Free version is useless

  • It should clearly say in the plugin page that you won’t be able to go very far with the free version. As a matter of fact, all you seem to be able to do is to create filter sets, but then you cannot use those same filter sets because specifying where the filters go is a PRO feature. Is this how you promote the PRO version?

    Happy to change my review – am I missing something??

    • This topic was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by ecabral.
    • This topic was modified 4 months ago by ecabral.
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  • Plugin Author stepasyuk

    (@stepasyuk)

    Hello, @ecabral

    Thank you for your interest in the plugin.

    The Free version allows you to filter any Post type, but on regular WordPress archive pages. That is, if you want to filter WooCommerce products, for example, you can do it on the Shop page and on the Product Category or Product Tag pages etc. If you want to filter Posts, you can do it on the Blog page and on the Category or any Archive pages.

    However, if you want to filter on singular pages, where you can usually only display posts or products with Page Builders only, which are paid for, you have to use the PRO version.

    Therefore, the logic is simple – with the Free version of the plugin, you can filter what is displayed in WordPress by default. And with the PRO version, you can filter what is displayed with the help of paid plugins.

    If you have any questions or you can not configure the plugin, please let me know or you can aks us in the support forum. We usually respond immediately during business hours.

    I would be very happy if you change your revuew. It gives us inspiration to improve and develop the plugin and make it better, easier, more convenient.

    Thank you for your understanding.
    Best regards.

    Thread Starter ecabral

    (@ecabral)

    Hi there!

    All I’m trying to do is to be able to filter by custom post type. It says clearly on the plugin download page:

    Key features

    • Filters any post types
    • Supports any filtering criteria
    • Easy integration on a page using Widgets or Shortcodes

    I’m not trying to filter anything displayed with the help of paid plugins. As a matter of fact I was trying to filter content from the loop which is a WP native functionality. I saw some previous posts in the support forum saying that support for this is coming, but in the meantime, I’m afraid this plugin is still unusable to me….

    I don’t doubt that this is a useful free plugin if you want to stick to WP archive pages and woocommerce, but these limitations should have been clearly explained in the plugin download page. That would have saved me a lot of time and frustration, so I hope this review gives you the inspiration to revisit the free plugin download page. ??

    @ecabral

    In the plugin’s settings there’s a field called “HTML id or class of the Posts Container”, you need to set the container ID/Class in order for the filter plugin to know where to show the results.

    Thread Starter ecabral

    (@ecabral)

    @odedta – “Available in PRO”.

    See:

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/dnejQ9rwkCsMTZLd6

    You are correct, per filter it is not possible but there is a main settings for that as well. If you are using more than one widget to display a grid of posts then you would need to Pro version. The plugin does what it says, works very well and is well maintained, I don’t think it deserves 1 star rating.

    Thread Starter ecabral

    (@ecabral)

    @odedta – What is the “main setting”? Can you explain how else to tell the plugin where to filter the results with the free version?

    @ecabral It’s under /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=filter-set&page=filters-settings

    You can see in this screenshot: https://i.ibb.co/m9PG36H/Screenshot-2024-08-03-173846.png

    Thread Starter ecabral

    (@ecabral)

    The free version of the plugin does not support filtering on singular pages. But?PRO version?supports.

    Take a look:

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/bTWmTc8kFkRuD51U9

    I’m giving up. Wasted too much time on this already.

    Oh, now I see the issue, why are you trying to add a filter on a singular page? i.e. a singular page can be an article in a blog for example, why would you need to filter stuff on an article page?

    Anyway, if you really do want to filter on a singlular page then you should buy the pro version. Honestly, this is by far the easiest filter plugin I’ve used and it just works.

    Thread Starter ecabral

    (@ecabral)

    As I explained in an earlier post, I was trying to filter content (custom post types) from a query loop. Just that.

    From your plugin page:

    Key features

    • Filters any post types
    • Supports any filtering criteria
    • Easy integration on a page using Widgets or Shortcodes
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