WooCommerce: Can't find woocommerce/templates/ directory

handyman_hank

I am trying to set up a shop for my site using WooCommerce. My goal is removing the "Product Categories" (and maybe "Search" box) on product archive/shop base page. I know editing the "product-archive.php" file is required. But I just can't find it! It should be somewhere in woocommerce/templates/ directory, but there's no such directory! I'm using Fruitful theme by Fruitfulcode. I'm using the latest versions of WordPress and WooCommerce. I...

Originally asked by Lucrezia van Necker on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I think you're a bit confused about how WooCommerce template overrides work. Here's some important info you should be aware of: Installing WooCommerce won't modify your theme at all. You shouldn't have a woocommerce/templates/ directory in your theme, even if the theme is overriding default WooCommerce templates. Rather, you may have a woocommerce/ directory (without the templates/ directory). WooCommerce templates are overridden by copying template files from /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/xxx.php to wp-content/themes/yourtheme/woocommerce/xxx.php If you aren't seeing a woocommerce directory in your theme, that means that your theme is using the default WooCommerce templates. If...

Full answer by rnevius: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/31501511 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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