Category driven product experience with Custom HTML, Custom PHP, and WordPress CMS
Overview • Why this architecture • How it works • Project structure • Setup • Deployment
CPC Valve Industry Web is a category driven website built to deliver a cleaner browsing experience than classic product-first navigation.
Instead of managing every page as a WooCommerce product, we use:
• WordPress categories as the main content backbone
• A custom "category type" layer to shape different page templates
• Custom PHP and custom HTML blocks for full control of UI and performance
This makes managing pages easier, keeps the navigation consistent, and improves the user journey.
Typical product-based setups become messy when you need:
• Many informational pages that are not real products
• Multiple templates for different industrial categories
• A fast and consistent UX across browsing, filters, and catalogue downloads
Our approach solves that by treating categories as first-class pages, then attaching a page behavior using category type.
High level flow:
• Admin creates or updates Categories
• Each category gets a Category Type (template behavior)
• Frontend renders a category page with a custom HTML layout
• Optional catalogue download is generated per category or per item
Common patterns used:
• Category landing page with featured cards
• Subcategory grid and navigation
• Template variations by category type
• Catalogue download button mapped to a consistent URL pattern
Interested in working together? Let's talk.
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Email: mohammadreza.dalili@live.com |
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LinkedIn: /in/mohamadreza-dalili |
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