Hello WooCommerce Customizers!
Today we take a look at the WooCommerce Shop page and specifically at how to show only the category you want (and exclude all the others). Some store owners may need this, you never know the weird questions you get asked!
PHP Snippet: Only Show Products Belonging to One Category @ WooCommerce Shop Page
/**
* @snippet Display Products From 1 Category @ Shop Page
* @how-to businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-customization
* @author Rodolfo Melogli, Business Bloomer
* @compatible WooCommerce 6
* @community https://businessbloomer.com/club/
*/
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'bbloomer_only_one_category_woocommerce_shop' );
function bbloomer_only_one_category_woocommerce_shop( $q ) {
if ( ! $q->is_main_query() ) return;
if ( ! $q->is_post_type_archive() ) return;
if ( ! is_admin() && is_shop() ) {
$q->set( 'tax_query', array( array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array( 'black' ), // change 'black' with your cat slug/s
'operator' => 'IN'
)));
}
}
Result: Show Specific Category @ Shop Page
Rodolfo,
You had me before hello. I found your web page and signed up for the course after just scanning a few items. I knew this was the help I needed and the direction I wanted to take my business. IT is exciting to have a mentor and someone passionate about WooCommerce.
Thank you Sam!
Rodolfo, great tutorials, thank you!
It will be much easier for me to exclude a category than to list all the ones I want included when on the main shop page.
So my need is just the opposite from the code above. Do I change the operator IN/OUT? or do I need to do more?
Thank you & regards
Yes Cor, just use “NOT IN”
I’m using a theme called printshop and this added to my child function file, does not work even though I changed the cat name to the correct id. — bummer!
It does however, change the column spacing a little.
Is there a way to programmatically change the shop page to dispaly the categories, but ignore the “featured” category?
In that manner, the categories will display, and not with one on top, by itself, before the others….
Hey Roberta, thanks for your comment! Probably your theme uses custom CSS that needs to be adjusted to accommodate this. Unfortunately this is custom work and I cannot provide a complementary solution here via the blog comments. Thanks a lot for your understanding! ~R
Can I pass multiple slugs ????
Hey Mohd thanks for your comment! Yes, try adding another slug inside the brackets 🙂