Create custom product category pages

Hi @grunblatt

Thanks for reaching out!

Unfortunately, I can’t find a way to edit the product category pages individually, so that different images and text can be read on each page. When I click Edit on the product category page preview, only the “Elementor Product Archive” option appears and all changes appear the same on all shop pages. How do I change the individual pages individually

If I understand you correctly, these pages were created via the Elementor plugin, right?

If you’re unsure, could you please provide us with a clear screenshot of what you’re seeing on your end? This will help us better understand your situation and address your concerns more effectively.

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Furthermore, I’d like to understand your site properly. Please share with us System Status Report which you can find via WooCommerce > Status > Get system report > Copy for support.

You could copy and paste your reply here or paste it via https://gist.github.com/ and send the link here.

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Hi Xue, thank you for fast reply first! Feel free to ask for more Screens/Information, i am really happy to get help!

Here is one of my product category pages (Dionaea), which I did not build with Elementor, but which I cannot edit individually without the changes being displayed in the same way on all other category pages.

https://snipboard.io/psW7hi.jpg

Here you can see my product categories:

https://snipboard.io/qYci9t.jpg

This is a Site i created with Elementor. And this is what the design of the category pages should look like, just with different images and text for each category. The products in the respective category should then be displayed at the bottom of this page.

https://snipboard.io/BGuDsW.jpg

Here is the copy of my woocommerce status:

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• This reply was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by grunblatt.

Hi @grunblatt

Here is one of my product category pages (Dionaea), which I did not build with Elementor, but which I cannot edit individually without the changes being displayed in the same way on all other category pages.

It’s important to note that WooCommerce product category pages are generated dynamically by WordPress and WooCommerce, and they use the same template for all categories. If you’re trying to make changes to the layout or style of a specific category page, you might find that these changes are being applied to all category pages.

To customize a specific category page, you would typically need to create a custom template for that category in your theme files. This would involve creating a new PHP file in your theme directory, copying the code from the existing category template, and then modifying it to suit your needs.

In WooCommerce, the product category pages are usually controlled by the ‘archive-product.php‘ file in your WooCommerce plugin. You can create a custom template for each of your product category pages (e.g. product_cat-yourcategoryslug.php) following our guide on Template structure & Overriding templates via a theme:

https://woo.com/document/template-structure/

Please note that this requires a basic understanding of PHP and WordPress theming. If you’re not comfortable with this, you may want to consider hiring a developer.

Hopefully this makes things clearer. Get in touch with us if you have any further questions or concerns.

Thank you Mirko, even if this is a sad information to me.

To make sure i please want you to have a look at this site, here ist a individual text in the bottom of the side for each category. So this is only possible with editing the archive-product.php right?

https://diflora.it/product-category/nepenthes-tropical-pitcher-plant/

https://diflora.it/product-category/dionaea-muscipula-venus-flytrap/

Hi there @grunblatt ??

To make sure i please want you to have a look at this site, here ist a individual text in the bottom of the side for each category. So this is only possible with editing the archive-product.php right?

An alternative way to achieve this would be to utilize a block-based theme like TT3 (linked here), and edit the required templates as needed (or create new pages, and assign them in the menu, instead).

The documentation linked here is an excellent starting point.

Important: this alternative approach is code-free (no coding skills required). An understanding of the concept around Full Site Editing (FSE) and Blocks is required, though.

I trust that points you in the right direction, but if you have more questions, let us know.

We’re happy to help.

thank you! problem solved ??

Hello grunblatt,

Thank you for your reply.

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