WooCommerce Product Filter Pro Vs Free: What's the Difference? - WBW

Even though the Free version of the WooCommerce Product Filter offers plenty of customization options, the Pro version gives you advanced tools that can significantly speed up your workflow and enhance the shopping experience for your customers.

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Why Upgrade to Pro?

Customize Filter Appearance
With Product Filter Pro, you can fully customize buttons, filter blocks, titles, and more. Custom styles are especially important if your website has a specific theme or design. If you’ve been wondering whether it’s worth upgrading, the answer is YES.
Import/Export Options
Pro unlocks the ability to import and export filter settings, which is extremely useful for online shops managing multiple stores or switching environments.
Extra Options for Each Filter
For example, when creating a Product Category filter in Pro, you can:

Set category images
Adjust tax rates for the Price filter
Apply specific settings to individual filters

Feature Comparison: Free vs Pro

Main Settings

Feature	Free	Pro
Start indexing product parameters	✅	✅
Automatic calculation after editing products	✅	✅
Start indexing on a schedule	✅	✅
Logging	✅	✅
Send usage statistics	✅	✅
Set number of displayed products	✅	✅
Move Sidebar To Top For Mobile	✅	✅
Display a message about not found products	✅	✅
Generate HTML based on WCAG standards	✅	✅
Enable filter icon on load	❌	✅
Filter Loader Color	❌	✅
Filter Loader Icon	❌	✅
Multiple Dropdown selected title	❌	✅
Hide products without price	❌	✅

Still, have doubts about upgrading to the Pro version? Let’s continue with the Main option settings available in Pro:

Feature	Free	Pro
Display On Pages	✅	✅
Display On Pages Apply For Shortcode	✅	✅
Redirect After Filter Selection	❌	✅
Open Filters One By One	❌	✅
Display Filter On	✅	✅
Force Show Only Current Filter On Page	✅	✅
Set Mobile/Desktop Breakpoint	✅	✅
Hide Filter On Shop Pages Without Products	✅	✅
Set Number Of Displayed Products	✅	✅
Set Number Of Products Per Row	❌	✅
Enable Ajax	❌	✅

Let’s compare the Button section in the options page settings:

Feature	Free	Pro
Filter Activation Type	✅	✅
Show Clear All Button	✅	✅
Select Filter Buttons Position	✅	✅
Select Filter Buttons Order	✅	✅
Display Hide Filters Button	❌	✅

Here is how the Free and Pro versions differ on the Content settings page:

Feature	Free	Pro
Always Filtering By All Products	✅	✅
Show Clear Block	✅	✅
Recount Products By Selected Filter	✅	✅
Recount Min/Max Price By Selected Filter	✅	✅
Show Parameters Without Products As Disabled	✅	✅
Sort By Title After Filtering	✅	✅
Checked Items To The Top	✅	✅
Checked Items In Bold	✅	✅
Set No Products Found Text	✅	✅
Filtering By Variations Attributes	✅	✅
Display “Show More”	❌	✅
Display Selected Parameters Of Filters	❌	✅
Autoscroll To Products After Filtering	❌	✅
If One Filter Block Is Open, Other Blocks Are Closed	❌	✅
Show Category Slugs In URL Instead Of IDs	❌	✅
Hide Filter By Title Click	✅	✅
Use Filter Titles As Slugs For The Filter Clear Buttons	✅	✅
Filtering Of Categories List	✅	✅
Apply Parameters From The Address Bar To Display Filter Items	✅	✅
Multiblock Taxonomy Logic	✅	✅
Enable third-party prefilter	✅	✅

Go on with the Loader options section:

Feature	Free	Pro
Enable Filter Icon On Load	✅	✅
Apply loader settings to all filters	❌	✅
Filter Loader Icon	❌	✅
Enable Overlay	✅	✅

Conclusion

The Free version of WooCommerce Product Filter is already powerful enough to create a fully functional, attractive filtering menu.

However, if you need:

Full control over appearance
Extra customization for individual filters
Advanced options like AJAX, hide filters, or category images

…then upgrading to Pro is the way to go. It’s a small investment for a much faster workflow and a better shopping experience for your customers.