WooCommerce Grid : Display Product + AJAX Filter Ecommerce is a commercial WordPress plugin from developer proword that replaces the default WooCommerce shop loop with a configurable product grid, list, table or carousel, and adds layered AJAX filtering and search on top of it. It is aimed at store owners and agencies who want finer control over how products are queried, laid out and filtered than the native WooCommerce templates and widgets provide. The plugin sells on ThemeForest for $27 and has accumulated 1,066 sales since its initial release.
What the WooCommerce Grid : Display Product + AJAX Filter Ecommerce Plugin Actually Does
The core function is a shortcode or widget-driven grid builder. Rather than relying on WooCommerce’s default archive template, the plugin lets a store owner construct a product query from scratch and then style the output. That query builder is the most substantive part of the product: it can pull all products, products from a custom query, on-sale items, in-stock or out-of-stock items, featured products, free products, or hidden products, and it can include or exclude specific categories, custom taxonomies, attribute terms or individual product IDs. For a store that needs a hand-curated homepage row, a “clearance” block or a members-only selection, that is considerably more flexible than the standard WooCommerce shortcodes.
Filtering is handled through a layered navigation system that supports price, attributes, colour and category, with the option to render each filter as a dropdown, a list or a button group. Filters can display a plain label, an image, an image plus label, or an inline list — which matters for colour swatches and brand logos, where a text-only filter looks unfinished. The vendor also lists SKU search and custom filter labels, both added in later releases.
Layout control is unusually granular. There are four structural modes — general grid, fit row/column grid, list view, colourised grid and table view — plus a carousel mode introduced in version 4.0. Within the grid modes there are different-size and different-pattern variants, boxed grids with overlay effects and SVG shapes, and outer-description grids. Individual item fields can be toggled on or off: add-to-cart button, title, star rating, meta data, excerpt, favourite icon, share icon, send-to icon and quick view. Thumbnail size, excerpt length, box shadow, background overlay, hover image effects (zoom in, zoom out, greyscale) and a secondary product image are all configurable, along with typography for general text, price and meta data.
Pagination is offered in four forms: horizontal page numbers at the top or bottom, vertical page numbers on the left or right, a “show more” button, or infinite scroll. The AJAX search form can be positioned in five ways — top of page, left sticky sidebar, right sticky sidebar, popup, or as a widget in any sidebar — and the plugin can be set as the default template for the main shop page, product category pages, tag pages and taxonomy pages. WPML compatibility was added in version 2.1, and multilingual support is listed as a headline feature.
Where This Plugin Fits and Where It Does Not
The strongest fit is a store with a large or heavily categorised catalogue where the default WooCommerce archive feels restrictive. A furniture retailer that needs customers to filter by material, colour, room and price simultaneously, with a sticky filter panel on desktop, is close to the ideal use case. The same applies to agencies building client sites where the shop page must match a bespoke design rather than a theme’s default loop — the layout and typography options reduce the amount of custom CSS or template overriding required.
It also suits stores that need multiple differently-styled product blocks on the same site: a carousel of featured items on the homepage, a table view for a specification-heavy category, and a standard grid on the main shop page. Because layouts can be saved as presets and reused, that repetition is manageable rather than a rebuild each time.
It is the wrong choice for a store that is happy with the native WooCommerce archive and simply wants a faster, more modern filter experience. Dedicated filtering plugins in that space tend to be lighter, better maintained and less likely to conflict with a theme’s existing templates. It is also a poor fit for anyone running a recent WordPress and WooCommerce stack who needs guaranteed compatibility, for reasons covered below.
Strengths and Limitations
Strengths
- The query builder is genuinely deep. Fetching by individual product ID, by stock status, by featured flag or by a custom query gives control that stock WooCommerce shortcodes do not offer.
- Filter presentation is flexible in ways that matter visually — image swatches, button groups and inline lists cover the common ecommerce filtering patterns.
- Layout variety is broad, spanning grid, list, table, colourised and carousel modes, with per-item field toggles rather than all-or-nothing templates.
- Pagination, search placement and filter positioning are all configurable, so the plugin adapts to a design rather than forcing one.
- It can replace the default WooCommerce shop, category, tag and taxonomy templates, which avoids a mismatch between a custom homepage grid and a stock archive page.
- WPML compatibility and multilingual support are stated, which matters for stores selling across languages.
Limitations
- The last vendor update was 12 May 2019. That is a long gap, and the changelog’s most recent entries reference WooCommerce 3.4.x and PHP 7.2 — both well behind current releases. Compatibility with modern WooCommerce, block-based templates and current PHP versions is not claimed anywhere in the listing.
- There is no stated support for the WooCommerce block editor or Full Site Editing. Stores built on block themes would be working against the plugin’s shortcode-and-widget model.
- No rating or review data is presented in the supplied listing, so there is no independent signal about real-world reliability or support responsiveness.
- The feature set is large, and the settings surface reflects that. There is no indication of an onboarding guide, documentation link or video walkthrough in the source material.
- Because it takes over core shop templates, it sits in the path of theme and plugin conflicts — the changelog itself records a Bootstrap conflict fix and repeated compatibility patches, which is a reasonable proxy for how tightly coupled it is to its environment.
How It Compares to Other WooCommerce Grid and Filter Options
The category splits roughly three ways: lightweight filter widgets that bolt layered navigation onto the existing WooCommerce loop, page-builder modules that include a product grid element, and full grid-and-filter replacements like this one. The first group is easier to maintain and less likely to break on a WooCommerce update, but it leaves the shop template untouched, so layout ambitions go unmet. The second group is convenient if the site is already built in Elementor, WPBakery or similar, but the filtering is usually shallower and tied to that builder.
This plugin competes in the third group, where the pitch is breadth: one purchase covers query building, filtering, search, layout and pagination rather than assembling three or four separate plugins. On capability per dollar at $27, that is a reasonable proposition, and the 1,066 sales suggest a market has agreed at some point. The trade-off is maintenance risk. A store running current WooCommerce should weigh the breadth of features against the fact that the code has not been touched by the vendor since 2019, and should test thoroughly on a staging site before committing. Where a project needs long-term support guarantees, a newer, actively maintained alternative in the same category is the safer comparison — even if it does less out of the box.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does WooCommerce Grid : Display Product + AJAX Filter still work with current WooCommerce versions?
The vendor does not state compatibility beyond WooCommerce 3.4.x, which is the most recent version referenced in the changelog. The last update shipped in May 2019, so there is no confirmation that it works with current WooCommerce releases, block-based templates or recent PHP versions. Testing on a staging environment before purchase is the only reliable way to confirm.
Can the plugin replace the default WooCommerce shop and category pages?
Yes. Version 2.0 added the ability to use the plugin’s grid as the default WooCommerce page for the main shop, product category, product tag and product taxonomy templates. That means the custom grid and filter layout can apply across the whole catalogue rather than only on pages where a shortcode is inserted manually.
What filter types does the AJAX layered navigation support?
Filters cover price, product attributes, colour and categories, with each filter renderable as a dropdown, a list or a button group. Fields can display as a label only, an image only, an image with a label, or an inline list. SKU search and custom filter labels were added in later releases, and attribute, category and taxonomy images can be shown inside the filter fields.
Is the plugin compatible with multilingual stores?
WPML compatibility was added in version 2.1 and multilingual support is listed among the headline features. The vendor does not detail how translations are handled for filter labels, button text or the search interface, so stores running WPML or Polylang should verify the specific strings they need translated during a trial.
Verdict
WooCommerce Grid : Display Product + AJAX Filter Ecommerce is a feature-dense grid and filtering plugin that offers far more query, layout and filter control than the default WooCommerce archive, and at $27 the capability-to-price ratio is strong for anyone who needs that depth. It is best suited to store owners and agencies working on established sites with a large catalogue, a bespoke shop design, and the budget to test and maintain a plugin that takes over core templates. It is not the right purchase for stores running current WooCommerce and PHP versions without a willingness to validate compatibility first, nor for anyone who simply wants better filtering on top of the native shop loop. The 2019 last-update date is the single most important factor in the decision, and it should be weighed before the feature list.
