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Issue adding Product Categories widget to Shop sidebar

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  • January 17, 2026 at 4:50 pm #704868

    granule.petshop
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    Hello,
    I am trying to add the Product Categories widget to the shop sidebar, but when I attempt this through Appearance → Widgets, I get the following error:
    Error loading block: irregular parameters post_id
    My goal is to display all product categories in the sidebar of the /shop/ page (/prodavnica/).
    – How can I properly add all product categories to the shop sidebar?
    – Does Woodmart provide a custom widget for this purpose?
    – Ideally, I would like the categories to be shown in a hierarchical structure (categories → subcategories).

    Thank you for your help!
    Best regards,
    Dejan

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    January 19, 2026 at 12:45 pm #705012

    Aizaz Imtiaz Awan
    Keymaster
    Xtemos team

    Hello,

    Try to install the Classic Widgets plugin to fix this problem: https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/

    Best Regards

    January 19, 2026 at 1:51 pm #705033

    granule.petshop
    Participant

    Super, it displayed with the help of the “Classic Widget” plugin. I just have two additional questions:

    How can I force the categories to be shown in the order I set, instead of alphabetically?

    Does your widget that comes with the theme “Woodmart Product Category Filter”, or any other of your widgets, allow something like this: to display all main product categories, with the option to expand subcategories? And of course, for them to be arranged as in Products → Categories, not alphabetically?

    Thanks,
    Dejan

    January 19, 2026 at 5:10 pm #705109

    Aizaz Imtiaz Awan
    Keymaster
    Xtemos team

    Hello,

    In the widget settings, please select the option “Category order” under the sorting settings.

    Then, you can change the display order of categories directly from your WordPress dashboard by going to:

    Products > Categories, and dragging and dropping the categories into your preferred order.

    Here’s a short video guide for reference: https://youtu.be/ZX9dJhEtw5k

    Best Regards,

    January 19, 2026 at 11:18 pm #705155

    granule.petshop
    Participant

    Ok, this helped.
    I just have one more question regarding your Woodmart widget called “WOODMART Product Category Filter.” Can it display all parent categories? Specifically, if I have a product only in the subcategory “Dry Food for Dogs,” how can it show the parent categories Dogs → Food for Dogs (even if those parent categories are empty)? It seems to me that your widget is designed to only display categories that contain at least one product, regardless of whether they are subcategories or have parent categories above them. Is there any way your widget can display the hierarchy of parent categories?

    Thank you,
    Dejan

    January 20, 2026 at 11:26 am #705221

    Aizaz Imtiaz Awan
    Keymaster
    Xtemos team

    Hello,

    In the WOODMART Product Category Filter widget:

    With Filter Structure > Hierarchical, the widget only displays categories that contain products. Even if a parent category has subcategories with products, the parent itself won’t appear if it’s empty.

    The “Show Children Only” option displays only subcategories, while Flat List shows all active categories in a flat structure — but empty parent categories still won’t appear.

    Currently, there’s no built-in way to display empty parent categories in this widget.

    If you want to show empty parent categories, use the default WooCommerce Product Categories widget in the sidebar and make sure to enable the option to show empty categories.

    This will display the full hierarchy, including empty parent categories: https://ibb.co/LDyMfGvL

    Best Regards,

    January 20, 2026 at 2:32 pm #705275

    granule.petshop
    Participant

    Ok, thank you very much

    January 20, 2026 at 2:45 pm #705287

    Aizaz Imtiaz Awan
    Keymaster
    Xtemos team

    Hello,

    You’re Most Welcome!

    Feel free to write back anytime. If you need further assistance, we are always here to help you.

    If you have a minute, we’d truly appreciate your feedback — it helps us improve the product and shape future updates more effectively. We’d love your feedback on our theme: https://tally.so/r/w4l54k

    Thanks for contacting us.
    Have a great day.

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    Best Regards.

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