WOOF by Category is a WooCommerce Product Filter (WOOF) extension, which allows users to set up different WOOF filters in different categories.

Plugin has an Options page on the backend to set up relationships between any WooCommerce product category and any set of WOOF filters. Only selected filters will be shown on the selected category page and its children. Please see screenshots.

It is possible to set up any number of category->filters pairs.

Minimum Requirements

• PHP version 7.4 or greater
• WooCommerce 3.0 or greater
• WooCommerce Product Filter (WOOF) plugin

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself, and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic installation of WOOF by Category, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field, type “WOOF by Category” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our plugin, you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly, you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.

Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains instructions on how to do this here.

Updating

Automatic updates should work like a charm; as always, though, ensure you back up your site just in case.

1. 

   The WOOF by Category settings panel.

2. 

   Plugin filters (Color and Material) on an “Assumenda” category page.

3. 

   Plugin filters (Size and Weight) on a “Quisquam” category page.

How to use additional product taxonomies, not only product_cat?

Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file:

function wbc_product_categories_filter( $categories ) {
    return array_merge( $categories, [ 'tax-1', 'tax-2' ] );
}

add_filter( 'wbc_product_categories', 'wbc_product_categories_filter' );

where tax-1, tax-2 are additional product taxonomies to use with the plugin.

Where can I get support or talk to other users?

If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the WOOF by Category Plugin Forum.

3.3.2

• Fixed fatal error caused by deployment on wp.org.
• Tested with WordPress 7.1.

3.3.0

• Minimal PHP version is now 7.4.
• Minimal WordPress version is now 6.0.
• Tested with WooCommerce 11.2.1.

3.2.0

• Tested with WordPress 6.7.
• Tested with WooCommerce 9.3.
• Fixed deprecation error in wp_kses.

3.1.1

• Tested with WordPress 6.5.
• Tested with WooCommerce 8.8.
• Fixed deprecation message caused by FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING constant.

3.1.0

• Tested with WordPress 6.2.
• Tested with WooCommerce 8.6.
• The minimum required WordPress version is now 5.0

3.0.1

• Dropped support for PHP 5.6. The minimum required PHP version is now 7.0.
• Tested with WordPress 6.3.
• Tested with WooCommerce 7.9.

See changelog for all versions.