Auto Selection of Filters on default woocommerce links (category and etc.)

  • Hello!

    I am encountering an issue with the WooCommerce Ajax Filter plugin, specifically related to the automatic selection of filters when navigating to regular native WooCommerce product category pages.

    The problem I’m facing is that when I navigate to a standard WooCommerce product category page, the filter does not automatically select the appropriate filters based on the products displayed. As a result, the filter options remain unchanged (unchecked or etc.), and customers need to manually select the desired filters to refine their search.

    This behavior poses a usability concern and adds an extra step for customers to effectively filter products on my website. I have already installed and configured the WooCommerce Ajax Filter plugin, and it works perfectly fine when applied on other pages or when using its shortcode.

    Here are the steps to reproduce the issue:

    1. Visit any regular WooCommerce product category page.
    2. Observe that the WooCommerce Ajax Filter plugin does not automatically select the appropriate filters based on the products displayed.
    3. Manually select the desired filters to refine the product listing.

    I have ensured that the WooCommerce Ajax Filter (v. 1.6.4.1) plugin is up to date and compatible with my version of WooCommerce (v. 7.7.0) and I am testing on standalone new WP instance with native theme. I have also reviewed the plugin’s documentation and settings, but I couldn’t find any specific option to enable automatic filter selection on native WooCommerce category pages.

    I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide me with some insights, instructions, or code modifications to address this issue. I believe that having the WooCommerce Ajax Filter plugin automatically select filters on regular WooCommerce product category pages would significantly enhance the user experience and streamline the product filtering process.

    Best regards!

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  • Plugin Author RazyRx

    (@razyrx)

    Hello,

    Category page is not the same as shop page filtered by category filter.

    You can enable option “Page same as filter” in plugin settings -> Advanced tab, then it will bhe selected but cannot be changed or it will be removed from page.

    Regards,
    Oleg

    Thread Starter evscoding

    (@evscoding)

    Thank you for your response @razyrx.

    I understand that “Category page is not the same as shop page filtered by category filter”, but it already does have the code to identify where the filter is. It seems valuable to make the present filter value “checked” if identified. Once filtering something else, it should be logical to redirect to any other route that would be logical to work in, i.e. shop page.

    I have already tried that setting, but it does not do the job well from UI/UX perspective.

    • If selected “Delete value” -> then it removes the value completely and user might not know where is he.
    • if selected “Leave only one value” -> then the filter loses its purposes, it only shows the value that the user is in and as you said, can not be changed.

    Plugin Author RazyRx

    (@razyrx)

    Hello,

    Plugin do not have any other functionality that can do it.
    You can use WooCommerce category widget to redirect to needed category page.

    Regards,
    Oleg

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