Siftwren Product Filter
What it shows
Five values, five stars first. Each carries a count, worked out like every other count in the set: with everything else already chosen applied. A shop where nothing has been reviewed yet shows nothing worth filtering, and the zero values can be hidden.
How it combines
Rating is one more filter in the set, so it narrows the others: products that are red, in stock and rated four stars. In the address it is rating_filter=4, and several values are written with commas, rating_filter=4,5. A shopper who ticks both gets products rated four or five stars, not those that happen to have both.
Setting it up
In the set editor add a filter and choose Filter on: Rating. Checkboxes, radio buttons and a dropdown are available. Radio buttons suit a rating better than checkboxes for many shops, because “four stars and up” is a single choice rather than a combination.
Two things to know
- A rating is only as good as the reviews behind it. A filter on a catalogue where a handful of products have been reviewed will show a handful of products, and some shoppers will wonder where the rest went. Think about whether your shop has enough reviews before adding it.
- If you turn reviews off in WooCommerce, the filter has nothing to count. Take it out of the set.
The set can hold up to thirty filters, but the shoppers’ patience is shorter. Five or six well-chosen filters beat fifteen.