Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce – Reno Product Category

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

With around 9,000 active installs and a popularity score of 59/30, the plugin has a modest but meaningful install base that over-indexes relative to its rating count.

Update Freshness

25/25

The maintenance score of 100/25 reflects a very recent update in July 2026 and a stated compatibility with WordPress 7.0, suggesting the developer is actively keeping pace with core releases.

User Rating

14/15

A 96 out of 100 user rating across 91 reviews is excellent and indicates strong satisfaction among those who have tried the plugin.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at 50/15 because the public support threads show 0 total and 0 resolved, meaning there is essentially no trackable community support history to evaluate.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores 100/15 thanks to a low minimum PHP 7.0 and WordPress 5.0 requirement plus tested compatibility with WordPress 7.0, covering a very wide range of hosts.

Scores higher than 77% of indexed plugins

About

Display product categories in responsive sliders or grids to showcase them effectively on your WooCommerce store and improve shoppers' navigation.

Active Installs 9k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2026-08-24 7:01am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

WooCategory displays WooCommerce product categories in either a responsive slider or a grid layout, letting merchants showcase their shop taxonomy on any page or widget area. It pulls category images, names, and links directly from WooCommerce, so adding a visual category browser typically requires only a shortcode.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for small to mid-sized WooCommerce stores with a meaningful number of product categories who want a quick, lightweight way to improve category navigation without paying for a premium slider or page builder add-on. It works well for shops that prefer a set-and-forget shortcode approach rather than a full visual builder.

Who Should Skip It

Stores that already use a page builder like Elementor Pro, WPBakery, or a dedicated slider plugin with WooCommerce integration do not need this. It is also a poor fit for shops needing deep filtering, AJAX-powered category search, or advanced merchandising features such as category-specific banners.

The Bottom Line

WooCategory delivers exactly what its name promises: a simple, well-rated way to turn WooCommerce categories into a slider or grid, and its strong rating plus recent updates outweigh the thin public support history. It is a sensible free choice for typical WooCommerce shops, but power users needing advanced merchandising should look at premium category showcase suites instead.

Pick this alternative if you only have around 1,000 installs of community trust behind you and you want a leaner, less mainstream option, though its lower 75.93/100 quality score makes WooCategory the safer default.