Magento 2.0 Category Sidebar extension

This extension will add the ability to show one of your root categories in a sidebar. The root category can be selected from the Magento2 admin config page.

Installation with composer

• Include the repository: composer require sebwite/magento2-category-sidebar
• Enable the extension: php bin/magento --clear-static-content module:enable Sebwite_Sidebar
• Upgrade db scheme: php bin/magento setup:upgrade
• Clear cache

Installation without composer

• Download zip file of this extension
• Place all the files of the extension in your Magento 2 installation in the folder app/code/Sebwite/Sidebar
• Enable the extension: php bin/magento --clear-static-content module:enable Sebwite_Sidebar
• Upgrade db scheme: php bin/magento setup:upgrade
• Clear cache

Configuration

• Select the root category you want to use from the config page
• You should implement the block Sebwite\Sidebar\Block\Sidebar in your theme to make this extension work. Example <block class="Sebwite\Sidebar\Block\Sidebar" name="category-sidebar" template="Sebwite_Sidebar::sidebar.phtml" />