Step 1: Goto your template editor from the Appearance tab. Click on the Product Results Page file. The editor will open for you. 

Step 2: Find           {{ @include_snippet("sidebar") }}

Change "sidebar" to "sidebarproductpages" and publish the page

Step 2.5: Do the same 2 steps above for the Product Details page file.

Step 3: Goto the Snippets tab and click on Create New Snippet. Name your snippet sidebarproductpages

Step 4: Goto the sidebar snippet and copy all of the code.

Then, goto the sidebarproductpages snippet and paste all the code. Publish the snippet.

Step 5: Find

                {{ #if($category.subcategorycount > 0) }}

Change it to

Step 6: Publish the snippet.

This is for templates that show all of the categories and subcategories on all of the pages.

This will show subcategories with a zero count, but at least subcategories from other areas won't show.

Thanks,

Christi

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