I solved it with the kind help of Chatgpt! 🙂
Ill be happy to share the snippet if someone wants it. 🙂
Be careful with ChatCPT codes, they are sometimes incorrect. You are welcome to share the snippet. And also set the topic to done when it is finished for you.
Yes, I know, but it worked out of the box so to speak! 🙂
Here is the snippet, I have added it to my-custom-code.php
// Modified category widget
// Function to define and register the custom widget
function initialize_custom_wc_widget() {
// Define the custom widget class
class Custom_WC_Product_Categories_Widget extends WP_Widget {public function __construct()
parent::__construct(
'custom_wc_product_categories',
'Custom WC Product Categories',
array('description' => 'Displays product categories with custom functionality.')
);
public function widget($args, $instance)
// Start widget output
echo $args['before_widget'];
// Display widget title
if (!empty($instance['title']))
echo $args['before_title'] . $instance['title'] . $args['after_title'];
// List all main categories
$main_category_args = array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'hide_empty' => 1,
'parent' => 0
);
$main_categories = get_categories($main_category_args);
foreach ($main_categories as $cat)
echo '<a href="' . get_term_link($cat->term_id) . '">' . $cat->name . '</a><br>';
// Get the current category
$current_cat = get_queried_object();
// If we are on a category page and it's the current main category or one of its subcategories, list subcategories
if (isset($current_cat->term_id) && $current_cat->taxonomy == 'product_cat')
if ($current_cat->term_id == $cat->term_id
// End widget output
echo $args['after_widget'];
// Recursive function to list subcategories
private function list_sub_categories($parent_id, $current_cat, $level = 1)
$sub_category_args = array(
'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
'hide_empty' => 1,
'parent' => $parent_id
);
$sub_categories = get_categories($sub_category_args);
foreach ($sub_categories as $sub_cat) $current_cat->parent == $sub_cat->term_id)
$this->list_sub_categories($sub_cat->term_id, $current_cat, $level + 1);
public function form($instance)
// Add form fields for widget settings if needed
public function update($new_instance, $old_instance)
// Add update logic for widget settings if needed
return $new_instance;
}
// Register the custom widget
register_widget('Custom_WC_Product_Categories_Widget');}
// Add an action to run our function when widgets are initialized
add_action('widgets_init', 'initialize_custom_wc_widget');