This is an interesting WooCommerce customization – as you know WordPress menus and widgets read whatever product category name and display it in the frontend.
Let’s say your product category title is “Tables”. This will show up in the navigation menu if you have set it up that way, in te breadcrumbs if you have any, in the sidebar category widgets, and as a title on the single product category page.
This is great and all, but what if your product category name is “Red Round Tables By Whatever Brandname“? As you can imagine, displaying this in a sidebar or navigation menu may be a little too much, while it’s fine to use it as a H1 on the single product category page for SEO reasons and enhanced readability.
So, the question is – how do we define an “alternative” product category name, so that this can be used on the product category page as custom title, while using the default one for other smaller locations such as menus and widgets?
Well, this is how it’s done – enjoy!
PHP Snippet: “Alternative” Product Category Name
/**
* @snippet Second Category Title @ WooCommerce Product Category
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*/
add_action( 'product_cat_add_form_fields', 'tutoraspire_add_category_alt_name' );
add_action( 'product_cat_edit_form_fields', 'tutoraspire_edit_category_alt_name' );
function tutoraspire_add_category_alt_name() {
echo '';
echo '';
echo '';
echo '';
}
function tutoraspire_edit_category_alt_name( $term ) {
echo '';
echo 'Alternative title ';
echo ' ';
}
add_action( 'edit_term', 'tutoraspire_save_category_alt_title', 10, 3 );
add_action( 'created_term', 'tutoraspire_save_category_alt_title', 10, 3 );
function tutoraspire_save_category_alt_title( $term_id, $tt_id = '', $taxonomy = '' ) {
if ( 'product_cat' !== $taxonomy ) return;
if ( isset( $_POST['ctitle'] ) ) {
update_term_meta( $term_id, 'ctitle', $_POST['ctitle'] );
} else {
update_term_meta( $term_id, 'ctitle', '' );
}
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_page_title', 'tutoraspire_edit_cat_page_title' );
function tutoraspire_edit_cat_page_title( $title ) {
if ( is_product_category() ) {
$term = get_queried_object();
$title = get_term_meta( $term->term_id, 'ctitle', true ) ? get_term_meta( $term->term_id, 'ctitle', true ) : $title;
}
return $title;
}