About this plugin
WCAPF – Ajax Product Filter for WooCommerce helps customers filter WooCommerce products by category, tag, attribute, price, rating, author, meta fields, and keyword using AJAX. The plugin updates results instantly without reloading the page, helping customers find products faster on WooCommerce shop and archive pages.
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WooCommerce Product Filtering Options
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Taxonomy: Let customers browse products by category, tag, or any custom taxonomy.
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Attribute: Narrow down results using product attributes such as size, color, material, and more.
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Price: Help customers find items within their budget using a flexible price range filter.
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Rating: Show products based on customer ratings.
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Product Status: Allow customers to filter products by status such as Featured or In Stock.
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Post Author: Filter products by their author.
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Post Meta: Filter products using custom post meta values.
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Keyword: Search for products using keywords.
Flexible Filter Display Options
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Multiple Display Formats: Present filter options using checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, multiselect, or labels.
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Styling and Layout: Choose from list, inline, grid, or hierarchical display for taxonomies, with accordion support for hierarchies.
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Price Filter Options: Use a price slider with minimum and maximum inputs (custom price ranges are available in the Pro version).
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Product Count & Tooltips: Show the number of products available for each filter and display informative tooltips on hover.
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Automatic Filter Generation: Automatically generate filter options from taxonomy terms, attributes, or other supported data sources.
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Include/Exclude Options: Control visibility by including or excluding specific terms, users, or meta values.
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Search Field & Toggles: Include a search field within filters for quick navigation and use show more/less toggles to keep the interface clean.
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Color/Image Swatches: Display filter options using visual color or image swatches for a better shopping experience.
Advanced Filtering Functionality
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Variable Product Support: Works seamlessly with variable products and WooCommerce attribute lookup tables.
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Ajax Pagination & Sorting: Navigate filtered results and apply product sorting without page reloads.
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Active Filters Display: Show selected filters above the product loop for quick adjustments by the user.
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Dynamic Product Count: Update product counts in real time based on applied filters to avoid “no results found” messages.
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Smart Visibility: Automatically hide or disable empty filters and irrelevant options that return zero products.
Easy Integration
Create your filters and display them on WooCommerce shop and archive pages. Add the filters using the WCAPF – Product Filter Form widget or place the [wcapf_form] shortcode in a page, post, or theme template.
Premium Features (Pro)
The Pro version adds more advanced filtering capabilities and extra configuration options for more complex stores. Some of the enhanced features include:
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Different Filters for Different Archives: Show more relevant filters depending on the current product category or archive. Documentation
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Filters on Custom Pages: Build custom product layouts outside default WooCommerce templates using the [wcapf_products] shortcode. Documentation
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Multi-Vendor Support: Compatible with popular multi-vendor plugins, allowing customers to filter by store name or vendor. Documentation
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Advanced Controls: Includes manual filter options, sort by filter, per page filter, custom price ranges, and additional configuration settings.
Drag and Drop Filter Creation
Create filters quickly using the intuitive admin interface. Add filters, configure settings, reorder them, and remove them easily.
Custom Filter Keys in URL
Define the filter key used in the URL to identify the type of filter applied.
category=shirts&color=white, category, and color are the filter keys.
Option to Disable Ajax Filtering
Allow users to disable AJAX filtering if needed. While AJAX filtering is generally recommended for seamless browsing, users can choose to disable it to troubleshoot any potential JavaScript conflicts that may arise after updating the product loop.
Customization
Easily customize the appearance of the filters to match the design and style of your theme. The plugin provides a variety of settings on the plugin settings page, including CSS variables for styling, allowing developers to quickly customize the global filter appearance.
Theme Compatibility
The plugin is designed to be highly compatible with a wide range of themes that follow the standard guidelines set by WooCommerce. This means it is likely to work effectively with almost any theme you choose.
Developer Friendly
The plugin includes essential hooks, filters, and template overrides so developers can adjust filter data, customize output, and extend the plugin functionality.