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annasta Filters for WooCommerce · Version history

annasta Filters for WooCommerce changelog and version history

Latest version
1.8.5
Oct 9, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
16
since 2023
In the last year
3
about one every 122 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20231 release
  • 20247 releases
  • 20255 releases
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.5Latest

    • Added “annasta Product Categories” and “annasta Product Brands” lists: menu items (Appearance > Menus), blocks with Navigation block support, and the [annasta_product_categories] / [annasta_product_brands] shortcodes.
    • Added the “Hide active items” filter option.
    • Product counts optimization to ensure faster queries.
    • Stock filter variations support: optimized for faster variations’ queries on sites with enabled WooCommerce attributes lookup tables.
    • Products counts cache: added support for persistent object caches (Redis, Memcached), optimized the background cleanup procedures for expired entries, and cache resets on product changes made outside of the admin (REST API, WP-CLI, imports, checkout stock changes).
    • Added product counts for the meta data filters (single and multiple selection). Hidden empty meta data filters are available in the premium version.
    • Added the “String search in” setting: select the sources of the products string search (product title & content, SKU, categories & tags, product meta data). Works with the WooCommerce, Advanced Woo Search and Relevanssi engines.
    • Added the “WooCommerce extended” string search engine, which finds products matching any of the searched words.
    • String search: cached search results, a fix for the 100 results limit of Advanced Woo Search, variation results support for Relevanssi, and other fixes.
    • SEO: added the “Add noindex to filtered pages” and “Add noindex to empty results” options.
    • SEO: meta data filters can now be included in the “Indexable parameters” (premium).
    • SEO: the “Filterable archive identifier” and “Query parameters’ labels” options have been moved to the new “Filtering parameters labels” section of the SEO tab (premium).
    • SEO: canonical links of paginated pages now point to the page itself.
    • SEO: added canonical links compatibility with Yoast SEO and Rank Math to avoid the addition of a second canonical tag.
    • The terms search box now ignores accents (Greek and Latin).
    • URL rewrites now support non-Latin page slugs, custom pagination bases, and translated WPML shop pages.
    • WPML: Color Boxes, Images, Custom Terms and terms limitation settings are now preserved when presets are edited in a non-default admin language, and Custom Terms labels are displayed on translated pages.
    • WPML: fixes in the translation of taxonomy base slugs in archive links and redirects.
    • Block themes: added archive titles and descriptions AJAX updates.
    • Block themes: added “Add to cart” buttons’ events reattachment after AJAX updates.
    • Block themes: improved result counts synchronization after AJAX updates and no results pages.
    • Fixed the bulk plugin activations.
    • Security fixes: additional sanitization and escaping of the filters’ output.
    • PHP and JS Code formatting brought in line with the WordPress Coding Standards (tabs indentation).
    • Other minor improvemnts, changes and fixes.
    • Freemius update to version 2.13.5
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 7.1
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 11.2

  2. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.4

    • General code cleanup, optimization, syntax and security checks and fixes
    • Multiple fixes and optimizations: JSON templates, archive redirects, AJAX updates of archive descriptions etc
    • Introduced nonce regeneration in frontend AJAX.
    • Updated the plugin’s Gutenberg block to API version 3
    • Optimization of the custom CSS file generation procedures
    • Added checks and fallback for cases of server-side glitches during custom CSS generation
    • Added new row layout: in line with title.
    • Added separators setting for row layouts.
    • Added WPML support for archive redirects in URL filtering mode.
    • Freemius update to version 2.13.1
    • Upped the WordPress minimum version requirement to 6.3
    • Upped the PHP minimum version requirement to 7.4
    • Upped the WooCommerce minimum version requirement to 8.7
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 7.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 10.8

  3. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.3

    • Changed the plugin name to “annasta Filters for WooCommerce” in compliance with WordPress guidelines.
    • Added options that provide control over the automatic cache resets, including twice-daily Cron-powered checks and the ability to disable resets.
    • Added the Row Layout option for the products string search widget (to provide inline display for submit button).
    • Removed the “Show more”/”Show less” height limitation option for products search widgets.
    • Added AJAX pagination adjustments for block themes.
    • Added support files for the Twenty Twenty-Five theme
    • Fixed AJAX pagination for rewritten URLs.
    • Removed the plugin-provided moment.js files and added the native WordPress dependency instead.
    • Removed the select2 CSS fix that is not needed in the latest WooCommerce versions.
    • Freemius update to version 2.13.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 10.5
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.9

20255 releases

  1. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.2

    • SEO: added URL rewrite options that allow turning filtering parameters into permalinks.
    • SEO: added option to auto-insert canonical links into filterable pages.
    • SEO: added option to add rel=”nofollow” for filters-generated links.
    • Improved the consistency of URL parameters sorting.
    • Improved the handling of non-latin characters in slugs.
    • WPML compatibility: fixes in the handling of translated taxonomy base slugs.
    • Other fixes, including the removal of some PHP 8.3 warnings and notices.
    • Freemius update to version 2.12.2
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 10.2

  2. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.1

    • Added the “Layout” filter setting (the old “Display in row” setting has been moved to its options).
    • Astra theme compatibility revision.
    • Adjustments in the image save / image CSS creation routines.
    • CSS, JS and strings optimizations.
    • Fixed the _load_textdomain_just_in_time notice.
    • Freemius update to version 2.12.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 9.8
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.8

  3. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.8.0

    • Added support for the shop and product taxonomy archive elements of block themes.
    • Added the “Regenerate filters CSS” button in the annasta Filters > Style settings tab.
    • Added the “Always hide private products” option in annasta Filters > Plugin settings.
    • Added thumbnail autoload option for the “Images” style (premium).
    • Introduced improvements and optimizations in the plugin JS and CSS files.
    • Moved Freemius code to the vendor folder.
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 9.7

  4. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.9

    • Minor CSS changes
    • Freemius update to version 2.11.0

  5. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.8

    • Removed the @font-face declaration for the non-served Font Awesome Brands font.
    • Fix in the togglable preset interaction with infinite scroll pagination.
    • Admin option change from “AJAX loader” to “Loader style” to reflect the wider coverage.
    • JS adjustments in limited height filters.
    • Added one more style of 4-column preset layout
    • CSS changes and optimizations.
    • Freemius update to version 2.10.1
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 9.6

20247 releases

  1. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.7

    • Added support for non-Latin characters and spaces in values of meta data filters.
    • Fixed the infinite scroll rolling to the top of page bug and other minor conflicts of infinite scroll scripts.
    • CSS changes.

  2. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.6

    • Added the basic keyboard and accessibility support: Tab + Arrow keys navigation, Enter/Space submission, basic accessibility alerts for screen readers.
    • Optimization of the dropdowns scripts.
    • Optimization of the terms search scripts.
    • Changed loader and other scripts in togglable presets and URL filters.
    • Fix in the string search post__in query routine.
    • Fixed the daterangepicker z-index (in popup sidebars).
    • Fixed the import filter settings popup options list generation.
    • noUIslider update to version 15.8.1
    • Perfect Scrollbar update to version 1.5.6
    • Freemius update to version 2.9.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 9.4
    • Upped the WordPress minimum version requirement to 5.7
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.7

  3. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.5

    • Added WooCommerce as the required plugin.
    • Added preset cloning option (premium).
    • Added settings import from one preset/filter to another (premium).
    • Added z-index Customizer option for the dropdown lists.
    • Added tips in the dashboard.
    • Fixed the work of the “Show more” / “Show less” buttons in button-controlled popups.
    • Minor fixes and enhancements.
    • Set the minimum PHP version requirement to 7.0
    • Freemius update to version 2.8.1
    • Upped the WooCommerce minimum version requirement to 4.5
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 9.3
    • Upped the WordPress minimum version requirement to 5.3
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.6

  4. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.4

    • Added Rank Math compatibility support.
    • Added parent theme compatibility support for child themes.
    • Fixes in Elementor compatibility support.
    • Fixed the archive page identifier resets in the (dedicated) AJAX mode.
    • Fixes in page title generations and description meta support implementation.
    • Minor fixes and enhancements.
    • Freemius update to version 2.7.2
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 8.9

  5. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.3

    • Elementor compatibility support enhancements: added the dedicated annasta Filters for WooCommerce widget for Elementor and provided editor previews.
    • Fixed the “No products found” countainers duplication issue.
    • Added Italian translation files.
    • Minor fixes and enhancements.
    • Freemius update to version 2.7.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 8.8
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.5

  6. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.2

    • Added new range slider styles.
    • Added “Sliders” Customizer section.
    • Added “min – max” tooltip style and “Hide value labels” and “Hide poles” options to range sliders (premium).
    • Disabled the “Hide slider” option in non-numeric taxonomy sliders.
    • Added the SEO titles support for the Date filter types.
    • Added support for the Date type custom URL parameter labels.
    • Optimized filters’ query variables array.
    • Added “Redirect to archives” filter setting in taxonomy-based filters (premium).
    • Added the “Show more” option for the filters with limited height (premium).
    • Optimized AJAX scroll for infinite and “Load more” pagination types.
    • Fixed badges creation for taxonomy range sliders in button-submitted presets and filters.
    • Collapsible and togglable filters JS fixes and optimization.
    • Minor PHP, JS and CSS fixes
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 8.7

  7. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.1

    • Added support for the new WooCommerce no products found notice selector.
    • Added support for the Elementor no products found notice selector.
    • Attention to the users of the Hide empty filters option: it has been moved to the filter level and is now available via the Hide filter dropdown.
    • Added 1-item Hide filter threshold.
    • Added “Don’t hide if active” sub-option to the hidden empty filters style.
    • Added support for the pre-set range divisions in dynamic price sliders.
    • Added support for Reset all buttons for no results pages without presets.
    • Re-design of the Active filters option of the Filter items control setting.
    • Added Hide parents and One level up options to Active filter options (premium).
    • Added button submission support for string search in URL filtering style.
    • Collapsible children JS enhancement (hide parent toggle button when no children are visible).
    • Fixed the counts cache warnings issued in cases of not found terms.
    • Fixed the popup sidebar animation running on page loads.
    • Freemius update to 2.6.2
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 8.5

20231 release

  1. annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1.7.0

    • Added the [annasta_filters_toggle_button] shortcode to customize “Filters” toggle button position.
    • Added the [annasta_filters_active_badges] shortcode for additional active badges sets insertion (premium).
    • Added the new “AJAX with delegated submission” filtering style. Attention to the users of the deprecated “Hide preset submit button when hierarchical step-by-step is enabled” option: all AJAX presets that had this option enabled should get assigned to the delegated submission filtering style. The u…
    • Added the option to enable filter-level button submission for all filter types (previously available only for multiselect filters and range sliders).
    • Added the Force instant submission option to the string search control for it to get submitted on loss of focus or push of “Enter” key.
    • Added support for the Relevanssi and Advanced Woo Search engines (see the Preferred string search engine option of the annasta Filters > Plugin settings tab).
    • Added product category & tag search and other options to product search autocompletes.
    • Restyled string search and autocomplete boxes.
    • Added debounce to string search autocompletes.
    • Added new Customizer sections: Popup Sidebar and String search (includes autocomplete customization options).
    • Added “Filters” button icon customization options in the “Filters” Toggle Button section of WordPress Customizer.
    • Added 2-column and 3-column preset layout options, as well as the custom layout option in the premium version.
    • Added the Excluded Customizer sections option in annasta Filters > Style settings.
    • Optimized the calls to product counts queries and preset load routines in AJAX modes.
    • Runtime optimization of post__in queries.
    • New Customizer-supported styling of filters’ elements applies on plugin install.
    • CSS and JS fixes in the step by step filtering style, preset and filter submit & reset buttons, AJAX loaders, dropdowns, string search controls.
    • Freemius update to 2.6.0
    • Upped the WooCommerce version compliance to 8.3
    • Upped the WordPress version compliance to 6.4

Questions about annasta Filters for WooCommerce’s releases

What is the latest version of annasta Filters for WooCommerce?

1.8.5, released on Oct 9, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is annasta Filters for WooCommerce updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 122 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2023.

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