# WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Category Carousel & Enhanced UX

> Display WooCommerce product categories in responsive sliders and grids to boost navigation, engagement, and product discovery.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:37 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wpb-woocommerce-category-slider`
- Author: WPBean
- Version: 1.7.2
- Active installs: 700+
- Last update: 2026-08-13 (3 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.0.8 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.0, PHP any
- Tags: category slider, product, product category, product category slider, WooCommerce category slider
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-woocommerce-category-slider/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 3 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 7.0.8).
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Slow ↔ Responsive, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Locked in ↔ Portable, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2025-06-27 HIGH: Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion (up to 1.71) **latest version still affected, no fix yet**. CVE-2025-53281, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/156eb99d-087b-4716-8ba8-3a1bdc008f58?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Compare: https://todaywp.com/plugins/compare?slugs=wpb-woocommerce-category-slider · HTML: https://todaywp.com/plugins/wpb-woocommerce-category-slider