Title: Shopp Custom Categories Widget
Author: Barry Hughes
Published: <strong>June 1, 2012</strong>
Last modified: October 30, 2012

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# Shopp Custom Categories Widget

 By [Barry Hughes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websitebakery/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shopp-custom-categories-widget.0.5.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shopp-custom-categories-widget/)

## Description

This plugin works with and depends upon the Shopp e-commerce plugin for WordPress.
It is designed to integrate with the 1.2.x branch of Shopp and has been successfully
tested with Shopp 1.2.1.

Enough of that, what does it do?

 * Shopp already ships with a widget that can be used to display product categories.
   This is an alternative to that widget.
 * Select only those categories that you wish to include, ignore the rest.
 * Easy to use: simply check the boxes for the relevant categories, choose the display
   mode (dropdown, regular list etc) and you’re done.
 * A convenient way to build category-based store menus in the sidebar!

This plugin was written by [Barry Hughes](http://freshlybakedwebsites.net) and can
be supported by [buying the author a beer](http://freshlybakedwebsites.net/say-thanks-with-a-beer/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * It’s ridiculously easy to use. No need to build a list of category IDs or anything
   else – just select the categories you wish to include, choose the appropriate
   formatting style and you’re done.

## Installation

As with most WordPress plugins you should quite simply upload to the plugin directory,
unzip and activate! That said, bear in mind the following points:

 * You must have at least version 1.2 of Shopp installed and activated for this 
   plugin to work
 * It has been successfully tested on Shopp 1.2.1 and no significant issues are 
   expected as of the Shopp 1.2.2 release

## FAQ

  Can I use CSS to style the currently active menu item?

Not yet, this will be added in a future version.

  Does it work with Shopp 1.1.9 or earlier?

No it does not.

  Can it display the list of categories as a dropdown menu?

Of course! It can be a regular unordered list _or_ a dropdown (select element) and
in either case it can render in either hierarchical or flat mode.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Shopp Custom Categories Widget” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Barry Hughes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websitebakery/)

[Translate “Shopp Custom Categories Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.5.4

 * Completely refactored for Shopp 1.2.x
 * Improved rendering of hierarchies including a strategy to deal with orphaned 
   sub-categories

#### 0.5.5

 * Corrected the plugin’s meta description

## Meta

 *  Version **0.5.5**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[e-commerce](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/e-commerce/)
   [ecommerce](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ecommerce/)[Shopp](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shopp/)
   [widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shopp-custom-categories-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Barry Hughes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websitebakery/)

## Support

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