Woocommerce product category chaos

Hey Silvio,

Thank you for the inquiry.

The filter above should work properly if the products belong to a single category. This will allow the post or product navigation to filter only the products that belong to that single category. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really work really well if the products have multiple categories or if the products share the same categories.

Do the products share the same categories? For example, on a site with two models of a table, one is wood and another is metal, but both share the same category called furniture, the post navigation will not really work if you are trying to filter through a single category. Since the table models (wood and metal) share the same category (furniture), both products will still be accessible through the post navigation even when you access them through the “wood” or “metal” category pages.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

but as once an item is selected, the next/prev function shows many different items from all sorts of categories.

That is because the products share the same category, which is “New”. As we explained above, the post navigation will filter or display products as long as they belong to the same category.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Did you set the stock or product inventory status as category? The post navigation will not filter posts based on its inventory. Please provide a link to a product or category page.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Would you mind setting the user role to administrator? We may have to edit the filter in the functions.php file via the Appearance > Theme File Editor panel.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

We added this filter in the functions.php file.

function avf_post_nav_settings_mod($settings){
  if($settings['type'] == 'product'){
    $settings['taxonomy'] = "product_cat";
    $settings['same_category'] = true;
  }
  return $settings;
}
add_filter( 'avf_post_nav_settings', 'avf_post_nav_settings_mod', 10, 2); 

The post navigation now filters products in the same category but out of stock items will still be included. Please check the product link in the private field.

Related thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/next-prev-in-shop-showing-all-categories/#post-1352033

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

This is what you asked in your initial post.

I contacted you before regarding product categories and categories being all mixed up when using prev/next when looking at products.

You didn’t mention anything about product stock or inventory status until later. Unfortunately, the post navigation can only filter posts based on category.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

and yet out of stock items appear.

As we explained over and over in our previous replies, the post navigation will still display products even if they are out of stock, as long as they are in the same category regardless of the inventory status.

These are snippets from our previous replies (4 of them).

— As we explained above, the post navigation will filter or display products as long as they belong to the same category.
— The post navigation will not filter posts based on its (product) inventory.
— Unfortunately, the post navigation can only filter posts based on category.
— The post navigation now filters products in the same category but out of stock items will still be included.

You may need to look for a different post navigation, possibly by installing a plugin or hire a freelancer developer to create a custom one from scratch with all the functionality that you require.

Best regards,
Ismael