The WooCommerce carousel shortcode displays a list of specified products in a carousel. This shortcode allows for displaying a specified amount of products with an option to show the featured ones.
Note that if you are looking to create a shop page with more customization and options, read the Products shortcode and Displaying product posts articles.
Creating a Product Post
Before being able to display products using the WooCommerce carousel shortcode, read the Creating a product post article to create products.
Displaying the WooCommerce Carousel Shortcode
To add the WooCommerce carousel shortcode to a page:
Showing Specific Items
There are three settings in the WooCommerce carousel settings pop-up that allow you to show the items based on specific categories, IDs or authors.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Select Specific Categories | Shows items only from specified categories. |
| Select Specific Posts | Shows only the specified items. |
| Select Specific Authors | Shows posts only from specified authors. |
Altering the Item Sorting
There are two settings in the WooCommerce settings pop-up that allow you to alter the item sorting: Order and Orderby
By default, the order and orderby settings are set to Ascending and Date therefore it sorts the older items ahead of the newer items.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Order | Sets the ascending or descending order of the Orderby parameter. |
| Orderby | Sorts the items based on the selected parameter (date, menu order, title, …). |
Configuring the Layout and Design
There are a few settings in the WooCommerce carousel settings pop-up to configure the layout and design.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Style | Choose between two predefined styles. |
| Image size | Sets a specific image size. |
| Featured products? | Displays featured products. |
| Products per view | Displays a specified amount of products per view. |
| How many posts | Displays a specified amount of posts. |
