My host says there’s a bug with this plugin

I am seeing a very strange problem with this plugin when I use the Local app on my Macs (macOS Catalina and Big Sur) and push changes to my production site.

When I push any changes from Local to my production site (I always include the database) the changes undo one of the product filters. This is really bizarre and happens no matter what changes I made on Local whether WooCommerce related or not.

Specifically, what is happening is the “In Stock” filter disappears on my production site but is still visible (and functional) on the Local site. This filter can be seen at the top of the “Filter Inventory” slide-out on my /inventory page.

The only way for me to get the In Stock filter option back is to login to my production site and re-add it but I have to repeat this if I ever use the Local app to push changes again.

I contacted my host (Flywheel) and received the below reply:

I have dug into this and I am finding an odd behavior in the database for the Woocommerce filters plugin. The plugin stores the information on that filter in the database in the wp_ge9cnxqpig_options table, with a option_name of woof_settings. The option_value for the woof_settings mentions sorting “by_instock”, but that option value seems to change when pulling down the site. This happens when we export the DB.

This type of behavior isn’t normal and wouldn’t be done because of Local. I think the plugin has a bug with how it saves data when the database is exported. I recommend reaching out to the plugin developers and letting them know about the information above.

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