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Collapsible Product Category

I have many categories and a lot of sub categories. Can you design a category sidebar like this theme? It fold the other category and only show the related category. And when people what to look for other categories, only click the “Show all category”, it will show other categories. This is a very important function, a lot of marketplace is using this function such as amazon, aliexpress …... https://ibb.co/27Nycf2 https://ibb.co/KmtWYkt https://preview.themeforest.net/item/electro-electronics-sto…
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May 11, 2026

Hello @Mark We have implemented these features in update v8.1.6 (https://prnt.sc/MX9ERmKc8CvF). Also check our latest changelog to see all sweet features we have made -> https://xstore.8theme.com/update-history/ Regards, Jack Richardson

May 11, 2026

I can not understand. How to set up to work as in the examples. electro.madrasthemes.com/product-category/smart-phones-table… Or www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Arts-Crafts-Sewing-Candle-Making…

May 11, 2026

Hello! The screenshot is not working.(prnt.sc/MX9ERmKc8CvF).

May 11, 2026

Hello @micha, Please, check 4th item of our changelog ADDED: Advanced mode for the product categories widget (Theme Options > WooCommerce > Shop Elements > Categories) If you enabled that option you will se changes of product categories pages -> https://gyazo.com/3ef242c457730a87719918660da25c26 -> https://gyazo.com/b6ca1003d55b955008d77baa2b4da254 Otherwise if you dont see any changes make sure 1/ You cleared cache or cdn if you have 2/ Option is saved 3/ if you had new widgets panel please, change it to classic widgets panel in our Theme Options -> General / Layout -> Enable Classic Widgets Panel (should be set to yes) Regards, Jack Richardson

May 11, 2026

Hello On my site it looks like this. Why? https://prnt.sc/3lqN4WVVXuW4 I have all inclusive like you Regards,

May 11, 2026

Hello @misha, Do you like the results I sent you from my local site after enabling that option ? If so, then please, check if you have 'Open Product Categories Widget By Default' option disabled and then check the widget on the page. Otherwise I would recommend you to submit a topic on our forum with details of your web-site and links in private content and we will help you to sort it out. After that I will add info here for users who will have the same issues and cannot find the reason of why it is not working for them. If the result of my local is not what you wanted then could you please, give us more detailed info of what you expected, because we analyzed the work of others themes and made our best according to the needs. Regards, Jack Richardson

May 11, 2026

Hi Guys, Thank you for your great offer on my suggestion about the categories optimization. WHen I tried the update theme and follow it with your instructions. This is a bug, when I click one of my categories. The "Show all categories" function is good and collapsible. But the rest categories cannot be hidden. https://ibb.co/Gc3tvhK Can you help with it? Can you set it same as : electro.madrasthemes.com/product-category/smart-phones-table… Thanks

May 11, 2026

Hi Guys, Thank you for your great offer on my suggestion about the categories optimization. WHen I tried the update theme and follow it with your instructions. This is a bug, when I click one of my categories. The all categories collapsible. But the rest categories cannot be hidden. https://ibb.co/Gc3tvhK Can you help with it? Can you set it same as : electro.madrasthemes.com/product-category/smart-phones-table… Thanks

May 11, 2026

Hello @Mark, Please, submit a topic with such issue and we will try to help you sort it out, because we didn't face such issue during the testing -> https://www.8theme.com/forums/xstore-wordpress-support-forum…. Regards, Jack Richardson

May 11, 2026

I cannot find where I can leave my question on your forums. https://ibb.co/Gc3tvhK What's wrong with my site??? THere must be a bug, please fix it. https://ibb.co/Gc3tvhK

May 11, 2026

Maybe your update is only workable for BOokstore demo. Not working on my niche marketing demo. ... Waiting for your news....

May 11, 2026

Hello @Mark, Did you check our options ? 1/ Sidebar Widgets With Scrollable Content 2/ Sidebar Widgets Toggle 3/ Show More Filters On Click They could help you in such cases :) Example: https://prnt.sc/H0PWhwCIxiA3 Regards, Jack Richardson

May 11, 2026

Sorry, you didn't get what I mean. I am not talking about the sidebar design, but the product category structure. I want to hide other product categories, only show the parent category and it's sub-categories, when I click one of the sub-categories. Here is what I am looking for, please check the format of the category structure in the links: https://electro.madrasthemes.com/product-category/smart-phon… Or https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Arts-Crafts-Sewing-Candl… The purpose of this design is not to interfere with users to find the products they want to find most. I want to find mobile phone on this marketplace, but I don't want the category "toys""clothing""books" to affect me to find the right product category. On your theme xstore, once I will make more than 100 product categories, if I show all of them without " non-related category hiding", people will be very hard to find the right product category. I hope you understand what I am talking about.