FacetCore Lite helps shoppers narrow down a WooCommerce catalog by product attributes and search by product name or SKU.

A Finder is a saved product search and display configuration that you place on a page with a shortcode. Give each Finder its own filters and category scope, then display matching products in a Grid. Customers can combine filters, see matching product counts and browse results without reloading the page.

Included in Lite

Multiple published Finders, each with its own shortcode and settings.
Product Grid with images, names, prices and optional SKU display.
Filters using global WooCommerce attributes: choose and order up to 10 per Finder.
One selected value per filter; selections across different filters are combined.
Optional product name and SKU search.
All-products scope or selected categories, including their subcategories.
Filter value counts and pagination, with 1 to 100 products per page.
Automatic attribute index updates and a manual Rebuild Index action.
No plugin-imposed limit on the number of products or published Finders. Practical capacity depends on your hosting and catalog.

Example: a parts catalog

Create global attributes such as Manufacturer, Socket and Memory Type, then assign their values to your products. Create a Finder for your Components category and select those attributes as filters. Shoppers can narrow the Grid by specifications or search for a known product name or SKU. Create another Finder for a different category using its own settings.

Quick start

Install and activate WooCommerce and FacetCore Lite. Create global product attributes and assign their values to products. Go to FacetCore > Add New, configure and publish a Finder, then copy its shortcode into a Shortcode block on a page. See Installation below for the full steps and verification checks.

Optional FacetCore Pro add-on

FacetCore Pro is a separate plugin that extends Lite. It requires active FacetCore Lite 1.3.0 or newer and adds:

Table view with configurable product and global attribute columns.
Customer switching between Table and Grid when both views are enabled.
Up to four additional global attributes on Grid cards.
Custom CSS for each Finder.
Shareable links that preserve filters, search, view and page, with link copying and browser Back/Forward support.

Multiple Finders, attribute filters, search and index rebuilding are already included in Lite. Lite does not restore filter selections from Pro links.

Learn about FacetCore Pro.

Upgrading and data

Back up your database and existing plugin files before updating. Update FacetCore Lite in place, keeping the facetcore plugin folder. Do not delete/uninstall the base plugin to replace it: uninstall removes FacetCore-owned data. Existing Finder IDs, shortcodes and database tables are retained by in-place updates.

Moving from an older paid installation

Obtain the separate compatible Pro ZIP through your existing purchase or support channel before replacing an older installation that includes paid features. There is no automatic entitlement lookup or Pro delivery mechanism in these plugins. Test the update on staging first, replace the base plugin in place and activate Pro. Pro requires Lite 1.3.0 or newer; when moving from 1.2.0, update both packages together.

Lite supports all public published Finders. The previous active-Finder option is ignored; configurations, IDs and publication statuses are retained. A saved Table configuration displays as Grid without Pro; saved Pro settings remain available when compatible Pro is reactivated.

Existing selection links

Selection links are Pro-only in 1.3.0. Lite leaves old Finder URL parameters untouched but does not restore their selections; it starts with the Finder’s normal initial state. Filtering, search and pagination still work without reloading. Pro retains the existing link format and independent Finder states, including browser Back/Forward and unrelated URL parameters. Saved Finder configurations need no migration.

Compatibility information

The existing 1.3.0 release documentation records edition integration testing on WordPress 7.1, WooCommerce 11.1.1 and PHP 8.3.33. Minimum-version and multisite runtime matrices and visual browser checks were not run for that release. This documentation update does not add compatibility test coverage.