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YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
YITH's WooCommerce filter with presets, blocks and colour swatches; premium adds price sliders, stock/sale and rating filters, mobile modal and active labels.
Free installs70K+WordPress.org, active
Est. Pro installs~19KLikely 12K–29K
Rating3.5/598 reviews
Price from$79.99/yrFreemium
Last updated1 Oct 2026Version 5.24.0
Overview
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter is YITH’s filter plugin for WooCommerce, and one of the older filter plugins on WordPress.org (its slug, ajax-navigation, dates from its early days). Since version 4 it is built around presets: reusable groups of filters that you place on the shop, category pages or any custom page through a widget, shortcode, Gutenberg block or Elementor widget.
The free version covers the basics: filters by category, tag and any product attribute, shown as checkboxes, selects, text lists or colour swatches, with AND/OR logic, term ordering, hierarchy display, a reset button, adaptive filtering that hides empty terms, and an option to stop search engines indexing filtered URLs. It declares compatibility with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage.
Premium
Many filters stores rely on are in the premium version: price slider and price ranges, on-sale and in-stock filters, a review/rating filter, AJAX sorting, item counts, active filter labels, a mobile modal layout, bicolour and image swatches, variation-aware filtering, tooltips, toggles, a styling tab and permalink options for filtered URLs. YITH does not show the price as text on its product page; third-party comparisons list it at about $79.99 per year for one site, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Limitations
- The FAQ states it does not filter by custom fields.
- Price, stock and sale filters and counts all need premium, which makes the free version fairly basic.
- No text search inside filters; YITH points to its separate Ajax Search plugin.
- WordPress.org reviews are mixed (around 3.5 stars).
It is a reasonable pick for stores already using YITH plugins or a YITH theme that want a tidy preset-based filter. Stores that need custom fields, search statistics or SEO filter pages should look at the alternatives.
Best for: Stores already in the YITH ecosystem that want simple preset-based attribute filters.
YITH's filter is tidy and well integrated with blocks and Elementor, but the free version leaves out price, stock and sale filters and counts, and there is no custom-field support. It is fine for straightforward catalogues, less so for complex ones.
Pros
- Preset system makes it easy to reuse filter groups on different pages
- Gutenberg block and Elementor widget included free
- Colour swatches in the free version
- Declares HPOS compatibility and is updated frequently
- Large vendor with documentation and a 30-day refund
Cons
- Price, stock, sale and rating filters are premium-only
- Does not filter by custom fields
- Counts and active filter labels require premium
- Mixed WordPress.org reviews (about 3.5/5)
- Premium price not shown on the product page
Key features
What YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter highlights on its WordPress.org page and its own website, split by version.
Free version WordPress.org
- Unlimited filter presets
- Widgets, shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks
- Filter by category, tag, attribute
- Checkbox, select, text and colour styles
- AND/OR or single selection
- Hide terms with no products
- Reset filters button
- Term order and hierarchy controls
- Option to noindex filtered URLs
- Lazy-loaded filters
Pro / paid adds From $79.99/yr
- Price slider and price ranges
- On-sale and in-stock filters
- Review/rating filter
- Active filter labels
- Mobile modal filter layout
- Item counts per term
- Bicolour and image swatches
- Variation-aware filtering
- AJAX sorting options
- Custom permalinks for filters
- Styling and custom loader
Feature checklist
14 of 17 features we track in WooCommerce Product Filters, feature score 76/100
Filter types 5/6
Attribute & category filters Key
Filter by attributes, categories and tags.
Free presets filter by product categories, tags and any attribute.
Included
Price slider
Filter by price range.
Price slider and unlimited price ranges are premium.
Paid version Premium
Stock, sale & rating filters
Filter by stock status, on sale or rating.
On-sale, in-stock and review/rating filters are premium.
Paid version Premium
Custom field & meta filters
Filter by ACF fields, meta or custom taxonomies.
FAQ says it does not work with custom fields.
Not included
Search within filters
Text search combined with filters.
No product text search in filters; works with YITH's separate Ajax Search plugin.
Via add-on
Colour & image swatches
Visual swatches for colour or image attributes.
Colour swatches are free; bicolour and image swatches need premium.
Included
Shopper experience 5/5
AJAX filtering Key
Results update without reloading the page.
Filters update products by AJAX; premium adds an apply-button mode.
Included
Product counts
Shows how many products match each option.
Showing item counts per term is a premium option.
Paid version Premium
Active filter chips & reset
Shows chosen filters with one-click removal.
Active filter labels with remove buttons are premium; free has a reset button.
Paid version Premium
Mobile filter drawer
Filters in an off-canvas panel on mobile.
Premium modal-window layout for filters on phones and tablets.
Paid version Premium
Dropdowns, checkboxes & ranges
Several filter display styles.
Checkbox, select, text and colour styles; premium adds labels, toggles and more.
Included
SEO & performance 2/4
SEO-friendly filter URLs Key
Indexable URLs and meta for filtered pages.
Free can allow or block indexing of filter URLs; premium adds custom permalinks, no meta tools.
Partial
Indexing for large catalogues Key
Pre-built index or caching for fast filtering on big stores.
Lazy-loaded filters and term pagination; no index or cache layer documented.
Not verified
Page builder & block support
Widgets or blocks for page builders and the block editor.
Gutenberg block and Elementor widget for presets.
Included
Filter analytics
Reports on which filters shoppers use.
No filter usage reports in the free or premium feature lists.
Not included
Compatibility 2/2
HPOS compatible
Declared compatible with WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage.
Changelog 4.23.0 declares HPOS compatibility.
Included
Theme compatibility
Works with most themes and product loops without custom code.
Designed to fit most shop themes and page builders via presets on any page.
Included
Pricing
Free
$0On WordPress.org
Free
Freeper yearUnlimited
Presets with category, tag and attribute filters, colour swatches and blocks.
Premium (1 site)
$79.99per year1 site
Price shown only in YITH's cart; figure from a third-party comparison (woobewoo, Apr 2026), so verify at checkout. 1 year of updates and support; 30-day money-back. YITH may show EUR by region.
Prices are list prices from the vendor's site, checked 14 Oct 2026. Many vendors discount the first year.
How many sites use YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter?
Free installs from WordPress.org, the vendor's own claim, and our estimate of paid installs.
Free version (WordPress.org)
70K+
Active installations reported by WordPress.org.
Vendor claim
44,759
Paying customers claimed by the vendor. source
Estimated Pro / paid installs
~19K
Our estimate, see method below.
How we estimated this: Website scans by WPoptic find the paid plugin (folder yith-woocommerce-ajax-product-filter-premium) on 8,810 live sites; they find the free version on 27,869 sites against about 75K WordPress.org installs, so each site found stands for about 2.7, giving 24K. 44,759 paying customers or sales over 12 years; assuming 30% still use it and 1.3 sites per licence gives 17K. About 75K free installs x 12% (the usual share of free sites that also run the paid version when some key features are paid, and store owners upgrade more often) gives 9K. Combining these (weighted average) gives about 19K. Likely range: 12K to 29K. This counts sites running the paid version, including sites whose licence has lapsed. Estimates are rough and based on public figures as of 14 Oct 2026.
Stats & health
Weekly downloads
2,849 downloads last week, 5.2M all time
Rating breakdown
| Version | 5.24.0 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | 1 Oct 2026 (33 days ago) |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4 |
| Requires | WordPress 6.9+, PHP 8.0+ |
| Support threads (2 months) | 0 of 3 resolved |
| On WordPress.org since | 24 Jun 2013 |
Company & policy
| Paying customers claimed | 44,759 (source, 14 Oct 2026) Premium product page says the plugin is used by 44,759 customers (4.4/5); likely cumulative purchasers. |
|---|---|
| Refund policy | 30-day money-back (source, 14 Oct 2026) |
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FAQ
Is YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter free?
Yes. YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $79.99/yr.
How many sites use YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter?
WordPress.org reports 70K+ active installations of the free version. We estimate around 19K sites run the paid version.
Does YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter have attribute & category filters?
Yes: included. Free presets filter by product categories, tags and any attribute.
Does YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter have ajax filtering?
Yes: included. Filters update products by AJAX; premium adds an apply-button mode.
Does YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter have seo-friendly filter urls?
Yes: partial. Free can allow or block indexing of filter URLs; premium adds custom permalinks, no meta tools.
Does the free version include a price filter?
No. The price slider and price ranges are listed among the premium features, along with on-sale, in-stock and rating filters.
Can it filter by custom fields?
No. YITH's FAQ says the plugin does not work with custom fields; it filters by categories, tags, attributes and the built-in premium filters.
Does it work with Elementor and the block editor?
Yes. Presets can be placed with a Gutenberg block, an Elementor widget, a shortcode or a classic widget.
How much does premium cost?
YITH shows the price only in its cart. Third-party comparisons list about $79.99 a year for one site, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Last updated 14 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit.