=== Product Category Slider and Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce – WooCategory ===
Contributors: shapedplugin, rubel_miah, shamimmiashuhagh, khalilu
Tags: product category slider, woocommerce category carousel, product category showcase, woocommerce category slider, product category list
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.6.0
WC requires at least: 4.5
WC tested up to: 9.8.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Display product categories in a visually appealing slider or grid to strategically position them on your online shop and instantly boost sales!

== Description ==

[__Live Demo__](https://demo.shapedplugin.com/woocommerce-category-slider/) | [__Documentation__](https://docs.shapedplugin.com/docs/woocommerce-category-slider/introduction/) | [__Upgrade to Pro!__](https://shapedplugin.com/woocategory/?ref=115#pricing)

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= Overview =

[__WooCategory__](https://demo.shapedplugin.com/woocommerce-category-slider/) helps you display by filtering specific WooCommerce Categories aesthetically in a sliding manner. You can show your product categories with thumbnail, child category, description, shop now button. The plugin has simple and easy to use shortcode generator interface with many handy options which will help you to customize and manage WooCommerce Categories and its content easily without coding.

A WooCategory is one of the best ways to highlight your specific product categories and, if put in the strategic or right position, it will certainly allow you to increase the conversion rate in your shop or site. WooCategory is free, rapidly growing and comes with great support.


= Why WooCategory is important? =

In a WooCommerce store or shop, there are many products and their categories. Generally, the product categories are not highlighted well in the store. That’s why your potential customers can’t understand what categories of products are being offered or sold in your shop.

WooCategory lets your visitors find the category they are looking for without struggling and looking all over the WooCommerce store or site. You can show more product categories at the same time and let them scroll automatically in a slider or show in grid or block view so that your prospective customers can see them all. This makes your shop or site look much more professional, clean and sharp in your customers’ eyes.

If you can showcase your product categories in the strategic spots of your store or site, it will effectively increase the conversion rate and achieve the goal!

= Exciting Features List =

* Responsive and mobile-ready.
* Slick, powerful, and fast loading.
* Create unlimited category sliders.
* Shortcode Generator.
* Filter the list of categories you want to show.
* Display specific categories in the slider.
* Hide empty categories.
* A total number of categories to display (you can limit).
* Device-wise specific responsive control.
* Display category content:
**-Category name**
**-Category thumbnail and flat color background**
**-Category counter**
**-Description**
**-Shop now button etc.**
* Highly customizable.
* Unlimited color and styling options.
* 12+ Slider Controls:
**-AutoPlay**
**-AutoPlay speed**
**-Slide scroll speed**
**-slide to scroll**
**-Slide to scroll in different devices**
**-Pause on hover**
**-Infinite loop slider**
**-Show/hide navigation**
**-Navigation color**
**-Show/hide pagination dots**
**-Pagination color and active color**
**-Touch swipe**
**-Auto height etc.**
* Display your categories in sidebar or widget.
* Set space between categories.
* Ability to design material or flat style.
* Category name show/hide and margin.
* Show/hide product count and position.
* Show/hide description content and control margin.
* Show/hide shop now button, change the label, color, margin, link target, etc.
* Show/hide category thumbnail.
* Category thumbnails available cropped sizes.
* Add custom category thumbnail.
* Thumbnail border, box-shadow, inner padding, margin, etc.
* Classic & gradient color and background.
* Category order and order by.
* Preloader enable/disable.
* Advanced enqueue or dequeue to avoid conflicts.
* Section title and its margin.
* Custom CSS option to override styles.
* Option to remove data when the plugin deleted.
* Page builders compatible.
* RTL supported.
* Multisite supported.
* Multilingual ready.
* Compatible with popular WooCommerce themes and plugins.
* Frequently updated and secured codebase.
* Fast forum support.
* All modern browsers supported.
* SEO friendly and fully optimized.
* And many more options.


= For Fast Support, Feature Request, and Bug Reporting =
>Ask us at either via our [__Support__](https://shapedplugin.com/support/) or [__WordPress.org__](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woo-category-slider-grid/)

We're really proud to serve and enhance [__WooCommerce__](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/).

= Author =
Designed and Developed by [__ShapedPlugin__](https://shapedplugin.com/)


== Installation ==

**This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working**

= AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION (EASIEST WAY) =

To do an automatic install of WooCategory, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.
In the search field type "WooCategory". Once you have found it you can install it by simply clicking "Install Now" and then "Activate".

= MANUAL INSTALLATION =

**Uploading in WordPress Dashboard**

* Download woo-category-slider-grid.zip
* Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
* Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
* Select woo-category-slider-grid.zip from your computer
* Click ‘Install Now’
* Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

**Using FTP**

* Download woo-category-slider-grid.zip
* Extract the woo-category-slider-grid directory to your computer
* Upload the woo-category-slider-grid directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
* Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

You will now see the Post Carousel menu in your WordPress admin panel.

The WordPress codex contains <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation">instructions</a> on how to install a WordPress plugin.


== Frequently Asked Questions ==


== Screenshots ==
1. Live Demo.
2. General Settings.
3. Slider Controls.
4. Display Options.
5. Thumbnail Settings.
6. Typography (PRO Option).
7. Advanced Settings.
8. Custom CSS.



== Changelog ==

= 1.6.0 - Apr 11, 2025 =
* New: The Item Border Option.
* New: The Item Border Radius Option.
* New: The Item Background option for the card and non-card style.
* New: The Item Box-Shadow option with Inset and Outset styles.
* Improved: The plugin's options are reorganized to make them more user-friendly.
* Improved: The default category item style is set to card style. 
* Improved: The minus value support was added to the section title margin option.
* Fix: The translation-related warning was found with WP 6.8.
* Fix: The help page recommended plugins logo URL not found issue.
* Updated: The translation (.pot) file. 
* Dev: The minimum required PHP version is now set to 7.0
* Tested: WordPress 6.8 compatibility.
* Tested: WooCommerce 9.8.1 compatibility.

= 1.5.3 - Nov 22, 2024 =
* Fix: The plugin style issue for RTL sites.
* Fix: The translation-related warning found with WP 6.7.1
* Tested: WooCommerce 9.4.2 compatibility.

= 1.5.2 - Nov 11, 2024 =
* Tested: WordPress 6.7 compatibility.

= 1.5.1 - Oct 14, 2024 =
* Improved: The plugin menu name was renamed to 'WooCategory'.
* Improved: The plugin-backed options have been enhanced.
* Improved: The Layout Preset option is moved to the top of the Edit Category View page.
* Improved: The Slider Orientation and Carousel Style options are placed after the Layout Preset option.
* Improved: The Typography tab options are placed into the Display Settings tab.
* Improved: The How To Use Shortcode section moved to the right side of the page.
* Fix: The Fontello icon conflict issue was resolved using a prefix.
* Fix: Some strings translation issue.
* Updated: The language (.pot) file.
* Tested: WordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.
* Tested: WooCommerce 9.3.3 compatibility.

= 1.5.0 - Jun 28, 2024 =
* New: The Slider Layout feature.
* New: Border Width option for category image.
* New: Border Style option for category image.
* Improved: Plugin UI and UX improved.
* Improved: The Space Between Categories option moved to the General Settings tab.
* Improved: The Margin of the section title option moved to the Typography tab.
* Improved: The Tooltip/Help texts of plugin options to make it more user-friendly.
* Improved: The Options of Display Settings were reorganized by the Nested Tab.
* Improved: The Options of Carousel Settings were reorganized by the Nested Tab.
* Tested: WordPress 6.5.4 compatibility.
* Tested: WooCommerce 9.0.2 compatibility.

= 1.4.21 - Jun 05, 2024 =
* Tested: WooCommerce 8.9.2 compatibility.

= 1.4.20 - Apr 04, 2024 =
* Fix: The warning was found when the plugin was activated via the WP-Cli command.
* Tested: WordPress 6.5 compatibility.

= 1.4.19 - Mar 19, 2024 =
* Improved: The Help Page has been redesigned to make it more user-friendly.
* Fix: The warning was found when activating the plugin via WP CLI.
* Tested: WooCommerce 8.6.1 compatibility.
* Tested: WordPress 6.4.3 compatibility.

= 1.4.18 - Oct 30, 2023 =
* Fix: Few PHPCS warnings with PHP8.2.
* Fix: The plugin admin page style issue for RTL sites.
* Tested: WooCommerce 8.2.1 compatibility.
* Tested: WordPress 6.3.2 compatibility.

= 1.4.17 - Aug 28, 2023 =
* Fix: The plugin admin panel translation is not working if the language file is placed in the plugin language folder.
* Tested: WooCommerce 8.0.2 compatibility.
* Tested: WordPress 6.3 compatibility.

= 1.4.16 - Jul 20, 2023 =
* Improved: The plugin security.
* Tested: WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) feature compatibility.
* Tested: WooCommerce 7.9.0 compatibility.

= 1.4.15 - Jun 21, 2023 =
* New: The Hover Color option of Category Name.
* Improved: The Some Color options moved to the Typography tab.
* Fix: The text color of the category slider does not remain after upgrading to pro.
* Fix: The Gutenberg Block preview shows only the preloader at the second reload.
* Tested: WooCommerce 7.8.0 compatibility.
* Tested: WordPress 6.2.2 compatibility.

= 1.4.14 - Mar 16, 2023 =
* Improved: The Gutenberg Block NPM packages are updated.
* Tested: WooCommerce 7.5.0 compatibility.

= 1.4.13 - Jan 13, 2023 =
* Improved: Plugin security improved.
* Improved: Load Stylesheets in the header based on shortcodes on the page.
* Tested: WordPress 6.1.1 compatibility.
* Tested: WooCommerce 7.2.3 compatibility.
* Removed: The deprecated  'woo_cat_slider'  shortcode.

= 1.4.12 - Nov 24, 2022 =
* New: The Free mode feature.
* Fix: Carousel style issue in Gutenberg edit view along with WP Carousel Pro plugin.

= 1.4.11 - Sept 28, 2022 =
* Fix: The alter tag missing in the preloader tag.
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 6.9.4 version.

= 1.4.10 - Aug 24, 2022 =
* Improved: The dynamic CSS has been minified.
* Fix: The export option does not work properly along with the WP Debugging plugin.
* Fix: Deprecated JS warning on Category Slider page
* Removed: Unused codes from the plugin.
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 6.8.2 version.

= 1.4.9 - Aug 01, 2022 =
* Improved: SVG preloading icon has been added as a pre-loader image.
* Fix: Deprecated warning of Gutenberg Block.
* Fix: Dequeue option of Advanced Settings does not work along with the Elementor plugin
* Removed: The TinyMCE button from the classic editor.

= 1.4.8 - Jun 15, 2022 =
* Updated: The language (.pot) file name.
* Fix: The premium page warnings.
* Fix: CLS issue of carousel layout.

= 1.4.7 - May 16, 2022 =
* Tested: WordPress 6.0 compatibility.
* Fix: Deprecated warnings of Gutenberg block and Elementor addon.
* Fix: Extra space at bottom of the image of Category Slider with theme Twenty Twenty-Two.

= 1.4.6 - Apr 12, 2022 =
* New: Gutenberg Block to insert Category Slider shortcode to preview.
* Fix: JS warning issue when carousel navigation hide in mobile option.
* Fix: Deprecated warning for Elementor Addons.

= 1.4.5 - Mar 08, 2022 =
* New: Elementor Addons has been added.
* Fix: An undefined variable warning ($review) when Review Notice has been dismissed.
* Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

= 1.4.4 - Jan 27, 2022 =
* Tested: WordPress 5.9 compatibility.

= 1.4.3 - Jan 14, 2022 =
* New: A hook 'sp_wcslider_ui_permission' added for UI permission.
* Improved: Security issue.

= 1.4.2 - Dec 15, 2021 =
* Improved: Category Type.
* New: New video tutorial added.

= 1.4.1 - Nov 15, 2021 =
* Improved: Settings page "Save Changes" and "Reset Tab" button.
* Removed: "Reset All" button.
* Fix: Hide empty categories issue.
* Improved: Plugin security.

= 1.4.0 - Oct 25, 2021 =
* New: Shortcode live preview option.
* Improved: Shortcode settings panel text.
* Fix: Several minor tweaking.

= 1.3.0 - Set 25, 2021 =
* New: Export and Import option.
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.7.1 version.
* Improved: Plugin security.
* Fix: Thumbnail_src undefined issue.

= 1.2.13 - Jul 23, 2021 =
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.5.1 version.
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WordPress 5.8 version.

= 1.2.12 - Jun 08, 2021 =
* Fix: AutoPlay does not start again if swipe once at mobile.
* Fix: Category order_by name issue.
* Tested: Compatibility tested with WooCommerce 5.3.0 version.

= 1.2.11 - Apr 22, 2021 =
* Fix: Source map error issue.

= 1.2.10 - Apr 14, 2021 =
* Fix: Shortcode select area copy icon click issue.
* Improved: Help tooltip text alignment change.
* Fix: Dashboard style issue.
* Tested: WooCommerce 5.2.0 compatibility.

= 1.2.9 - Mar 17, 2021 =
* Improved: Filter Categories(Specific) moved to right place.

= 1.2.8 - Mar 11, 2021 =
* New: Slider MouseWheel option.
* Fix: PHP backward compatibility issue.

= 1.2.7 - Mar 04, 2021 =
* New: Shortcode onClick copy option.
* Improved: Newly designed plugin main icon.
* Improved: Dashboard Generator Settings panel.
* Improved: Settings page.
* Improved: Help page.
* Tested: WooCommerce 5.0.0 compatibility.

= 1.2.6 - Dec 14, 2020 =
* Fix: Preloader issue.
* Fix: WordPress 5.6 compatibility issue.
* Fix: WooCommerce 4.8.0 compatibility issue.

= 1.2.5 - Aug 28, 2020 =
* Fix: WordPress 5.5 compatibility issue.
* Fix: WooCommerce 4.4.1 compatibility issue.

= 1.2.4 - May 24, 2020 =
* Fix: Column issue on mobile view.
* Fix: WooCommerce 4.1.1 compatibility issue.

= 1.2.3 - Apr 10, 2020 =
* New: Slider duplicate option.
* Fix: Small image alignment issue.
* Fix: Navigation icon and border width issue.
* Fix: WordPress 5.4 compatibility issue.
* Fix: WooCommerce 4.0.1 compatibility issue.

= 1.2.2 - Nov 25, 2019 =
* Fix: WordPress 5.3 compatibility issue.

= 1.2.1 - Nov 08, 2019 =
* Improved: Update controlling improved.
* Improved: Plugin menu text replaced ‘All Cat Slider’ with ‘Manage Sliders’.
* Fix: Pro and Free version active/deactivate issue.
* Fix: Google font console error fixed.
* Remove: Removed deprecated files.

= 1.2.0 - Aug 06, 2019 =
* Improved: Plugin dashboard UX huge improved.
* New: Display child category beside parent.
* New: Preloader.
* New: Card style (for material design).
* New: Shop now button margin.
* New: Shop now button link target.
* New: Thumbnail border option.
* New: Thumbnail margin option.
* New: All style and script enqueue/dequeue option.
* New: Plugin data remove when the plugin is deleted.
* Improved: Style and script enqueue system issue.

= 1.1.3 - Oct 25, 2018 =
* Fix: WooCommerce 3.5.0 support.

= 1.1.2 - Oct 09, 2018 =
* New: Widget option.

= 1.1.1 - Sep 05, 2018 =
* Edit: Back-end text modified.

= 1.1 - Sep 04, 2018 =
* New: Include Child Categories Option.
* New: Hide Empty Categories Option.
* New: Category Image On/Off Option.
* New: Specific Category Select Option.

= 1.0.2 - Jul 26, 2018 =
* Fix: Theme Two background color issue.
* Fix: Theme Two category name color issue.

= 1.0.1 - Jul 25, 2018 =
* Fix: Background color option issue.

= 1.0 - Jul 18, 2018 =
* First Release.

