Product Filters for WooCommerce vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
Updated 14 Oct 2026. 17 features compared side by side.
Woo's own paid marketplace extension for AJAX product filters by category, attribute, tag, price and stock, built with widgets and shortcodes.
YITH's WooCommerce filter with presets, blocks and colour swatches; premium adds price sliders, stock/sale and rating filters, mobile modal and active labels.
Choose Product Filters for WooCommerce if…
- You need custom field & meta filters
Choose YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter if…
- You need SEO-friendly filter URLs and mobile filter drawer
- You also want search within filters
- You want the more complete feature set (76/100 vs 60/100)
- You want to start with a free version
Product Filters for WooCommerce includes 1 feature that YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter lacks, including Custom field & meta filters; YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter has 3 that Product Filters for WooCommerce lacks, including Search within filters, Mobile filter drawer and SEO-friendly filter URLs. Both include 10 of the 17 features we track. 2 features are not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Product Filters for WooCommerce YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product FilterFilter types5/65/6
Options from attributes, categories, tags or any taxonomy such as Brands.
Free presets filter by product categories, tags and any attribute.
Price Slider element with dash or min/max URL formats.
Price slider and unlimited price ranges are premium.
Stock status filtering and out-of-stock hiding; no on-sale or rating filters documented.
On-sale, in-stock and review/rating filters are premium.
Custom taxonomies are supported, but meta and ACF fields are not documented.
FAQ says it does not work with custom fields.
No keyword search element in the documented element list.
No product text search in filters; works with YITH's separate Ajax Search plugin.
Color List element uses a colour picker or image per term.
Colour swatches are free; bicolour and image swatches need premium.
Shopper experience4/55/5
AJAX filtering with optional AJAX pagination and sorting.
Filters update products by AJAX; premium adds an apply-button mode.
Display product counts per element, with large and faster count options.
Showing item counts per term is a premium option.
Notes widget or shortcode lists selections, each with an x to remove; Reset button too.
Active filter labels with remove buttons are premium; free has a reset button.
No off-canvas or mobile filter panel described in the documentation.
Premium modal-window layout for filters on phones and tablets.
Checkbox, radio, dropdown, colour, box and text lists in column or box layouts.
Checkbox, select, text and colour styles; premium adds labels, toggles and more.
SEO & performance2/42/4
Only configurable URL parameter keys; no SEO pages, titles or meta for filtered URLs.
Free can allow or block indexing of filter URLs; premium adds custom permalinks, no meta tools.
Faster product counts option and a cache tool, but no full product index.
Lazy-loaded filters and term pagination; no index or cache layer documented.
Classic widgets and shortcodes only; shortcode not supported in WooCommerce Blocks.
Gutenberg block and Elementor widget for presets.
No filter usage reports in the listing or documentation.
No filter usage reports in the free or premium feature lists.
Compatibility1/22/2
Marketplace listing does not state HPOS compatibility.
Changelog 4.23.0 declares HPOS compatibility.
Configurable product container, pagination and sorting selectors may need adjusting per theme.
Designed to fit most shop themes and page builders via presets on any page.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Product Filters for WooCommerce Premium
| 1-year subscription | $79 per year, 1 site |
|---|
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Free | Free per year, Unlimited |
| Premium (1 site) | $79.99 per year, 1 site |
Downloads trend
Product Filters for WooCommerce
No WordPress.org download data (premium-only plugin).
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
2,849 downloads last week
Verdict
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter scores higher on our feature checklist (76/100 against 60/100) and includes SEO-friendly filter URLs, mobile filter drawer and search within filters that Product Filters for WooCommerce does not. Product Filters for WooCommerce still has the edge on custom field & meta filters. Only YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Product Filters for WooCommerce: not included. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter: partial. Free can allow or block indexing of filter URLs; premium adds custom permalinks, no meta tools.
Product Filters for WooCommerce: partial. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter: not included. Custom taxonomies are supported, but meta and ACF fields are not documented.
Product Filters for WooCommerce: not included. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter: paid version (Premium). Premium modal-window layout for filters on phones and tablets.
Product Filters for WooCommerce: not included. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter: via add-on. No product text search in filters; works with YITH's separate Ajax Search plugin.
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Which is better, Product Filters for WooCommerce or YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter?
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter scores higher on our feature checklist (76/100 against 60/100) and includes SEO-friendly filter URLs, mobile filter drawer and search within filters that Product Filters for WooCommerce does not. Product Filters for WooCommerce still has the edge on custom field & meta filters. Only YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter includes 14 of the 17 features we track, against 12 for Product Filters for WooCommerce. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Product Filters for WooCommerce free?
Product Filters for WooCommerce is premium only. Paid plans start at $79/yr.
Is YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter free?
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $79.99/yr.
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