Map Attributes to display correctly in filters

  • Hey, so I’ve been struggling with this for quite some time now and I wonder if there is a solution for this which can help me out. So basically I have a Woo store which is for motorcycles. We have attributes makes, models, year etc. which are added respectively across all products. Now the problem I am facing is that for example a product A is compatible with Make Yamaha, Honda and this goes on and one with quite a lot of products.

    Because I am adding a search by make model year the data displayed in the filters is quite un-relevant for the users as for example, they select Yamaha as attribute and when they go to model they see all sort of models not only the models which are for Yamaha. I understand why this is happening but I am trying to find a solution if even possible to map the make attribute with models attribute ( I understand that this should be / must be done manually ) by me. Is there a plugin which can help me achieve this or if anyone has any suggestions, recommendations how to approach this problem I will be grateful.

    Thanks

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    I assume the filter selections are in the form of dropdown fields? What you are basically looking for are “cascading dropdowns”. There are lots of generic tutorials on how this is accomplished. The challenge would be adapting generic examples for WP and Woo. This is certainly possible to accomplish with custom code, but do try searching for Woo extensions that may already do this for you.

    If you encounter any difficulty, I recommend asking for further help in Woo’s dedicated support channels. Their support staff know their data schema and available extensions better than anyone.

    Thread Starter alexdrone

    (@alexdrone)

    Yes you are correct but I’ve used a lot of plugins paid/free for filtering which are using dependent dropdowns and essentially they are doing a filtering on the second dropdown but the way my data is structured as many models are added in a certain product which for example have Makes – Yamaha, Honda and when I select Yamaha there are models for Honda etc. So that is why I am thinking manually do it. THanks I’ve posted it in the Woo forum to see if there will be any suggestions.

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