The widget (fig. 1) allows to display a carousel of Product Categories with thumbnails and product count:
Content
“Query” tab under the Source section gives a possibility to decide which categories to display :
- show all;
- manual selection (pick the categories you want to display);
- by parent (show only parent categories);
- current subcategories (show subcategories of the currently shown category). Useful for creating product category archive template.
Hide Empty – hide empty categories