Overriding template via the theme does not work in Woocommerce

Question

I'm creating a custom Wordpress/woocommerce theme for a client based on FoundationPress. For some reason I can't override taxonomy-product_cat.php. I can override this file with other themes like twenty-nnn or Storefront. I spend half a day finding a answer with no luck.

At the end I stripped down the Foundationpress theme to just a index.php + style.css. I cleared the caches, recreated the template files in Woocommerce > status > tools. I disabled all the third party plugins except Woocommerce.

But it still refuses to override my category template. I'm stuck here. Can somebody please give me some directions?

In 'Woocommerce > status' I see this template marked as overridden. But It doesn't show on the frontend.

Answer 1

Solved:

I finally found a solution.

You have to declare "add_theme_support" in your functions.php:

add_theme_support( 'woocommerce' ); 

After that, my custom Woocommerce templates finally gets recognized.

Strangely enough it's not mentioned clearly in the docs on the Woocommerce website.