get woocommerce categories with subcategory

Question

I want to get all woocommerce category's in front-end with subcategory like this result:

<ul>
    <li><a href="">Link</a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="">Submenu link</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

Here is what i have (But it's Not what i want) :

<?php

  $taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
  $orderby      = 'name';  
  $show_count   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
  $pad_counts   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
  $hierarchical = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no  
  $title        = '';  
  $empty        = 0;

  $args = array(
         'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
         'orderby'      => $orderby,
         'show_count'   => $show_count,
         'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
         'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
         'title_li'     => $title,
         'hide_empty'   => $empty
  );
 $all_categories = get_categories( $args );
 foreach ($all_categories as $cat) {
    if($cat->category_parent == 0) {
        $category_id = $cat->term_id;       
        echo '<li><a href="'. get_term_link($cat->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $cat->name .'</a></li>';

        $args2 = array(
                'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
                'child_of'     => 0,
                'parent'       => $category_id,
                'orderby'      => $orderby,
                'show_count'   => $show_count,
                'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
                'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
                'title_li'     => $title,
                'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );
        $sub_cats = get_categories( $args2 );
            if($sub_cats) {
                foreach($sub_cats as $sub_category) {
                    echo  '<li><a href="'. get_term_link($sub_category->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $sub_category->name .'</a></li>';
                }
            }
        }       
}
?>

this code show's category and subcategory but the subcategory is not where should be, the subcategory is like separate link like this:

<ul>
    <li><a href="">link</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Submenu link</a></li>
</ul>

Your code is copy pasted from here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21009516/get-categories-from-wordpress-woocommerce What have you tried so far, or where do you run into problems? — Florian Moser, Apr 18 '17 at 06:28
check this out - http://rachievee.com/wp-tutorial-how-to-create-a-categories-and-sub-categories-menu-part-1/ — Mittul At TechnoBrave, Apr 18 '17 at 06:31
Also check this once - http://www.wpworking.com/hacks-2/new-hack-for-displaying-a-category-subcategory-menu-on-wordpress/ — Mittul At TechnoBrave, Apr 18 '17 at 06:33
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41754733/woocommerce-list-of-categories-subcategories-and-products — Mittul At TechnoBrave, Apr 18 '17 at 06:39

Peyman Naeimi · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-20T05:45:41.470

You could try this code:

  $args = array(
          'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
          'hide_empty' => false,
          'parent'   => 0
      );
  $product_cat = get_terms( $args );

  foreach ($product_cat as $parent_product_cat)
  {

  echo '
      <ul>
        <li><a href="'.get_term_link($parent_product_cat->term_id).'">'.$parent_product_cat->name.'</a>
        <ul>
          ';
  $child_args = array(
              'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
              'hide_empty' => false,
              'parent'   => $parent_product_cat->term_id
          );
  $child_product_cats = get_terms( $child_args );
  foreach ($child_product_cats as $child_product_cat)
  {
    echo '<li><a href="'.get_term_link($child_product_cat->term_id).'">'.$child_product_cat->name.'</a></li>';
  }

  echo '</ul>
      </li>
    </ul>';
  }

This will Print in your WooCommerce, Wordpress based site.

It still works in Wordpress 5.4.4 and Woocommerce 4.7.1. You saved my day! — Felix Htoo, Dec 04 '20 at 19:11

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '18 at 10:08

$taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
$orderby      = 'name';  
$show_count   = 0;      
$pad_counts   = 0;      
$hierarchical = 1;      
$title        = '';  
$empty        = 0;

$args = array(
    'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
    'orderby'      => $orderby,
    'show_count'   => $show_count,
    'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
    'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
    'title_li'     => $title,
    'hide_empty'   => $empty
);

$all_categories = get_categories( $args );

foreach ($all_categories as $cat) {

    if($cat->category_parent == 0) {

        $category_id = $cat->term_id;

        echo '<br /> ('. $category_id .') <a href="'. get_term_link($cat->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $cat->name .'</a>';

        $args2 = array(
            'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
            'parent'       => $category_id,
            'orderby'      => $orderby,
            'show_count'   => $show_count,
            'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
            'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
            'title_li'     => $title,
            'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );

        $sub_cats = get_categories( $args2 );

        if($sub_cats) {

            foreach($sub_cats as $sub_category) {
                echo  '<br/> > <a href="'. get_term_link($sub_category->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $sub_category->name .'</a>';
                echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_subcategory_count_html', ' (' . $sub_category->count . ')', $category );


                 $args3 = array(
            'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
            'parent'       =>  $sub_category->term_id,
            'orderby'      => $orderby,
            'show_count'   => $show_count,
            'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
            'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
            'title_li'     => $title,
            'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );

        $sub_cats3 = get_categories( $args3 );

        if($sub_cats3) {

            foreach($sub_cats3 as $sub_category3) {
                echo  '<br/> > > <a href="'. get_term_link($sub_category3->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $sub_category3->name .'</a>';
                echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_subcategory_count_html', ' (' . $sub_category3->count . ')', $category );

            }


                 }

            }
        }
    }       
}

This was supposed to be marked as the correct answer – Karue Benson Karue Jul 12 '21 at 10:58 — Karue Benson Karue, Jul 12 '21 at 10:58

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '20 at 16:43

get_categories() uses get_terms() which uses WP_Term_Query().

So you can check WP_Term_Query::__construct() for information on accepted arguments.

Try this:

$args = array(
    'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
    'get' => 'all'
);
$categories = get_categories($args);

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:02

<?php

  $taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
  $orderby      = 'name';  
  $show_count   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
  $pad_counts   = 0;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no
  $hierarchical = 1;      // 1 for yes, 0 for no  
  $title        = '';  
  $empty        = 0;

  $args = array(
         'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
         'orderby'      => $orderby,
         'show_count'   => $show_count,
         'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
         'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
         'title_li'     => $title,
         'hide_empty'   => $empty
  );
 $all_categories = get_categories( $args );
 foreach ($all_categories as $cat) {
    if($cat->category_parent == 0) {
        $category_id = $cat->term_id;       
        echo '<br /><a href="'. get_term_link($cat->slug, 'product_cat') .'">'. $cat->name .'</a>';

        $args2 = array(
                'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
                'child_of'     => 0,
                'parent'       => $category_id,
                'orderby'      => $orderby,
                'show_count'   => $show_count,
                'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
                'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
                'title_li'     => $title,
                'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );
        $sub_cats = get_categories( $args2 );
        if($sub_cats) {
            foreach($sub_cats as $sub_category) {
                echo  $sub_category->name ;
            }   
        }
    }       
}
?>

Hello Benjamin I have made Two Query one for extracting categories and one for extracting subcategories and also used custom taxonomy so that categories of post will not get mixed with the categories of woocommerce products We have made 2nd Query to fetch subcategory according to the parent category and using foreach we can display categories and subcategories where we want to display — KTrivedi, Jun 20 '17 at 06:37
I meant, in the body of your question :) You can use the edit link for this. That will help the the OP understand it! — BenMorel, Jun 20 '17 at 07:16
hehe yes but i have made custom query for that and i learn from wordpress codex only Thanks for the suggestion :) — KTrivedi, Jun 20 '17 at 07:38

Diego Aquino · Answer 5 · 2021-12-08T14:40:21.617

Based on Peyman's answer, if you have subcategories within other subcategories, you can use a recursive function:

function get_wc_categories(int $parent = 0): string {

    $text = '<ul>';

    $args = array(
        'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
        'hide_empty' => false,
        'parent'   => $parent
    );

    $product_cat = get_terms($args);

    if (empty($product_cat)) {
        return '';
    }

    foreach ($product_cat as $parent_product_cat) {

        $text .= '<li><a href="'.get_term_link($parent_product_cat->term_id).'">'.$parent_product_cat->name.'</a>';

        $text .= get_wc_categories($parent_product_cat->term_id);

        $text .= '</li>';
    }
    return $text . '</ul>';
}

So where you want to show the categories, use somtehing like this:

echo get_wc_categories();

if you are going to use a recursive solution , then you should not use `$child_product_cats = get_terms( $child_args );` in the middle of your code again. — John, Dec 08 '21 at 06:27

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 13:28

to get all the categories and maintain the hierarchy you have to use a recursive function. consider you have the following woocommerce categories hierarchy: (category name, parent)

Clothing 0

---Accessories 127

------Perfume 130

---------paris 141

---Hoodies 127

---Tshirts 127

Decor 0

Music 0

Uncategorized 0

write a function to get the parent categories only:

function getparentcategories()
    {
        $taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
        $orderby      = 'name';
        $show_count   = 0;      
        $pad_counts   = 0;      
        $hierarchical = 1;      
        $title        = '';
        $empty        = 0;

        $args = array(
            'taxonomy'     => $taxonomy,
            'orderby'      => $orderby,
            'show_count'   => $show_count,
            'pad_counts'   => $pad_counts,
            'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
            'title_li'     => $title,
            'hide_empty'   => $empty
        );

        $all_categories = get_categories( $args );
        return $all_categories;
    }

then write a second recursive function to get subcategory of each parent and pass by reference a two dimensional array to hold the category and its level:

function getcatsubs($items,&$arg,$level=0)
    {
        $taxonomy     = 'product_cat';
        $orderby      = 'name';
        $show_count   = 0;
        $pad_counts   = 0;
        $hierarchical = 1;
        $title        = '';
        $empty        = 0;

        if($items) {
            $category_id = $items->term_id;
            $args = array(
                'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
                'child_of' => 0,
                'parent' => $category_id,
                'orderby' => $orderby,
                'show_count' => $show_count,
                'pad_counts' => $pad_counts,
                'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
                'title_li' => $title,
                'hide_empty' => $empty
            );
            $sub_cats = get_categories($args);
            if($sub_cats)
            {
                foreach ($sub_cats as $sub)
                {
                    $category_id = $sub->term_id;
                    $args2 = array(
                        'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
                        'child_of' => 0,
                        'parent' => $category_id,
                        'orderby' => $orderby,
                        'show_count' => $show_count,
                        'pad_counts' => $pad_counts,
                        'hierarchical' => $hierarchical,
                        'title_li' => $title,
                        'hide_empty' => $empty
                    );
                    array_push($arg[0],$sub);
                    array_push($arg[1],$level);
                    static::getcatsubs($sub,$arg,$level+1);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                return;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return;
        }
    }

execute the following code to get the hierarchy of categories as printed above:

$cats=getparentcategories();
foreach ($cats as $cat)
{
    if($cat->parent==0) {
        echo "<p>$cat->name $cat->parent</p>";
        $arg=[[],[]];
        getcatsubs($cat,$arg);
        if ($arg[0]) {
            $l=0;
            foreach ($arg[0] as $scat) {
                $i=$arg[1][$l];
                echo "<p>---";
                for ($x=0;$x<$i;$x++)
                    echo "---";
                echo "$scat->name $scat->parent</p>";
                $l++;
            }
        }
    }
}

get woocommerce categories with subcategory

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