That’s strange. It should work, because it is basic woocommerce template replacement.

If I add woocommerce/product-cat.php would it work? I’m not sure, but I’ll check and let you know

It doest not help. Still doesn’t work after creating files for product cat and content-archive.

I’ve checked logs, here is an error: `PHP Warning: Undefined array key “Product query” in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/filter-everything-pro/pro/PluginPro.php on line 1850`

Maybe this is a problem? I’m using the PHP 8.2

Hi Tuskotrush,

Well, it’s not recommended to use the latest versions of PHP, in order to prevent workability issues. But we created a test on our end and here are the filter set settings – https://prnt.sc/vd4kPnjPChnt with “Any Categorie” and here are some category pages: 1) https://prnt.sc/Hcqr8TKIqMyi 2) https://prnt.sc/w0pU7mUtKUnn 3) https://prnt.sc/LK0yQQZLxClK

As you see, everything is working well on each page without any issues. But on your site, it is working differently, you can drop down to the 8.0 PHP version to see if it helps, but more likely this is the cause of the theme and how it was created. Did you migrate the site from one place to another?

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi robertklausner,

It can be quite challenging to transfer websites from one hosting platform to another. It’s important to note that any issues or errors that arise during this process are not directly related to the plugin. Rather, they may stem from the migration process itself and the settings in the database. And you are starting to see some type of errors and so on. Unfortunately, we cannot offer much assistance in this regard, as it would require a careful examination of the site to identify any migration-related issues. But this is far beyond the support policy here on CodeCanyon.

If migrating the site provides some errors, we kindly suggest that you consider configuring the filter on the new hosting instead. This will ensure that everything is properly set up and functioning as intended.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi Montecor23,

When you change the name (meta key) or ACF values, the old ones are not deleted from the database and ACF does not change the meta key in the database. You can manually delete everything/change it in the database or use a plugin for it. Alternatively, you can create a brand new custom field and avoid applying any changes to prevent affecting normal workability. That’s just how ACF works with the database.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi tnhtnn,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

Thank you for following the instructions, please send the license key as well via PM.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi tnhtnn,

The license was activated and everything is working well.

Best Regards,
- Victor

We have checked the site, and basically, you have 16 “variations products”, with a lot of variations. And you applied a meta field checkbox with options on one of those “variations products”.

Now here is the thing, You should see only a couple of “variations products” in that category of lotions if to be exact only 6. But you are displaying all of the variations of those products separately as unique products, instead of like this – https://prnt.sc/etNDPM4AD0qv when you click on the product to choose the needed variation. That’s why you don’t see any products with size since it was applied on the “products variations” and you do not display them. Actually, you don’t even need meta fields, you could create size attributes from Products -> Attributes.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi Victor, thank you for taking a look. Is there any way to get the meta field to be applied to the product variation? I find it odd that it isn’t applied to that. In regards to the attributes, this would mean size then becomes a variation option that’s selectable right? Not sure that would work for us as we have 6 core products. We also need all those variations display so customers can filter and find the exact model, but have the option to see all the variations

“Is there any way to get the meta field to be applied to the product variation?”

We would recommend referring this question to Woo support, as they know better if there is any way to do it and perhaps can provide any solution on that. Also, they might provide info on how you can apply some attributes to the variations only.

Best Regards,
- Victor

We have checked the site and the issue is that you choose “Any Tipo” in the filter set setting but each Tipo page (category) has a unique query on it. That’s why it is not filtering and you see wrong terms and so on on different pages. We placed the Filter Set on a certain category – https://cookingchef.cookingsurface.com/tipo-receta/cremas-y-sopas/ and as you see everything is working correctly.

You need to create multiple filter sets and place them on each category Tipo page. Or rewrite the custom Tipo so the query will be the same all over each page to work correctly.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Great Victor! Everything seems to be working fine now.

Thanks for everything. Hope you have a nice day.

Arnau

Hi Arnau,

I’m glad that your problem was solved.

If it is possible I would be thankful for a positive review about the plugin here on CodeCanyon – https://codecanyon.net/item/filter-everything-wordpress-woocommerce-filter/reviews/31634508

Thank you in advance!
Best Regards,
- Victor

Thank you so much.

Actually I have one last question, how do i active hide empty filters ?

Just enable this option – https://prnt.sc/8Siuk4oy_J5m

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi sw12345,

Technically it should work normally and update the plugin without any issues. But you can download the new version of the plugin here from the site and update the old one.

Please make a DB backup before updating, so if something goes wrong you’ll always have the ability to go back to the previous state.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi alanbrysoncom,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

No, you can place a filter on the page without any posts on it, in your case in the “Where to filter” choose “pages” + “test”.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Creating a filter set is the same for any post type:

1. Choose the post type that you want to filter in the “Post Type to filter” in your case posts.

2. Add the needed filters, there are no standard filtering criteria, as you create them with the ACF field and so on. You can add a numeric custom field and make a range slider from it, or make a checkboxes custom field with options and create a filter from a custom field.

3. In the “Where to filter” you choose the page where you want to place this filter set. That page should have either a shortcode to display the filter widget or a widget area where you will place the filtering widget.

4. In the “And what to filter” you choose the query that displays the products on the page. The filter itself doesn’t display any products, it is only filtering the products on the page that are already displayed there with the query.

“I want to create something like appsumo filtering system”

You can show any screenshots or any demo links of our filters and what exactly you want to create (because the “appsumo filtering system” doesn’t give a lot of information) and we will help you with it.

“integrate your plugin with a page builder”

Well, it depends on the page builders you are using, themes as well, some support widget areas some only can place a shortcode, and so on.

“some filters (all of them empty) and no article shown anywhere”

As we mentioned previously the plugin doesn’t display any posts/products it just filters them, If you place it on the empty page there won’t be anything to filter. If you place it on the page with some products or posts, in the “And what to filter” you should choose the corresponding query and the filter will do its job filtering posts/products on the page. The link to the page where you wan to place it would be great so we can check it.

“your plugin is one of the least user friendly I cam across”

We apologize for any confusion caused by the plugin’s initial configuration difficulty. We understand that it may require some basic knowledge about WP to use effectively. However, we are continuously working to optimize the plugin to make it more user-friendly and accessible to everyone. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Thank you for your reply. Eventhough your comment is more helpful than the documentation, I would appreciate to have a refund, the plugin does not integrate very well in my website using Thrive theme suite. Refund request sent. Thanks and good luck

Hi walidkh,

We always can help resolve the issue and provide the needed information on how you can create exactly what you need if you give us more detailed information on how the end results should look.

If you are not interested in it and already created a refund we can only recommend waiting for the response. Please note that the support team is not responsible for refunds as we do not have access to it.

Best Regards,
- Victor

This is a unique case that we have not come across before. It certainly presents an intriguing challenge. Could you please provide the credentials to the wp-admin dashboard following this document so we can check it?

Best Regards,
- Victor

I send the email

We have checked the site, and it seems like you created some custom fields already and then deleted them. The thing is it is not deleting them from the database and if you change their names (meta keys) it also does not change it in the database and you are starting to see issues.

If you create a new custom field right now with a new unique meta key that wasn’t used before, then everything would be showing correctly.

Or you can check the database and try to fix it all manually.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi Responsivmedia,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

Well, you can turn off the Show Hierarchy option for the filter and exclude unneeded terms from the filter. If you want to have the hierarchy look then you need to have the full chain, in order not to break it and show only a couple of terms instead of all that you need.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Can we change the theme to the default 2021 theme for testing purposes?

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hello, the backup was done on the serwer, you can change the theme and investigate thank you!

Hi protgdansk,

We changed the theme to another one and set up the correct “container for AJAX” and everything is working correctly.

We decided to investigate even further and test your custom theme on our back. Not much to say here honestly, the “BlankSlate” theme is working correctly as well. But the child theme… We cannot even make it run as it is constantly throwing a bunch of new errors. The issue is in the custom theme realization. Since everything is working correctly on another theme (and on parent theme as well) with the same plugins and so on. Unfortunately, we cannot help here as this is strictly a theme issue.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi ninjaclick,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

Please send the link to the page with the issues so we can check it, and also screenshot where exactly you want to place that checkbox.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi youssefe74,

No, because the plugin only filters posts. And in Dokan, different stores are basically different users, on whose behalf the products are added. The plugin cannot filter users. But their products on the pages of these stores usually do.

We can only recommend checking a plugin that filters users. Or write your own custom code for this.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi triangle-media,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

Unfortunately, at this time, creating a filter for post types is not a feature that is available. Maybe in the future, it will be possible, but not right now.

Best Regards,
- Victor

“i am not worried about the counters a this point”

It is not only about the terms counters it is also about the terms that will be displayed. And it is working the same on both custom taxonomies, just incorrectly. As we have previously explained, the reason for this is that each taxonomy page has its own unique query, and in order for the Any Category option to function properly, the same query must be present on every page.

We have created a custom taxonomy to test for testing purposes, and we implemented it with the WP standards and named it Movies – https://prnt.sc/fnQZn2OgORVJ We created 3 movie genres (categories) and placed a couple of post types movies in each and those posts contain ACF custom field options to make a filter from it. Created a filter set – https://prnt.sc/x3E8gKP73rJx and chose to display it on any taxonomy page. Here are the results:
1 page – https://prnt.sc/-4-HZ0qTE-EV
2 page – https://prnt.sc/sg0KoTsiJ8gf
3 page – https://prnt.sc/PDpdREOkv9ug

It appears that all the information is being displayed accurately and the filters are functioning properly as you can check – https://prnt.sc/Fg3yIHgFbhNf

We would like to recommend enhancing your knowledge of WP and gaining a better understanding of how it operates. Reading WP documentation and familiarizing yourself with its various components is a great start. It’s important to note that this is not something that can be fully explained in one article. It takes a comprehensive understanding of how each piece fits together to create the desired outcome. Once you have a solid grasp of the fundamentals, you will have the ability to create anything you desire with ease and understand the functionality behind it.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Looks like you have the answer for me right there! Are you able to tell me how you set up your custom taxonomies above to get the desired result?

Hi nevergravity,

Here is a quick example:

// CPT: Movies
function custom_post_type_movies() {
    $labels = array(
        'name' => 'Movies',
        'singular_name' => 'Movie',
    );
    $args = array(
        'labels' => $labels,
        'public' => true,
        'has_archive' => true,
        'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail'),
        'taxonomies' => array('movie_genre'),
    );
    register_post_type('movie', $args);
}
add_action('init', 'custom_post_type_movies');

// CT: Movie Genres
function custom_taxonomy_movie_genres() {
    $labels = array(
        'name' => 'Movie Genres',
        'singular_name' => 'Movie Genre',
    );
    $args = array(
        'labels' => $labels,
        'hierarchical' => true,
    );
    register_taxonomy('movie_genre', 'movie', $args);
}
add_action('init', 'custom_taxonomy_movie_genres');

function custom_archive_category_filter($query) {
    if (is_admin() || !$query->is_main_query()) {
        return;
    }

    if (isset($_GET['movie-category'])) {
        $query->set('tax_query', array(
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'movie_genre',
                'field' => 'slug',
                'terms' => $_GET['movie-category'],
            ),
        ));
    }
}

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'custom_archive_category_filter');

And quick example archive-movies.php to display our CTP:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<form method="get">
    <label for="movie-category">Select Movie Category:</label>
    <select name="movie-category" id="movie-category">
        <option value="">All Movies</option>
        <?php
        $movie_categories = get_terms('movie_genre');
        foreach ($movie_categories as $category) {
            echo '<option value="' . $category->slug . '">' . $category->name . '</option>';
        }
        ?>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" value="Filter">
</form>

<!-- Movies Loop -->
<?php
if (have_posts()) :
    while (have_posts()) :
        the_post();
        // Display Movie content here
    endwhile;
else :
    echo 'No movies found.';
endif;
?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi gkmaxarts,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

It seems that your server does not allow connection with our license server. We can activate it on our side, but we need the following things from you:

1. Credentials to your /wp-admin following this document
2. And your license key.

Please, send all these via PM.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Hi partnersrrc,

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

We have checked the site, and the thing is that you included a couple of sub-sub-categories without including the middle sub-category and its parent category, it caused the breaking of the hierarchy chain and that’s why you see only a couple of categories instead of the full list. We created it how it should be in order to show correctly, but if you don’t like it, you can turn off the “Show Hierarchy” and include only the needed categories that you want to see there. You will get the full list of categories that you included just without hierarchy looks.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Well, it’s not happening because it has two filter terms – https://prnt.sc/o14YcmU3JIgM if it was empty it would be hidden.

Best Regards,
- Victor

Oh…. I see. I mean the category filter (with number range) but you are right. When you don’t select anything, you can see the category number range. When “gastronomía” is selected, the number range hides. Thanks. I didn’t see that. regards

Great to hear that everything is sorted out.

Best Regards,
- Victor