From e68d70857f7030058c690f6b9cff879f348dba18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sorin Marta <sorinmarta0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:59:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix AWPCPBROWSECATS to render categories list Route the
 shortcode to View Categories UI and update page detection callers.

---
 frontend/class-categories-switcher.php        |  2 +-
 frontend/class-query.php                      |  2 +-
 ...wards-compatibility-redirection-helper.php |  2 +-
 frontend/shortcode.php                        | 23 +++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/class-categories-switcher.php b/frontend/class-categories-switcher.php
index 3b1aa0fe2..4bb55023d 100644
--- a/frontend/class-categories-switcher.php
+++ b/frontend/class-categories-switcher.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function __construct() {
      * @param array $params     An array of parameters for the Categories Switcher component.
      */
     public function render( $params = array() ) {
-        if ( $this->query->is_browse_listings_page() || $this->query->is_browse_categories_page() ) {
+        if ( $this->query->is_browse_listings_page() ) {
             $action_url = awpcp_current_url();
         } else {
             $action_url = awpcp_get_browse_categories_page_url();
diff --git a/frontend/class-query.php b/frontend/class-query.php
index 4b59a6da1..6c0fd8410 100644
--- a/frontend/class-query.php
+++ b/frontend/class-query.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function is_page_that_has_shortcode( $shortcode ) {
     }
 
     public function is_browse_categories_page() {
-        return $this->is_browse_listings_page();
+        return $this->is_page_that_has_shortcode( 'AWPCPBROWSECATS' );
     }
 
     public function is_renew_listing_page() {
diff --git a/frontend/class-url-backwards-compatibility-redirection-helper.php b/frontend/class-url-backwards-compatibility-redirection-helper.php
index c05220f7c..33929d96b 100644
--- a/frontend/class-url-backwards-compatibility-redirection-helper.php
+++ b/frontend/class-url-backwards-compatibility-redirection-helper.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public function maybe_redirect_frontend_request() {
             return;
         }
 
-        if ( $this->query->is_browse_listings_page() || $this->query->is_browse_categories_page() ) {
+        if ( $this->query->is_browse_listings_page() ) {
             $this->maybe_redirect_browse_listings_request();
             return;
         }
diff --git a/frontend/shortcode.php b/frontend/shortcode.php
index 0ed37b1f7..4a5df413e 100644
--- a/frontend/shortcode.php
+++ b/frontend/shortcode.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public function init() {
         add_shortcode( 'AWPCPPAYMENTTHANKYOU', array( $this, 'noop' ) );
         add_shortcode( 'AWPCPCANCELPAYMENT', array( $this, 'noop' ) );
 
-        add_shortcode( 'AWPCPBROWSECATS', array( $this->browse_ads, 'dispatch' ) );
+        add_shortcode( 'AWPCPBROWSECATS', array( $this, 'browse_categories' ) );
         add_shortcode( 'AWPCPBROWSEADS', array( $this->browse_ads, 'dispatch' ) );
 
         add_shortcode( 'AWPCPSHOWAD', array( $this, 'show_ad' ) );
@@ -141,6 +141,25 @@ public function search_ads() {
         return $this->output['search-ads'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Renders the View Categories list (same UI as main-page layout=2).
+     *
+     * Previously aliased to Browse Ads for backwards compatibility.
+     *
+     * @since x.x
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function browse_categories() {
+        if ( ! isset( $this->output['browse-categories'] ) ) {
+            awpcp_enqueue_main_script();
+
+            $this->output['browse-categories'] = awpcp_display_the_classifieds_page_body( '' );
+        }
+
+        return $this->output['browse-categories'];
+    }
+
     public function reply_to_ad() {
         if ( ! isset( $this->output['reply-to-ad'] ) ) {
             do_action( 'awpcp-shortcode', 'reply-to-ad' );
@@ -492,7 +511,7 @@ function awpcp_get_menu_items( $params ) {
     }
 
     if ( $show_browse_ads_item ) {
-        if ( awpcp_is_browse_listings_page() || awpcp_is_browse_categories_page() ) {
+        if ( awpcp_is_browse_listings_page() ) {
             if ( get_awpcp_option( 'main_page_display' ) ) {
                 $browse_cats_url = awpcp_get_view_categories_url();
             } else {