Description
Clandevs Smart Catalog Filters helps shoppers quickly find products using powerful AJAX-powered filters. All features are fully available — no premium upgrades or license keys required.
Features
- Category filter — let shoppers browse by product category.
- Brand filter — multi-select brand filtering with auto-detected taxonomies.
- Color filter — visual color swatches from WooCommerce attributes or custom taxonomy.
- Customer rating filter — filter by star ratings with visual stars.
- Custom attribute filters — automatically detect and display all WooCommerce custom attributes.
- Price range slider — dual-handle slider with synced min/max inputs.
- Availability filters — “In stock only” and “On sale only” checkboxes.
- OR/AND multi-select logic — match any or all selected options.
- AJAX filtering — instant updates without full page reload.
- Shareable filter URLs — filtered results can be bookmarked and shared.
- Active filter chips — visual indicators with individual remove and clear-all actions.
- Mobile-friendly drawer — responsive sidebar that collapses into a toggleable drawer.
- Shortcode support — use
[clandevs_catalog_filters]to embed filters on any page. - Per-page switcher — let shoppers control how many products are displayed.
- No-results state — styled empty state card when no products match.
- 3 skins — Classic, Graphite, and Sunrise with 15 color controls.
- Typography & layout — font family, font size, sidebar width, gap, and border radius controls.
- Analytics dashboard — track how customers use filters with top-filter reports.
- Admin filter visibility — toggle each filter on or off from Settings.
Shortcodes
[clandevs_catalog_filters]— display filters on any page.[cscf_legacy_filter]— legacy shortcode (still supported).
Privacy
This plugin does not connect to any external services. Filter analytics are stored locally in your WordPress database.
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html for details.
Screenshots
Shop archive with sidebar filters 
Admin styling controls 
Analytics dashboard
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to
/wp-content/plugins/clandevs-smart-catalog-filters/or install via the WordPress plugin installer. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Ensure WooCommerce is installed and active.
- Configure filter visibility under Catalog Filters > Settings.
- Customize appearance under Catalog Filters > Styling.
- View filter analytics under Catalog Filters > Analytics.
FAQ
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Does this plugin require WooCommerce?
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Yes. WooCommerce must be installed and active for this plugin to work.
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How do I add filters to a page?
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Use the
[clandevs_catalog_filters]shortcode on any page or post. On shop archive pages, filters appear automatically in the sidebar. -
Can I customize the filter appearance?
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Yes. Go to Catalog Filters > Styling to change colors, skins, typography, layout dimensions, and border radii.
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Does this plugin collect any data?
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Filter analytics are stored locally in your WordPress database.
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Will this work with my theme?
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The plugin uses its own CSS for filter UI and is designed to work with any WooCommerce-compatible theme. You can adjust the sidebar width and layout gap in the Styling settings.
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Contributors & Developers
“Clandevs Smart Catalog Filters” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
2.0.0
- Renamed plugin to “Clandevs Smart Catalog Filters”
- All features fully available — no premium gating
- Removed Freemius integration for WordPress.org compliance
- Updated shortcode to
[clandevs_catalog_filters] - Legacy shortcode
[cscf_legacy_filter]still supported
1.0.2
- Freemius SDK updated to 2.13.1
1.0.1
- Freemius deploy action fix
1.0.0
- Initial release