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ESG FacetsPremium add-on

Filters with counts, no reload.

A filter bar for post grids. Visitors combine categories, colours and sizes (prices with ESG Commerce) and see how many items each choice gives. On a 4.0 grid the cards change in place.

Version 0.9.90.10 on this site · needs a post grid and a yearly licence

The Fenwray demo shop, live

yoursite.com/shop/Live grid · demo shop

Category
Category
Colour
Colour
Size
Size
Price
Price (€)
Offers
Offers
Stock
Stock

Open the Fenwray shop

Seen in the Fenwray shop.

The Category filter open: Accessories 8, Home 3, Knitwear 6, Outerwear 7, Shirts & Tees 6.

Pills and dropdowns

Every choice with its count.

Each filter is a pill that opens a card of choices. The numbers say how many items a choice gives, counted with the other filters that are set.

  • Checkboxes, radio buttons, a dropdown or pills
  • Choices in one filter add up; filters narrow each other
  • Empty choices hidden, or shown greyed out
On a phone, the filters as a bottom sheet: Category, Colour with its swatches open, Size, Price, Offers, Stock and Show 30 results.

Phones

A sheet on small screens.

Up to 560 px wide, the filters open as a bottom sheet with one section per filter. “Show 30 results” closes it.

  • A dialog: the focus stays inside
  • Escape, the close button or a tap outside close it
The shop after a pick: a Category: Outerwear chip, Reset and 7 items, the grid showing seven jackets.

No reload

The grid changes, the page stays.

On a grid of the 4.0 front end, a choice replaces the cards in place and writes the address, so back and forward work and a link brings the same filters back. Chips show what is set; Reset clears it.

  • Without JavaScript the same address loads the page, so search engines can follow it
  • Classic grids reload the page with the filters set

What ESG Facets does.

Choose a grid’s filters under Essential Grid › Facets, then put the bar on the page with its shortcode.

Filters

  • Categories, tags or any taxonomy
  • With ESG Commerce: price range, product attribute, stock status, on sale, rating, featured

Displays

  • Checkboxes
  • Radio buttons
  • Dropdown
  • Pills
  • Swatches and a from–to range, with ESG Commerce

Works with

  • Post grids that pick posts by type and taxonomy
  • Load more, over the filtered items
  • Polylang, and filter labels in Polylang’s and WPML’s string translation

ESG Facets is a premium add-on. It needs a yearly licence.

Essential Grid 4, every update and nine add-ons are free for every site. A yearly licence adds the premium add-ons, the premium templates and support. Every plan has every premium add-on; the plans differ only in the number of sites.