Sieve – Faceted Filter for WooCommerce

Changelog

0.9.5

• 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.
• Admin: style-preset inline help in Appearance panel.

0.9.4

• Extension: sieve_search_product_ids filter on SearchResolver so PRO add-ons can route the in-grid search facet and predictive search through SearchWP or Algolia.

0.9.3

• Extension: sieve_facet_body, sieve_facet_types and sieve_facet_catalog filters plus FacetTypeRegistry in the admin catalog REST response so PRO add-ons can register advanced facet presentations (e.g. star rating).

0.9.2

• Extension: sieve_settings filter and layout setting (sidebar, stacked, inline) so PRO add-ons can rotate filter-panel layouts and column counts. FilterEngine applies layout modifier classes on .sieve-app.

0.9.1

• Extension: sieve_facets filter and page context (FacetContext) so PRO add-ons can show or hide facets by category, shop page or customer role. AJAX requests preserve context via sf_ctx_* query vars.

0.9.0

• 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.
• 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.
• Admin: inline help on every setting, including a short description of what each facet type looks like to shoppers.
• 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.

0.8.2

• Compliance: documented the public source repository and the build steps for the compiled assets (WordPress.org plugin guidelines).

0.8.1

• 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.

0.8.0

• 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.

0.7.0

• 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.

0.6.0

• Predictive search is now diacritic-insensitive and typo-tolerant. It matches product titles and SKUs while ignoring diacritic differences (so “lozko” finds “łóżko”), tolerates small typos, and matching categories are found the same way. This release triggers a one-time rebuild of the search index.

0.5.0

• 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.

0.4.0

• 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.

0.3.0

• New: predictive product search. The [sieve_search] 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.

0.2.0

• 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.

0.1.2

• Admin: cleaner facet builder rows (aligned controls, grouped reorder/remove buttons with first/last disabled states, field source shown as a caption).

0.1.1

• 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).

0.1.0

• 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, [sieve] shortcode and “Sieve Filter” block.