Description

WooCommerce Nested Category Layout 1.20.1

🎯 Purpose
Enhances your catalog and shop pages by displaying products grouped by category and subcategory—making browsing intuitive and efficient.(WooCommerce)

🐾 Version & Release
This is version 1.20.1, released on February 7, 2024, with updates mentioned as of February 11, 2024(WPspring, EffectIO).

🔄 What’s New in 1.20.1

• Fix: Ensures WooCommerce attribute filters work correctly with the nested layout template(EffectIO, WPspring).

🔧 Notable Features

• Displays products grouped under their respective subcategories right on the shop and catalog pages(WooCommerce).
• Choose which categories use the nested layout and which display normally(WooCommerce).
• Set how many products appear per subcategory. Extra items appear via a “See More” link(WooCommerce).
• Unassigned products or those only in parent categories appear first in their respective section(WooCommerce).
• Supports multiple levels: sub-subcategories are shown in hierarchy (e.g., “Drinkware – Mugs”)(WooCommerce).
• Customizable display order via drag-and-drop in WooCommerce > Products > Categories(WooCommerce).
• Flexible architecture: overrideable templates and compatibility with major themes including Genesis(WooCommerce).

⚙️ Compatibility & Requirements

• Built by SkyVerge, distributed via WooCommerce Marketplace(WooCommerce).
• Requires WordPress ≥ 5.2, WooCommerce ≥ 3.6.0, PHP ≥ 7.4; tested with WP up to 6.4.3 and WooCommerce up to 8.5.2(WooCommerce).

💡 Setup & Configuration

1. Purchase or download the plugin.
2. Install via Plugins > Add New > Upload ZIP, then activate it.
3. Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Products to configure:
   • Set products-per-subcategory limit with optional “See More” link.
   • Decide where to apply nested layout (shop page, category pages, or both)(WooCommerce).

🚧 Considerations

• May cause out-of-memory issues on category pages with extremely large numbers of products, depending on your hosting setup(WooCommerce).

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