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" />