Prestashop - Too many categories - prestashop

I have too many categories loading at the same time in prestashop catalog > products page.
I want to hide them or add something like "show more" button. It takes too long to load around 20000 categories and it also won't fully load so I can't save / edit products.
I will be happy if someone could help me out.

First question, Frontoffice or Backoffice you try to load your categories?

you are right. it is since 1.7.0 that this problem is unresolved in prestashop. in 1.6.x there was no problems with categories loading in backoffice due was used ajax. in 1.7x they reworked the product admin page and removed ajax. bad error. now prestashop is simply unfit to handle large sites with too much categories. change platform.

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Slow loading of the categories page and the paginator of the products on the same page in question

this is a screen recording related to the issue: https://calip.io/U7eBbuDW#q1GpTStt.
Explanation of the problem:
Going to https://mcgroup.store/it/2-home, the page loading is very slow (it takes several seconds to load).
The CPU of the server where the site is hosted shoots at 100% and the memory also goes to high percentages when I load that page.
And the same thing also happens in the product paginator when I click on 1,2,3, etc. or on the arrow to move forward.
Before I do this page or paginator load, the server's CPU and memory levels are always at normal levels.
I've already tried clearing the cache and turning on automatic clearing, but nothing.
Same thing by activating the "special" caches.
Also all php settings requirements meet Prestashop's recommended requirements.
Contacting Prestashop support I was told that there is a problem in the "ybc_themeconfig" module that adds an Ajax tool to the product list.
How can I fix this problem?
I use Prestashop 1.7.8.5
To check if your slow loading is due to hosting performance or your Prestashop itself, try to switch back to the default Prestashop theme.
If i'm not mistaken your theme is 'Pro Business - Multipurpose Prestashop Theme '
Your theme has not adapted to Prestashop 1.7.8.5 contact the theme builder, if the issue is indeed your theme.

Its is possible to put some product on homepage (POPULAR) manually in prestashop?

How can I manage the content on the homepage in prestashop? Foe example I put a special product on popular tab?
This can be solved through various ways,
One option is to custimize your product page from back office. That should be found in "theme module".
Another way you can try is to use third-party add-ons, that may not be costless.
Or you can edidt your source code, for example, your .tpl file.
Hope these can do some help.

Lazy load pages in PrestaShop?

By default, pagination in PrestaShop is available in every product page (displaying up to 10 items per page).
But according to my project requirements, I need a lazy loading page (only 10 products need to displayed before trying to scroll down the page). Does PrestaShop have this feature ?
This is not possible by default.
You have to create your own module or buy/use available product like:
Masonry All Products
Infinite Scroll for Prestashop
3. Answer by thepsyntist from https://www.prestashop.com/forums/
[...] I successfully implemented an infinite scroll module on
Prestashop 1.6.0.11 (A custom theme) and 1.6.1.0 (Default theme). I
found this module on GitHub a couple of months ago and finally today I
got success implementing it. Hence I have no direct link for it or
know who created it. Link to the module.
If you'd like to load images the same way, there is one another module.

prestashop layered navigation block

normally layered navigation block is only displayed on a few pages like category page, search pages. However I want to show it in the "manufacturer" page/controller. If someone clicks the "manufacturer" menu to show up all the manufacturers, I want to show the "layered navigation" on the left column of the manufaturer controller.
Does someone know how to do that ?
I am using prestashop 1.5.6.2 and a premium responsive 3 column theme.
I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
I want update this topic because now the addon to handle filtering on manufacturer product pages is available on official prestashop addons store and works perfectly :
Download blocklayeredmanufacturer module here
Best Regards

WooCommerce Variable Product Swatches Are Disabled, Don't Know Why

I've recently been working on a new Wordpress site using the WooCommerce and official Woocommerce Variable Product Swatches plugin.
My issue is that the product variation swatches have stopped working on their own. Here's a page for an example: http://butterlane.com/butterlanedev/product/cupcake/
The image swatches lined up along the top should switch the product image when clicked. Everything was working fine before but now the swatches are greyed out and i can see in the CSS that they've been switched to a .disabled class
I've tried creating a brand new product with brand new variations and the page still won't let me click on any of the swatches. I'm truly at a loss as to how this could have stopped working on its own. Hopefully someone with experience using the WooCommerce Variable Product Swatches plugin can help me figure out whats going on.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Try to turn off your swatches plugin and see if there are still "disabled" classes in the select dropdown list for your variations in the single product view page. If the class is still there then the plugin works how it should.
The variations are disabled if there are no more stocks in the inventory or is not available for purchase. Check your variable products for their stock quantity and price in each variation.
i believe there's a conflict in what the new Woocommerce (2.05) and what the last version of the plugin are meant to do with the other variation images once one has been selected. I'm guessing that the variation plugin uses one of the same trigger ID's in it's javascript as something else WooCommerce has chosen to use (there are only so many logical names for these things).
At this time it basically kills the ability to buy any of the products with variations... which is 'less than useful', for the moment I suggest turning off the plugin and using the default select list, which while ugly at least allows selection.
Waiting for this to get sorted out myself... and since WooThemes have decided to host on the slowest servers on the planet, I can't actually view their website to check the latest version of the plugin.
I guess i'll be pinging them on twitter.