility with WP v6.0
- Fix – Compatibility with WC v6.5.1
- Enhance - Additional category link hover background and text color
1.1.5
- Fix – Compatibility with WP v5.7.2
- Fix – Compatibility with WC v5.3.0
1.1.4
- Enhance - Add support WPML
- Enhance - Add support optimote-wp
- Fix - Translation not working
1.1.3
- Fix - conflict with nextgen gallery
- Fix - upgrade to pro message with pro version
- Fix - Slider navigation button
- WC compatibility with 4.3.1
- WP compatibility with 5.4.2
1.1.2
- WC compatibility with 3.8.1
- WP compatibility with 5.3.2
1.1.1
- WC compatibility with 3.7.1
- WP compatibility with 5.2.4
- Fix conflict Smush Image Optimization plugin
1.1.0
- WC compatibility with 3.7.0
- WP compatibility with 5.2.3
- Fix error when additional category empty
- Fix Warning when woocommerce not installed
1.0.9
- WC compatibility with 3.6.5
- WP compatibility with 5.2.2
1.0.8
- [Fix] Title show hide not working
- WC compatibility with 3.6.2
- WP compatibility with 5.1.1
1.0.7
- Remove accidentally added debug code
1.0.6
- Image height fix
- Compatibility fix with WC v3.4.5
1.0.5
- Image height fix
- Compatibility fix with WP v4.9.8
1.0.4
- Bootstrap compatible
- Category description height fix
- Placeholder image added
1.0.3
- WooCommerce compatibility fix
- Improved UI
- Fix the Loading issue
- Fix height issue
1.0.1
- Fix the dynamic image and description
- Feature Default category image
1.0.0