WooCommmerce Nested Category Layout 1.20.2

The term "WooCommerce Nested Category Layout" most commonly refers to a premium extension designed to transform the way products are displayed on your shop and category pages.

By default, WooCommerce requires customers to click through categories and then subcategories to browse products. A "Nested Category Layout" plugin, such as the one developed by SkyVerge for the WooCommerce Marketplace, solves this by showing products grouped under their respective subcategories directly on the main shop or category page.

🌟 Key Features of the Nested Category Layout Concept

The goal is to reduce clicks and make product discovery more intuitive. The plugins that achieve this layout offer the following core features:

Grouped Display: Products are displayed directly on the main shop or parent category page, separated and organized by their subcategories.

Reduced Navigation Barriers: Instead of requiring a customer to click Category > Subcategory > Product, they can see a small selection of products under the subcategory title and click the title only if they want to view more products in that subcategory.

Flexible Control: You can usually select which specific categories should use this nested layout and which should use the standard WooCommerce default view.

Product Limits: You can easily configure the number of products to display per subcategory on the shop and catalog pages.

Handling Uncategorized Products: If a product is only in the parent category (and not a subcategory), the layout will typically display those products first, before the nested subcategories begin.

🧩 Alternative Plugins for Nested/Hierarchical Display

If you are looking for other ways to display categories in a hierarchical or nested format, alternatives include:

Accordion Plugins: Plugins like YITH WooCommerce Category Accordion or WooCommerce Collapsing Categories display your categories and subcategories in a collapsible tree or dropdown menu, typically used in a sidebar widget. This keeps the list tidy, especially for stores with many categories.

Advanced Category Plugins: Plugins like WooCommerce Advanced Categories often include a "nested categories" option alongside other SEO and styling features, allowing subcategories and their products to show below each other, providing a "splitted view."

If your primary goal is to display products organized by their subcategories on your main shop page, the Nested Category Layout for WooCommerce extension is the most direct solution.

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