On single product page if you select a default category from within product, it only shows this…

Hiya

I ended up writing a snippet to do this for me using shortcode – details below for ease; maybe look to implement it as default as really, all categories should be visible within Meta.

Thanks again

Add this to child theme functions.php

// ==================================================================
// Display Product Categories with Singular/Plural Label
// ==================================================================

function custom_product_categories_list() {
    global $product;

    // Ensure we’re on a product page
    if ( ! is_product() || ! $product ) {
        return '';
    }

    // Get product categories
    $categories = wp_get_post_terms( $product->get_id(), 'product_cat' );

    if ( empty( $categories ) ) {
        return '';
    }

    // Build category links
    $category_links = array();
    foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
        $link = get_term_link( $category );
        if ( ! is_wp_error( $link ) ) {
            $category_links[] = '<a href="' . esc_url( $link ) . '">' . esc_html( $category->name ) . '</a>';
        }
    }

    // Determine label
    $label = count( $category_links ) > 1 ? 'Categories' : 'Category';

    // Output HTML
    $output  = '<div class="custom-product-categories">';
    $output .= '<strong>' . esc_html( $label ) . ':</strong> ';
    $output .= implode( ', ', $category_links );
    $output .= '</div>';

    return $output;
}

// === Shortcode to use in Elementor or Gutenberg ===
add_shortcode( 'product_categories_list', 'custom_product_categories_list' );

Then in elementor page builder, add this shortcode where you want them rendered (ie above meta block) – [product_categories_list]

Then it does what we need. At least I think it does. Just testing now.

Thanks 🙂