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WooCommerce Category Accordion

WooCommerce Category Accordion is a WooCommerce product navigation plugin that displays WooCommerce product categories and subcategories in a customizable accordion layout.
Designed exclusively for WooCommerce stores, it helps customers quickly browse and find products using a clean sidebar widget or shortcode

5.0 (3 reviews)
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Overview

🛒 WooCommerce Category Accordion

No.1 WooCommerce Product Category Accordion Plugin on WordPress Market
⭐ Trusted by 3000+ WooCommerce Store Owners

WooCommerce Category Accordion is a dedicated WooCommerce plugin that enhances product category navigation by converting WooCommerce product categories and subcategories into a smooth, interactive accordion menu.

This plugin works only with WooCommerce and is built specifically for WooCommerce product categories. It improves user experience, reduces bounce rates, and helps customers reach the right products faster.

You can display the accordion as:

A WooCommerce sidebar widget, or

A shortcode anywhere (shop page, product page, category page, or custom layout)

The plugin also highlights the current product category hierarchy, making navigation intuitive and conversion-friendly.

🚀 What’s New in Version 1.2.1

  • Performance improvements
  • Better category highlighting logic
  • Enhanced sorting and depth control

✨ WooCommerce-Only Features

Built exclusively for WooCommerce product categories

Toggle & collapsed accordion modes

Click or hover interaction support

Highlight or auto-open categories by default

14 Font Awesome icons included

Disable top-level parent category links

Disable all parent category links

WooCommerce widget & shortcode support

Enable / disable product count

Show / hide empty WooCommerce categories

Sort by ID, Name, or Slug

Ascending / descending order support

Exclude selected WooCommerce categories

Highlight current category

Highlight current product’s category

Control category depth and hierarchy levels

Adjustable accordion animation speed

Unlimited WooCommerce categories & subcategories

Lightweight & optimized for performance

Easy installation & setup

Translation ready

Cross-browser compatible

  • NO1 – WooCommerce category accordion plugin.
  • Support Toggle and collapsed options.
  • Support Click and Hover Event types.
  • Highlight or Open a Category by Default.
  • 14 icons included.
  • Widget Ready and Shortcode Option.
  • Sort by ID, Name, Slug options, Ascending, Descending .
  • Unlimited categories and sub categories
  • Easy to install and setup
  • Translation Ready.
  • Light weight.
  • Cross Browser compatible.

3 reviews for WooCommerce Category Accordion

  1. wpthemer –

    Perfect! Looks really neat!

    Good luck with your sales!

    • Techie Resource –

      Thank you so much for your feedback! Very glad to hear you like it 🙂

  2. ezee trading –

    Your plugin is awesome 🙂

    My woocommerce shop with 11790 products and 4376 categories works fine and the performance is so good.

    Big thanks to you and Good luck with Sales.

    • Techie Resource –

      Thank you 🙂

      If you need any help, please feel free we are always here to assist.

  3. casillg –

    Rated 5 stars for Code Quality. Originally reviewed on CodeCanyon.

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= Changelog = Latest

3.0.1

Released: February 2026

New “Custom Order” sorting option — categories now follow the drag-and-drop order set in WooCommerce → Products → Categories

Icon style changes made in the Gutenberg block editor now reflect correctly on the front end

Current category highlighting now works accurately while browsing the store

Empty categories no longer disappear when using the Custom Order sorting option

Sub-category background width issue in certain themes resolved

Enhanced visual distinction for sub-categories in the Dark Blue theme

3.0.0

Released: February 2026

🔥 Major Update — Complete Rewrite

This version introduces a fully rebuilt architecture focused on performance, scalability, and modern WordPress standards.

New & Enhanced Features

Fully rewritten codebase built from scratch

PSR-4 autoloading with namespaced architecture (TechieResourceCategoryAccordion)

Native Gutenberg Block with advanced visual settings panel

REST API endpoint for AJAX-based lazy loading of categories

Full accessibility support (ARIA attributes + keyboard navigation, WCAG 2.1 AA compliant)

SVG icons replace Font Awesome 4.7 (reduces ~116KB per page load)

CSS custom properties for easier theming and dark mode support

Automatic dark mode detection using prefers-color-scheme

Transient caching for optimized category queries (auto-flush on changes)

Conditional asset loading — CSS/JS only loaded when accordion is used

HPOS (High Performance Order Storage) compatibility declared

Compatible with WooCommerce 9.5 and WordPress 6.7

ONYX update server integration for automatic premium updates

Dedicated admin settings page under WooCommerce menu

Shortcode builder with complete attribute reference

License activation tab for premium version updates

Clean uninstall process via uninstall.php

Full RTL (Right-to-Left) support

Fully responsive, mobile-optimized design

13 built-in color themes:

Light, Classic, Blue, Dark Blue, Green, Turquoise, Red, Purple, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Brown, Dark

8 icon styles:

Chevron, Plus/Minus, Angle, Caret, Arrow, Circle +/-, Square +/-, Folder

Backward compatible shortcode: [WC-Category-Accordion]

Font Awesome 4.7 font files

TinyMCE button (replaced with Gutenberg block)

Inline and usage

extract() function usage

Legacy PHP 5.5 compatibility code

Old-style widget constructor

Security & Performance Fixes

XSS vulnerability fully patched — all outputs properly escaped

Scripts no longer load globally on every page

Optimized Walker class (resolved N+1 query issue)

2.1

Minor bug fixes

PHP 8 compatibility improvements

2.0

RTL support added

New icon styles added

New accordion themes added

Current category-based navigation option added (show subcategories only)

Duplicate icon issue resolved

Widget title warning fixed

PHP 7 compatibility improvements

1.2.1

Toggle / Collapse option added

Hover and Click event trigger options added

Option to open a category by default added

HTTPS compatibility issue fixed

10 new color schemes added

14 font icon styles added

Disable parent category link option added

Disable all parent category links option added

TinyMCE shortcode generator added

Deprecated functions removed

Custom Category Walker class introduced

1.1

Product count display issue fixed

Sorting options added (ID, Name, Slug)

Ascending and Descending order options added

Category level depth option added

Minor CSS improvements

1.0

Initial stable release

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