Sieve gives your shoppers a fast, modern way to find products. They tick a few boxes, drag a price range, type a keyword, and the grid updates instantly with no page reload. It is built to feel effortless and to stay quick on large catalogs, with accessible widgets, a mobile filter drawer, and a rendering approach designed for Core Web Vitals: no layout shift when results change.<\/p>\n\n
Everything runs against a pre-built index, so filtering stays fast even with thousands of products, and the counts next to each option update live as shoppers narrow down.<\/p>\n\n
Filtering that feels instant:<\/p>\n\n
Every facet type you need:<\/p>\n\n
Filter by anything in your catalog:<\/p>\n\n
Predictive product search:<\/p>\n\n
Fast and accessible by design:<\/p>\n\n
Easy to place and configure:<\/p>\n\n
[sieve]<\/code> shortcode<\/li>\n- A visual facet builder in the admin: add, reorder and retype facets, set the layout, and rebuild the index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Sieve PRO<\/h4>\n\n
Sieve PRO adds advanced control and integrations for growing stores:<\/p>\n\n
\n- Star-rating facet with visual stars<\/li>\n
- Conditional facet rules: show or hide facets by category, shop page or customer role<\/li>\n
- A\/B layout testing to find the filter layout that converts best<\/li>\n
- Performance dashboard: index size, catalog coverage and filter-speed benchmarks<\/li>\n
- Search integrations: SearchWP and Algolia, with native fallback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Documentation: https:\/\/plogins.com\/sieve\/docs\/<\/p>\n\n
Development<\/h3>\n\n
The full, human-readable source for the compiled assets is included in this plugin under resources\/<\/code>, alongside the build tooling (package.json<\/code>, scripts\/build-wp.mjs<\/code>). The compiled files under build\/<\/code> are generated from those sources. To rebuild them:<\/p>\n\n\nnpm install<\/code><\/li>\nnpm run build<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\nThis uses Vite (admin and front-end scripts) and @wordpress\/scripts (blocks). There is no obfuscation; every shipped asset can be regenerated from the included sources. The public source repository is also available at https:\/\/github.com\/wppoland\/sieve.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n- Install and activate WooCommerce.<\/li>\n
- Install Sieve and activate it.<\/li>\n
- Open the Sieve menu, rebuild the index, and adjust the facet set if needed.<\/li>\n
- Place the filter on any page with the
[sieve]<\/code> shortcode or the \"Sieve Filter\" block.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\nDocumentation and links<\/h3><\/dt>\n\n- Documentation<\/strong> - https:\/\/plogins.com\/sieve\/docs\/<\/li>\n
- Plugin page<\/strong> - https:\/\/plogins.com\/sieve\/<\/li>\n
- Source code<\/strong> - https:\/\/github.com\/wppoland\/sieve<\/li>\n
- Bug reports and feature requests<\/strong> - https:\/\/github.com\/wppoland\/sieve\/issues<\/li>\n
- Discussions and questions<\/strong> - https:\/\/github.com\/wppoland\/sieve\/discussions<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\n
Does it require WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Sieve filters WooCommerce product archives and any page where you place the filter.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does filtering reload the page?<\/h3><\/dt>\nNo. Filtering happens via AJAX with the URL kept in sync so results are shareable.<\/p><\/dd>\n
What can shoppers filter by?<\/h3><\/dt>\nSieve can filter WooCommerce products by categories, tags, attributes, price, stock status, on-sale state and a keyword search field. It also supports range sliders, searchable options, color\/image swatches, active-filter chips and sorting.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Is it fast on large stores?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Sieve builds a product filter index, so AJAX filter requests do not need to run slow live joins for every category, attribute and price query.<\/p><\/dd>\n
How do I add the filter to a page?<\/h3><\/dt>\nUse the [sieve]<\/code> shortcode or the \"Sieve Filter\" block. Both render the facets, the results grid, sorting, active-filter chips and pagination together.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow do I add the predictive search box?<\/h3><\/dt>\nUse the [sieve_search]<\/code> shortcode or the \"Sieve Search\" block. As shoppers type, a dropdown shows matching products with thumbnails and prices; it is fully keyboard accessible and falls back to the standard product search when JavaScript is unavailable.<\/p><\/dd>\nIs Sieve accessible?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. The filter UI is built for keyboard use and screen readers, with labelled regions, accessible controls, polite result-count announcements and reduced-motion support.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does Sieve work on mobile?<\/h3><\/dt>\nYes. Sieve includes a mobile filter drawer with a sticky apply bar, so shoppers can filter products without fighting a long sidebar on small screens.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
0.9.5<\/h4>\n\n\n- Admin: fix index help text shown on every facet row; add empty-index and empty-facet notices, grouped source picker, save\/reindex error messages, and load-failure state.<\/li>\n
- Admin: style-preset inline help in Appearance panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.9.4<\/h4>\n\n\n- Extension:
sieve_search_product_ids<\/code> filter on SearchResolver<\/code> so PRO add-ons can route the in-grid search facet and predictive search through SearchWP or Algolia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.9.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- Extension:
sieve_facet_body<\/code>, sieve_facet_types<\/code> and sieve_facet_catalog<\/code> filters plus FacetTypeRegistry<\/code> in the admin catalog REST response so PRO add-ons can register advanced facet presentations (e.g. star rating).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.9.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Extension:
sieve_settings<\/code> filter and layout<\/code> setting (sidebar, stacked, inline) so PRO add-ons can rotate filter-panel layouts and column counts. FilterEngine applies layout modifier classes on .sieve-app<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.9.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Extension:
sieve_facets<\/code> filter and page context (FacetContext<\/code>) so PRO add-ons can show or hide facets by category, shop page or customer role. AJAX requests preserve context via sf_ctx_*<\/code> query vars.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.9.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Polish: a refreshed, more attractive filter UI. Collapsible facet groups, an \"Active filters\" chip row with clearer remove buttons, a friendly empty state with a one-click \"Clear all filters\" action, an accessible loading spinner, and a retryable error message if an update fails.<\/li>\n
- Design: themeable CSS custom properties, fluid sizing, automatic dark mode (prefers-color-scheme), and tasteful transitions that respect prefers-reduced-motion. No layout shift when filters apply.<\/li>\n
- Admin: inline help on every setting, including a short description of what each facet type looks like to shoppers.<\/li>\n
- Accessibility: facet groups expose their expanded\/collapsed state, result counts announce politely, the pagination and filter regions are labelled, and remove buttons have clear accessible names.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.8.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Compliance: documented the public source repository and the build steps for the compiled assets (WordPress.org plugin guidelines).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.8.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Internationalisation: the admin and front-end JavaScript interface strings are now included in the translation template, so the whole plugin (not just the PHP side) can be fully translated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.8.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: Appearance settings. Choose a style preset (Default, Minimal, Bordered, Soft, Unstyled) and customise the accent, border, muted-text and background colours from the admin, with a live preview and a contrast hint. Applies to both the filter and the predictive search. Zero extra requests, no layout shift, fully backward compatible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.7.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Search now behaves as a filter: type to narrow the live grid in place with predictive, diacritic- and typo-tolerant suggestions, combinable with every facet, and URL- and back-button-safe. Dependent facet counts now reflect the active search too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.6.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Predictive search is now diacritic-insensitive and typo-tolerant. It matches product titles and SKUs while ignoring diacritic differences (so \"lozko\" finds \"\u0142\u00f3\u017cko\"), tolerates small typos, and matching categories are found the same way. This release triggers a one-time rebuild of the search index.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.5.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Predictive search now looks beyond product titles: a partial SKU pass surfaces a product by its code even when the title misses, and matching product categories appear as their own group in the dropdown so a shopper can jump straight to the filtered archive. Results and categories are grouped with headings, and keyboard navigation moves through both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.4.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New facet types: Autocomplete (a search box that filters a facet's own options as you type, for facets with many values) and A-Z index (an alphabetical bar that filters options by first letter). Both filter client-side with no extra request, and degrade to a plain option list without JavaScript.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.3.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New: predictive product search. The
[sieve_search]<\/code> shortcode and \"Sieve Search\" block render an accessible search box with an instant typeahead dropdown (product thumbnails, prices, SKU), full keyboard navigation, and a \"view all results\" link. Built on WooCommerce product search, loaded as a standalone lightweight bundle so pages without it stay fast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n0.2.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- New facet types: color and image swatches (with per-term color\/image, plus an automatic color guess from common color names) and hierarchical (tree) category facets that show only branches leading to results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.1.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- Admin: cleaner facet builder rows (aligned controls, grouped reorder\/remove buttons with first\/last disabled states, field source shown as a caption).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.1.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Compliance: added the plugin owner to the Contributors list and included the human-readable sources and build steps for the compiled assets (WordPress.org plugin guidelines).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
0.1.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Initial MVP release: pre-built index, AJAX filtering with URL state, dependent facet counts, checkboxes \/ radio \/ dropdown \/ range \/ search facets, sorting, active-filter chips, pagination, mobile filter drawer, React facet builder,
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