Widget visibility: integrate with WooCommerce Shop Page

[jesscga]

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. Add widget to widget area.
2. Under Visibility, select Show if Page is Shop

What I expected

Widget should appear on Shop page

What happened instead

Widget disappears and does not appear on any page

Workaround is using a plugin like https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/, which works as expected.

[jesscga]

Reported on 834338-zen

[jeherve]

What happens if you pick this option instead:

Does it work?

[jesscga]

Yes! Setting visibility to Show if Page is Products does make the widget appear on the Shop page.

[RonnyM82]

Why has this issue been closed? Setting it to products is far too broad reaching. The only product page I want the widget to be visible on is the Shop page... not all product archive pages.

[jeherve]

The only product page I want the widget to be visible on is the Shop page... not all product archive pages.

The product custom post type created by Woocommerce should have only one archive page; the Shop page. If you have other archive pages on your site, they most likely won't be affected by this rule. If you run into issues, send us some examples and we'll take a closer look.

Thanks!

[htdat]

2079737-zen
I think to avoid this confusion, we may silently apply the logic for product archive page if users select the shop page?

[jeherve]

we may silently apply the logic for product archive page if users select the shop page?

We may give this a try, however I would be afraid of creating more confusion for folks with a "Shop" page that is not actually a Product archive page today.

[xdjxdaveyx]

I found that it will not show on category or shop pages. My way around it was to hide it on every page that I didn't want the widget on!

[samiff]

I got thrown off by this. Setting the widget visibility to also show on "Taxonomy - Product categories - All pages" I could see being desirable for some.

3025302-zen

[melek]

@jeherve I opened #20693 which was a duplicate of this - thanks for tracking this down, I couldn't find this report!

Since this is an old bug (4 years old!), I don't want to mess with the tags - but I do think they should be adjusted:

• 'Need author feedback' seems a bit unlikely now, and shouldn't block fixing this issue.
• This bug could use a priority - as I work with Woo it feels high priority, but I know I'm biased!

Want to mention that with #20057 getting worked on, it might be a convenient time to settle this one. Old bugs are all the more satisfying to squish :)

Edit: Adding that we are engaging a client who wants to use this feature (4220508-zen).

Edit: I realized this is closed (and I think maybe re-opened) - I do think that it would be less confusing, not more, for customers if the 'Shop' page they assign in WooCommerce would work with this feature. Otherwise, a 'WooCommerce Archives' option might be a worthwhile implementation for this feature when Woo is present.

Lacking that, I believe that this should be somehow covered in documentation (maybe it is?)

[jeherve]

I do think they should be adjusted

You're right. I've adjusted things.

I believe that this should be somehow covered in documentation (maybe it is?)

It's not, and that could indeed be an option although I do not think many folks will rely on the documentation to figure out such gotchas.

[zdenys]

Just noting that I ended up discovering the same issue Automattic/wp-calypso#71544.

As prevention, I think we should document the workaround you @jeherve mentioned above and add it both in Jetpack.com documentation and even in WordPress.com one.

If not, what could be a solution?

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[vajrasar]

Hey all! FYI I closed Widget Visibility Rule doesn't work for WooCommerce Shop page #71544 in favor of this one.