What do I do to make this custom post type archive have it’s own widget sections and sidebar content? I want it to show the woocommerce product categories (which is already a widget).
For the other section, what sort of widgets section are you referring to? Is it a Footer Widget section? If so, you can use a Block Element – Hook, then hook it to before_footer.
I should have said: own widget sections *in the* sidebar content. is there a way that I can have in my appearance/widgets a new widget area that would say “woocommerce archive” and then i can put content that I only want on that archive page to show up?
To clarify, do you want a different sidebar for your WooCommerce Archive page? If so a Block Element – Sidebar is the way to go. This, by default removes the default sidebar with all the widgets it has, and replaces it with the ones you’ll be adding in your Block Element.