You should be extending Walker_Category
not the main Walker class.
class Walker_Simple_Example extends Walker_Category {
function start_lvl(&$output, $depth=1, $args=array()) {
$output .= "\n<ul class=\"product_cats\">\n";
}
function end_lvl(&$output, $depth=0, $args=array()) {
$output .= "</ul>\n";
}
function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth=0, $args=array()) {
$output .= "<li class=\"item\">".esc_attr( $item->name );
}
function end_el(&$output, $item, $depth=0, $args=array()) {
$output .= "</li>\n";
}
}
wp_list_categories(array('walker'=> new Walker_Simple_Example));
That does work now. product_class
is applied to the child ul
s but your walker does not preserve much of the default functionality.
If you want the class assigned to the parent <ul>
, this is a bit over complicated. That <ul>
comes from the wp_list_categories
function itself, not from the walker. Disable the “title” which you don’t seem to be using, and write in the wrapper <ul>
.
echo '<ul class="product_cats">';
wp_list_categories(array('title_li'=> false));
echo '</ul>';