Title: TarfandTech Category Navigator
Author: TarfandTech
Published: <strong>October 27, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 28, 2026

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# TarfandTech Category Navigator

 By [TarfandTech](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arnomirei/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tarfandtech-category-navigator.1.2.22.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tarfandtech-category-navigator/)

## Description

TarfandTech Category Navigator displays WooCommerce product categories as responsive
image cards and lets shoppers move through their category hierarchy without a full
page reload or AJAX requests.

### Features

 * Uses the standard WooCommerce product_cat taxonomy.
 * Responsive category cards with category thumbnails or WooCommerce placeholder
   images.
 * Same-page drill-down navigation without AJAX.
 * Breadcrumb and back navigation, including a selected start-category boundary.
 * Maximum navigation depth configurable up to five levels.
 * Settings grouped into five tabs.
 * Global settings can be overridden for individual shortcode instances.
 * Keyboard-focus styling and support for prefers-reduced-motion.

### Usage

Insert this shortcode into a page or a Shortcode block:

[wcdd_category_grid]

Example with common overrides:

[wcdd_category_grid columns_desktop=”3″ columns_tablet=”2″ columns_mobile=”1″ title
=”Product Categories” show_title=”yes” max_level=”5″]

### Shortcode attributes

 * columns_desktop, columns_tablet, columns_mobile: card columns at each viewport
   size.
 * title, show_title: section title text and visibility.
 * start_category: start from a category ID or slug.
 * max_level: maximum navigation depth (1 to 5).
 * hide_empty: set to yes to hide empty categories, while keeping ancestors needed
   to reach non-empty descendants.
 * image_fit: contain or cover.
 * image_height, image_height_mobile: image area height in pixels.
 * card_gap, card_gap_mobile: gap between cards in pixels.
 * card_radius: card corner radius in pixels.
 * card_padding, card_padding_mobile: inner card padding in pixels.
 * card_bg, card_border: card background and border colors in hex.
 * card_border_width, card_border_style: border width and style (solid, dashed, 
   dotted, double).
 * card_text, card_text_size, card_text_weight, card_text_align: category-name text
   appearance.
 * card_hover: enable or disable the hover effect.
 * card_hover_border: hover border color.
 * card_hover_shadow: enable or disable hover shadow.
 * card_hover_shadow_color: hover shadow color.
 * card_hover_lift: hover movement in pixels (0 to 8).
 * card_hover_duration: hover transition duration in milliseconds (0 to 600).

When an attribute is omitted, the global setting is used. Explicit shortcode values
take priority over global settings.

## Installation

 1. In WordPress, open Plugins > Add New Plugin > Upload Plugin.
 2. Upload the plugin ZIP, install it and activate it.
 3. WooCommerce must be installed and active.
 4. Open Settings > Category Navigator to manage global display options.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“TarfandTech Category Navigator” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ TarfandTech ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arnomirei/)

[Translate “TarfandTech Category Navigator” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tarfandtech-category-navigator/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tarfandtech-category-navigator/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tarfandtech-category-navigator/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tarfandtech-category-navigator/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.22

 * Uses English source strings and WordPress.org language-pack translations for 
   the admin and front-end fallback labels.
 * Removes the bundled Domain Path requirement and includes a POT template for translators.

#### 1.2.21

 * Groups existing settings into five accessible tabs without changing the global
   settings storage.
 * Preserves the tested category navigation and appearance options.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.22**
 *  Last updated **3 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [category grid](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-grid/)[Product Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-categories/)
   [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tarfandtech-category-navigator/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ TarfandTech ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arnomirei/)

## Support

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