--- title: "Building a Custom Elementor WooCommerce Collection Widget – Tutorial Series" description: "# Introduction This series builds a Collection Products widget for WooCommerce. It displays products in a Pinterest-style grid with collection images…" url: "https://sajdoko.com/blog/building-a-custom-elementor-woocommerce-collection-widget-tutorial-series/" language: "en" content_signal: "ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=yes" --- # Building a Custom Elementor WooCommerce Collection Widget – Tutorial Series 9 November 2025·4 minutes read·[Development](https://sajdoko.com/blog/category/development/) ## [#](#introduction) Introduction This series builds a Collection Products widget for WooCommerce. It displays products in a Pinterest-style grid with collection images, filters and sorting controls. ## [#](#what-you%E2%80%99ll-build) What You’ll Build By the end of this tutorial series, you’ll have created a fully functional Elementor widget that: - - Displays WooCommerce products in a responsive 2-column grid layout - Supports custom “collection” images separate from product featured images - Shows featured images on hover (for portrait products) - Includes client-side filtering by colors and sizes - Provides sorting options (price low to high, high to low) - Features a slide-in filter panel - Displays product color swatches - Adapts the layout to desktop, tablet and phone screens *The Elementor WooCommerce Collection Widget* ## [#](#prerequisites) Prerequisites Before starting this tutorial series, you should have: - Basic understanding of PHP (WordPress/WooCommerce development) - Familiarity with JavaScript and jQuery - Understanding of HTML and CSS - Basic knowledge of WordPress hooks and filters - WordPress installation with admin access - WooCommerce plugin installed and activated - Elementor plugin installed and activated - Hello Biz theme with Hello Biz Child theme set up ## [#](#tutorial-series-structure) Tutorial Series Structure ### [Part 1: Setting Up the Development Environment](https://sajdoko.com/blog/elementor-widget-part-1-setting-up-the-development-environment/) Learn how to set up your WordPress development environment, install necessary plugins, and create the child theme structure for the widget. ### [Part 2: Understanding Elementor Widget Architecture](https://sajdoko.com/blog/elementor-widget-part-2-understanding-elementor-widget-architecture/) Dive into the fundamentals of Elementor widget development, understanding the base class, required methods, and the widget lifecycle. ### [Part 3: Building the Basic Widget Structure](https://sajdoko.com/blog/elementor-widget-part-3-building-the-basic-widget-structure/) Create the foundation of your widget by implementing the widget class, registering it with Elementor, and adding basic controls. ### [Part 4: WooCommerce Product Integration](https://sajdoko.com/blog/elementor-widget-part-4-woocommerce-product-integration/) Learn how to query WooCommerce products, access product data, work with product taxonomies, and display product information. ### Part 5: Implementing Custom Product Meta Fields Add custom meta fields to WooCommerce products including a collection image uploader using the WordPress media library and product orientation settings. ### Part 6: Creating the Frontend Rendering Build the grid layout using CSS Grid, implement the product rendering logic, add color swatches, and create responsive designs. ### Part 7: Adding Sorting and Filtering Functionality Implement client-side JavaScript filtering and sorting, create the filter panel UI, and add touch-friendly interactions. ## [#](#key-concepts-covered) Key Concepts Covered Throughout this series, you’ll learn: 1. **Elementor Widget Development** - Extending `\Elementor\Widget_Base` - Implementing required methods - Adding widget controls - Rendering frontend output 2. **WooCommerce Integration** - Querying products with `WP_Query` - Working with product data - Handling product variations - Displaying product meta 3. **WordPress Development Best Practices** - Using WordPress hooks and filters - Sanitizing and escaping data - Enqueuing scripts and styles - Following WordPress coding standards 4. **Modern Frontend Development** - CSS Grid layouts - Responsive design with media queries - JavaScript DOM manipulation - Client-side filtering without AJAX 5. **WordPress Media Library** - Integrating `wp.media()` API - Creating custom media uploaders - Handling image selection ## [#](#file-structure) File Structure By the end of this series, your child theme will have the following structure: ``` wp-content/themes/hello-biz-child/ ├── functions.php # Main theme functions ├── style.css # Child theme styles ├── widgets/ │ └── collection-products/ │ ├── collection-products-register.php # Widget registration & helpers │ └── collection-products-widget.php # Main widget class ├── js/ │ ├── collection-image-uploader.js # Admin media uploader │ └── collection-filters.js # Frontend filtering & sorting └── css/ └── collection.css # Widget styles ``` ## [#](#tutorial-format) Tutorial Format Each tutorial part includes: - 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