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Request: Dependent Dynamic Filtering + Category-Based Filter Visibility in WOOF

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pinktoys(@pinktoys)
1 Post
Customers
October 29, 2025, 17:37
Hi Husky Support Team,
I’m using the WOOF – Products Filter for WooCommerce [Pro] plugin and it’s working well overall. All of my filters (Product Type, Sub Type, Material, Colour, Size, etc.) are based on global WooCommerce attributes, and AJAX filtering is already enabled.
However, I’d like to achieve two advanced behaviours that I can’t find in the current documentation or settings:
1. Dependent / Conditional Filtering
When a user selects a primary filter (for example, Product Type → Vibrator), I’d like the next filters (such as Sub Type, Material, Colour, etc.) to automatically update and show only options relevant to that selection.
At the moment, all filter options remain global, even when a user has already chosen a specific product type.
2. Category-Based Filter Visibility
I’d like to control which filters appear depending on the active product category.
For example:
On Vibrators, show Sub Type, Material, Colour, Size.
On Lingerie, show Size, Colour, Material.
On Massage & Candles, show Type, Material, Brand.
Could you please advise:
Whether WOOF supports these behaviours natively or through configuration?
And if not, is there a custom code snippet or add-on that can enable dependent dynamic filters and category-based visibility?
Thanks in advance for your help and for such a solid plugin.
Kind regards,
Lee
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Alex Dovlatov(@alexdev)
208 Posts
October 30, 2025, 11:25

Hello Lee

  1. If I undertood you right you need to redraw filter form aftre user will select something there, it is possible in the widget with enabled option 'Form AJAX redrawing', and if you use shortcode woof with attribute 'ajax_redraw' https://products-filter.com/shortcode/woof
  2. In this case I sugget custom shortcode, something likee this
    add_shortcode('woof_dynamic', function() {
    if (!function_exists('woof_shortcode')) {
    return '<!-- WOOF plugin not active -->';
    }

    $term = get_queried_object();
    if (!$term || !isset($term->taxonomy) || $term->taxonomy !== 'product_cat') {
    return do_shortcode('[woof]');//default
    }

    $cat = strtolower($term->slug);

    $filters_map = [
    'vibrators' => ['sub-type', 'material', 'colour', 'size'],
    'lingerie' => ['size', 'colour', 'material'],
    'massage-candles' => ['type', 'material', 'brand'],
    ];

    if (!isset($filters_map[$cat])) {
    return do_shortcode('[woof]');
    }

    $taxonomies = implode(',', $filters_map[$cat]);

    return do_shortcode('[woof tax_only="' . esc_attr($taxonomies) . '"]');
    });

I not tested it, and do not know your taxonomies slug, but logic is show custom set of filters according to what categy page is current

p.s. please in private area of this ticket place actual purchase code

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