List WooCommerce products by tags

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<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: WooCommerce - List Products by Tags
 * Plugin URI: http://www.remicorson.com/list-woocommerce-products-by-tags/
 * Description: List WooCommerce products by tags using a shortcode, ex: [woo_products_by_tags tags="shoes,socks"]
 * Version: 1.0
 * Author: Remi Corson
 * Author URI: http://remicorson.com
 * Requires at least: 3.5
 * Tested up to: 3.5
 *
 * Text Domain: -
 * Domain Path: -
 *
 */

/*
 * List WooCommerce Products by tags
 *
 * ex: [woo_products_by_tags tags="shoes,socks"]
 */
function woo_products_by_tags_shortcode( $atts, $content = null ) {
  
	// Get attribuets
	extract(shortcode_atts(array(
		"tags" => ''
	), $atts));
	
	ob_start();

	// Define Query Arguments
	$args = array( 
				'post_type' 	 => 'product', 
				'posts_per_page' => 5, 
				'product_tag' 	 => $tags 
				);
	
	// Create the new query
	$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
	
	// Get products number
	$product_count = $loop->post_count;
	
	// If results
	if( $product_count > 0 ) :
	
		echo '<ul class="products">';
		
			// Start the loop
			while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); global $product;
			
				global $post;
				
				echo "<p>" . $thePostID = $post->post_title. " </p>";
				
				if (has_post_thumbnail( $loop->post->ID )) 
					echo  get_the_post_thumbnail($loop->post->ID, 'shop_catalog'); 
				else 
					echo '<img src="'.$woocommerce->plugin_url().'/assets/images/placeholder.png" alt="" width="'.$woocommerce->get_image_size('shop_catalog_image_width').'px" height="'.$woocommerce->get_image_size('shop_catalog_image_height').'px" />';
		
			endwhile;
		
		echo '</ul><!--/.products-->';
	
	else :
	
		_e('No product matching your criteria.');
	
	endif; // endif $product_count > 0
	
	return ob_get_clean();

}

add_shortcode("woo_products_by_tags", "woo_products_by_tags_shortcode");

Hi Remi! It would be super cool and useful if it would be possible to use your snippet as kamarena wrote... What do you think about?

Hi Remi, is it possible to use your plugin like a widget?