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  • Im trying to use the included categories widget to display a menu of categories for my woocommerce store. currently it works real well however, all sub cats are shown no matter what parent cat you are in. I would like to only see the sub cats for the current cat that you have clicked on while hiding the subs in different categories. is this possible?

    Original code…

    /**
     * Categories widget class
     *
     * @since 2.8.0
     */
    class WP_Widget_Categories extends WP_Widget {
    
    	function __construct() {
    		$widget_ops = array( 'classname' => 'widget_categories', 'description' => __( "A list or dropdown of categories." ) );
    		parent::__construct('categories', __('Categories'), $widget_ops);
    	}
    
    	function widget( $args, $instance ) {
    		extract( $args );
    
    		$title = apply_filters('widget_title', empty( $instance['title'] ) ? __( 'Categories' ) : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base);
    		$c = ! empty( $instance['count'] ) ? '1' : '0';
    		$h = ! empty( $instance['hierarchical'] ) ? '1' : '0';
    		$d = ! empty( $instance['dropdown'] ) ? '1' : '0';
    
    		echo $before_widget;
    		if ( $title )
    			echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
    
    		$cat_args = array('orderby' => 'name', 'show_count' => $c, 'hierarchical' => $h);
    
    		if ( $d ) {
    			$cat_args['show_option_none'] = __('Select Category');
    			wp_dropdown_categories(apply_filters('widget_categories_dropdown_args', $cat_args));
    ?>
    
    <script type='text/javascript'>
    /* <![CDATA[ */
    	var dropdown = document.getElementById("cat");
    	function onCatChange() {
    		if ( dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value > 0 ) {
    			location.href = "<?php echo home_url(); ?>/?cat="+dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value;
    		}
    	}
    	dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;
    /* ]]> */
    </script>
    
    <?php
    		} else {
    ?>
    		<ul>
    <?php
    		$cat_args['title_li'] = '';
    		wp_list_categories(apply_filters('widget_categories_args', $cat_args));
    ?>
    		</ul>
    <?php
    		}
    
    		echo $after_widget;
    	}
    
    	function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
    		$instance = $old_instance;
    		$instance['title'] = strip_tags($new_instance['title']);
    		$instance['count'] = !empty($new_instance['count']) ? 1 : 0;
    		$instance['hierarchical'] = !empty($new_instance['hierarchical']) ? 1 : 0;
    		$instance['dropdown'] = !empty($new_instance['dropdown']) ? 1 : 0;
    
    		return $instance;
    	}
    
    	function form( $instance ) {
    		//Defaults
    		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '') );
    		$title = esc_attr( $instance['title'] );
    		$count = isset($instance['count']) ? (bool) $instance['count'] :false;
    		$hierarchical = isset( $instance['hierarchical'] ) ? (bool) $instance['hierarchical'] : false;
    		$dropdown = isset( $instance['dropdown'] ) ? (bool) $instance['dropdown'] : false;
    ?>
    		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label>
    		<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></p>
    
    		<p><input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('dropdown'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('dropdown'); ?>"<?php checked( $dropdown ); ?> />
    		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('dropdown'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Display as dropdown' ); ?></label><br />
    
    		<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('count'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('count'); ?>"<?php checked( $count ); ?> />
    		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('count'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Show post counts' ); ?></label><br />
    
    		<input type="checkbox" class="checkbox" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('hierarchical'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('hierarchical'); ?>"<?php checked( $hierarchical ); ?> />
    		<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('hierarchical'); ?>"><?php _e( 'Show hierarchy' ); ?></label></p>
    <?php
    	}
    
    }
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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    Use the filter ‘widget_categories_args’ to pass custom arguments to the wp_list_categories() function. If you pass the current category ID as a value for ‘child_of’, only children of the current category will be listed. If you have more elaborate needs for your list, write a custom walker function and pass it through ‘widget_categories_args’.

    Walker functions are tricky to understand, but once you do, you can literally structure your list in any way you desire, no matter how convoluted.

    Thread Starter budyee

    (@budyee)

    all of it is a little over my head but gives me a place to start researching. thanks for the reply!

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