Hi Wouter

This looks like a caching issue on the site. What you can try is to temporarily turn off our plugin when you see this message and check if the products appear on the page. Then, see if they disappear again with our plugin still turned off.

Most likely, during such actions, the cache is getting cleared on the site, which causes everything to display correctly again.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi zazzlezz

1) The “Unknown Error” appears when the server where the site is hosted blocks the connection to our license server. This can also happen on the hosting provider’s side. In such cases, it’s not possible to activate the plugin on local environments, as activation requires a live site. We can activate it manually once it’s in a live environment.

2/3/4) We’ve passed it to the development team.

Please provide the PHP version used on your site. Most likely, you’re using a newer version that is causing all these deprecated warnings. This might also be caused by a specific configuration of your local server environment.

Best Regards,
Victor

Thanks for the reply! That’s fine, I’ll activate it once the site is live then.

As for the php version it’s 8.3 – I’m using Studio for local dev and that’s the latest version – WP version is 6.8.1 if you need that as well.

Many thanks

We’d recommend downgrading to PHP 8.2 first and then checking if the issue still appears. While the WordPress core supports the latest PHP versions, many plugins may still not be fully compatible with the newest releases, causing numerous deprecated messages.

Besides, on the live site, we could at least check those deprecated messages and fully understand why they are appearing and what type of data is being retrieved to fix them. The issue is that we haven’t received such errors from others on live sites yet, so we’re not exactly sure where they might be coming from.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi Leo

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

1) The sorting widget can be created only in the widget area and displayed on the page via a widget or shortcode (once it’s created in the widget area).

If your theme does not have a widget area, you can use this code example, which you can place in a code snippets plugin – https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/ in order to add a widget area to your theme:

function custom_theme_widgets_init() {
    register_sidebar( array(
        'name'          => __( 'Custom Sidebar', 'textdomain' ),
        'id'            => 'custom-sidebar',
        'description'   => __( 'Add widgets here.', 'textdomain' ),
        'before_widget' => '<section id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget'  => '</section>',
        'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
        'after_title'   => '</h2>',
    ) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'custom_theme_widgets_init' );

And in this widget area, create a sorting widget with all of the parameters, and then display it on the page with the shortcode.

2) As for the permalink manager, you can use the following code to disable the friendly permalink manager in our plugin:

define( 'FLRT_PERMALINKS_ENABLED', false );

Best Regards,
Victor

Thank you, Victor, both recommendations worked.

All the best,

Leo

Hi Leo

We’re glad to hear that everything is working.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi Brooklyn_boss

The column limit is 5. If you want to add more columns, you need to create custom styles. A high number of columns would require custom styles, as all the filters within them would be misaligned or broken due to insufficient space.

Parent filters only affect child filters; for example, a child filter can be hidden until any term is selected in the parent filter. However, this works only on the filter level, not on the term level, meaning you cannot display specific terms in the child filter based on the selected term in the parent filter.

Best Regards,
Victor

HI Victor!! Thanks for the information, speaking of custom styles, I do need some help styling and customizing the filter with some extra features and functionalities, do you know where I can hire someone who is capable doing so or you guys offer this kind of services?

Hi Brooklyn_boss

If it is only related to custom CSS, you can do it on your own with the help of AI, as they’ve been performing quite well lately. However, if you have no basic experience in styling, then you’d probably need to hire someone to do it. Our recommendation is to hire someone on a platform like Upwork, someone skilled enough to work with both plugin styling and functionality, in case you need to, for example, alter the parent filter behavior and extend it to your needs.

Unfortunately, we simply don’t have the time to offer such services, even for an additional fee. At the moment, all our efforts are dedicated to developing new features and thoroughly testing them to deliver the most polished solution possible.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi khtechie

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

You cannot create multiple filters from the same taxonomy. In the demo, WooCommerce attributes are used, which can be created and applied to your products. From each separate attribute, you can create separate filters.

If you are not using WooCommerce, you can use separate custom fields or separate taxonomies for each filter, for example, a taxonomy named “color,” a taxonomy named “brand,” and so on.

Additional custom taxonomies can be added to your post type using this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi rahulp80

If you have already purchased the PRO version of the plugin, please make the request from the account where the plugin was purchased in order to receive support. Such questions are not related to pre-sale information.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi rahulp80

Theoretically, you can apply a separate filter set for each filter so that each of them will have its own apply button, but we recommend using only one filter set with a single apply button for all filters to ensure it works without any additional issues.

Here you can check how to simulate multiselect dropdowns: https://codecanyon.net/comments/31095902

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi rahulp80

Thank you for your interest in the Filter Everything plugin.

If you have a WordPress multisite, you need to activate the plugin only on the main site; the rest (sub-sites) do not require license activation and will be active automatically.

Best Regards,
Victor

i like to request refund.

Hi Jasonking9

Please provide information on the errors that you mentioned via email, if you cannot attach them here: filtereverythingsprt@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi DeltaMarket

The only possible way to load the page with the chosen filters is to select the required filters and use the URL with the chosen filters.

Best Regards,
Victor

Ok great thank you. Now the filter is not showing on mobile. Can you look into that too please?

Hi wemakemarketinggbr

All done! In the Filters > Settings > Experimental > Custom CSS we have added the next CSS:

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
    .wpc_show_bottom_widget .wpc-filters-open-button-container, .wpc_show_open_close_button .wpc-filters-open-button-container {
        display: block !important;
    }

    .wpc-overlay-visible #gt_float_wrapper {
        display: none;
    }
}

Best Regards,
Victor

Awesome thanks!

Hi fullcircleweb

Can you please send the credentials to the wp-admin dashboard following this document so we can check it?

Also, with the credentials data, include full information, such as a link to the exact page where the issue is visible, and instructions on how we can recreate and observe the issue.

Best Regards,
Victor

1) We turned on this option: https://prnt.sc/pHa_WUrkrfwv

And added the [fe_open_button] shortcode right below the [fe_widget] in your Avada template.

2) All of the filtered pages by default are “noindex/nofollow” only with the addition of SEO Rules, you can make them indexed.

Best Regards,
Victor

Great, thank you very much again. Last question: is it possible to make the filter button full width?

You can add your custom CSS in the Filters > Settings > Experimental > Custom CSS. To make it look something like this: https://prnt.sc/8YoziAtgIFk7

Best Regards,
Victor

No worries, we can see that you have it placed only on the home page.

Best Regards,
Victor

All done. Here are the correct settings for the home page: https://prnt.sc/_BpJnpHGjM-n

Best Regards,
Victor

I see it working now! Thanks!

Hi Beni

Please send the credentials to the wp-admin dashboard following this document so we can check it.

Also, please send the instructions we can follow to recreate the issue, along with the link to the exact page where it can be recreated.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi Kim

Thank you for choosing Filter Everything PRO.

Can you please send the credentials to the wp-admin dashboard following this document so we can check it?

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi vikrant273b

If you are using the PRO version of the plugin, please make a request from the account where the plugin was purchased.

Best Regards,
Victor

i am using free version pls help me to fix this url issue

We do not recommend providing false information. As the support team, we can verify whether the plugin is the PRO or Free version. Such behavior may lead to potential penalization from the Envato support team.

Additionally, we can see that no license is activated on that site, so please activate it and submit your request from the account used to purchase the PRO version of the plugin.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi tijmenh1

There have been no updates; the last update is version 1.9.0 from March 21, 2025. More likely, there were some changes on the site. What you can do is restore the latest site backup to get back to the last working state, and then check what exact changes were made on the site that caused these errors.

Best Regards,
Victor

Unfortunately, this is not related to the plugin functionality; it is either connected to the theme or the page builder: https://prnt.sc/i1N6AgdCul_q

What you can do is either contact the theme support or page builder support (depending on which approach you are using), or manually search the settings in the theme/page builder to turn off hiding the widget area/sidebar on mobile.

So basically, if you have placed the filter widget in the widget area/sidebar, it should also be displayed on mobile. If the sidebar is hidden on mobile, the filter won’t be displayed either.

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi, I’ve made sure its set to display the sidebar & widget area.. but it still doesnt.. Can you please check again?

Here, try to add this in the Filters > Settings > Experimental > Custom CSS:

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
    .wpc-overlay-visible .fl-sidebar {
        display: block;
    }
}

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi HurleyDesign

Please provide information on the type of this custom field. Also, could you clarify what you mean by “I’m trying to add star icons”?

Best Regards,
Victor

Hi Victor, I’m using the standard custom field. I would like to replace 5.00, 4.00, 3.00, 2.00, 1.00 with actual star icons—just like the default star rating widget.

Hi HurleyDesign

Unfortunately, this does not work that way. The star filter is only available for product visibility and uses predefined values from product visibility to display stars. It is not a simple solution to create a star filter for any type of custom field, as all values would be different.

What you can do is create a custom taxonomy with categories like star_1, star_2, and so on. Then use color swatches on them: https://filtereverything.pro/resources/brands-and-color-swatches/

Instead of colors, you can upload images with the required number of stars. By turning off the filter term names and displaying only the images, you will see just the star images in the filter.

Best Regards,
Victor