WooCommerce SEO & Categories By WeLaunch 1.2.20

WooCommerce SEO & Categories (often listed as WooCommerce Advanced Categories) by WeLaunch is a strategic "on-page SEO" plugin designed to transform your standard WooCommerce category pages into high-ranking landing pages.1

Most WooCommerce themes treat category pages as simple grids of products. This plugin allows you to treat them like professional marketing pages by adding rich content sections that search engines love.2

## 1. Key SEO Features

Category Header & Footer Text: Add unique, SEO-optimized text above and below your product list.3 This allows you to rank for "Long-tail Keywords" without cluttering the shopping experience.

Landing Page Promotions: Insert banners or promotional HTML blocks directly into the category flow to highlight sales or specific brand messages.4

Custom Title Tags: Manually override the default category title tags (e.g., change a <div> to an <h1>) to ensure your page hierarchy is perfectly optimized for Google.5

Dynamic Sidebar Texts: Create custom sidebar descriptions that change based on which category the user is browsing.6

Sub-Category Styling: Give your sub-categories a unique look (grid or list) with custom images and short descriptions, making the site easier to crawl and navigate.

## 2. Strategic Use with Your Kits

This plugin is the "missing link" for the template kits we've discussed, as it adds the technical SEO depth that visual kits sometimes lack:

Kit

Implementation Strategy

Botania (Gardening)

Add a 500-word "Guide to Winter Lawn Care" in the Category Footer of your "Lawn Care" products to rank for educational search terms.

Otoklin (Car Care)

Use Nested Category Layouts to show "Interior Cleaning" and "Exterior Cleaning" as visual icons at the top of the main shop page.

Milos (Glass/Aluminum)

Add a Category Header Image showing a finished architectural project to provide "Social Proof" before the customer sees the raw materials.

PopGlace (Ice Cream)

Use the Landing Page Promotion feature to insert a "Buy 2 Get 1 Free" banner halfway down the "Sundaes" category page.

## 3. Technical Benefits

No Database Clutter: Built by an "Elite Author" on CodeCanyon, the plugin is known for clean code that doesn't slow down your site performance.

Visual Composer & Elementor Support: While it has its own settings, it works alongside your builders to ensure your custom text blocks look polished.7

Multilingual Ready: Fully compatible with WPML, allowing you to optimize your category SEO for international markets.

## 4. Setup Guide

Enable Category Styles: Go to WooCommerce > Advanced Categories and toggle "Modify Category Page."8

Add Header/Footer Content: Edit any Product Category.9 You will see new fields for "Header Text" and "Footer Text."

Choose Your Layout: Pick from 14+ Category Styles (e.g., "Full Width Header" or "Modern Grid") to replace the default WooCommerce look.10

Configure Title Tags: Set your SEO Title Tags to <h1> for the main category name to ensure search engines identify the primary topic of the page immediately.11

## 5. Why Use This Plugin?

Google increasingly ranks Category Pages higher than individual Product Pages because they offer more variety to the user. By using WeLaunch SEO & Categories, you turn a "list of products" into a "comprehensive guide," which is exactly what modern SEO requires.

Would you like me to help you draft an "SEO Category Description" or a "Landing Page Promo" snippet for one of your niche stores?