I am working with woocommerce at the minute, and the design requires to show a number of featured products and categories in a number of different styles.

For example one featured product needs to be a hero shot, then I need to shot 2 featured categories (instead of a product), and a number of other featured images that show a single image. Much like this graphic,

To my mind, I think the best option is to create some widgetable areas and push content into those? Is that the correct thought process? Is there a better way?