FilterOrbit: Advanced Product Filters for WooCommerce

Description

FilterOrbit adds a powerful, instant-filtering sidebar to your WooCommerce store. All filtering runs client-side on a pre-cached product array — no page reloads, no AJAX round-trips.

Features

• Zero-request filtering — filters run entirely in the browser on a cached product array.
• AI natural language search — type plain-English queries to filter products.
• Visual discovery — image swatch grid for colour and style filtering.
• Predictive personalisation — quick picks based on browsing session.
• Range histogram — price slider with distribution bars.
• Drag-and-drop filter designer — build your sidebar layout in the admin.
• Per-filter colour settings — customise pill colours, slider colours, and card tints independently.
• WooCommerce attribute support — automatically discovers global and custom product variation attributes.
• Multi-category / multi-tag — products with multiple categories and tags match all their values.

External services

FilterOrbit includes an optional AI natural-language search feature. When enabled and configured, the plugin sends product search queries and product data to third-party AI services. This feature is opt-in — it only activates if you enter an API key in the AI Settings screen. No data is sent without your explicit configuration.

OpenAI

• What it is: A third-party AI platform (https://openai.com).
• What it is used for: Processing natural-language search queries and optionally generating product embeddings for semantic search (RAG).
• What data is sent: The user’s search query text, and (when indexing is enabled) product titles, descriptions, categories, tags, and attributes.
• When data is sent: Only when a visitor submits a natural-language search and AI is enabled and configured with a valid API key.
• Terms of service: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
• Privacy policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy

Google Gemini

• What it is: A third-party AI platform provided by Google (https://ai.google.dev).
• What it is used for: An alternative AI provider for natural-language query processing and product embeddings.
• What data is sent: The user’s search query text, and (when indexing is enabled) product titles, descriptions, categories, tags, and attributes.
• When data is sent: Only when a visitor submits a natural-language search and AI is enabled and configured with a valid Gemini API key.
• Terms of service: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms
• Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

If you do not enter any API keys in the AI Settings screen, no data is ever transmitted to these services.

Source code

The compiled JavaScript assets (assets/admin/filter-orbit-admin.js and assets/frontend/filter-orbit.js) are built from human-readable React/TypeScript source files. The full source code is publicly available at:

https://github.com/sakib08/FilterOrbit

Build instructions (requires Node.js 18+):

1. npm install
2. npm run build

Technical details