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ymc-smart-filter

YMC Filter

A powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.

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27.6 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

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72.0% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

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Download Momentum

180 days
10.2K 13.7K -25.5% 83.2K

Related Opportunities

5 markets
Commercial opportunity Search: Search visibility operations search visibility operations · final 70.2 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Masonry: Agency visual QA and update safety agency visual QA and update safety · final 55.1 · proof validated Needs sharper proof Ajax: API and integration reliability operations API and integration reliability operations · final 73.5 · proof partial Generic category Grid: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof not collected Generic category Filter: WordPress operations workflow WordPress operations workflow · final 48.0 · proof partial

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.78
Broken Layout after 3.5.2

Updates after YMC Filter 3.5.2 break the content layout on a high-traffic site, preventing the user from safely updating.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I can’t afford live testing because my site averages about 150 users per minute
complaint support · high severity · relevance 0.75
The category names are not updating

Updating YMC Filter to the supported version would require recreating filter settings and CSS because the old export was not recognized.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
everything was lost : absolutely all the settings and all the CSS
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Didnt work with my theme

Didnt work with my theme: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Didnt work with my theme I added the short code to my theme that uses pagelayer and it never showed.
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.7
Is non-AJAX pagination with URL changes supported?

A user liked YMC Smart Filter but needed non-AJAX pagination with changing URLs for SEO, which the plugin does not support.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
From an SEO perspective, this is a limitation for us, because we would like paginated results to have their own crawlable and shareable URLs.
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.68
Advanced query to filter results based on current taxonomy page

The user struggles to make YMC Filter limit results to the current taxonomy while still allowing another taxonomy filter, eventually posting custom code that works.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
the filter itself stops working, nothing changes when I click on my tax2 filter items
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.67
Working with Event Calendar

Working with Event Calendar: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Are there any known issues with getting YMC Filter to work with Event Calendar?
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.64
Working with WPML

YMC Smart Filter exposes front-end messages that cannot be translated through WPML, including no-results text and JavaScript autocomplete text.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
your plug-in shows copy in a few places on the front end, for which there are no translation options provided for WPML
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.6
Unable to do anything in the “Edit Filter & Gird” section

YMC Filter's new editor did not respond under Divi 5 until the vendor shipped fixes and the user confirmed it worked smoothly.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
nothing I click in there works except for the “View Documentation” Button
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.6
Filter bug with multi-language

YMC filter buttons became non-clickable after switching languages with WPML, then a plugin update fixed it.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
if I switch to english page, the buttons appears great, but become non-clickable
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.56
Well-developed and comprehensive

Well-developed and comprehensive: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
Proof Blocked card complete search visibility operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Well-developed and comprehensive This is an excellent and well-developed plugin.

Competitor Context

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AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild weak incumbent · intel 80.2 · weakness 71.5
weak incumbent
1 unresolved support thread(s) stale update history support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2
SimpleModal Login praise owner · intel 76.9 · weakness 68.0
praise owner
stale update history 27 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators · Wedge: audit modal display rules, lead capture, trust signals, and campaign attribution
source 1 source 2
Ajax Cart AutoUpdate for WooCommerce praise owner · intel 75.2 · weakness 65.9
praise owner
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) support compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: store owners and WooCommerce agencies · Wedge: monitor cart failures, handoffs, and revenue-impacting exceptions
source 1 source 2
AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget praise owner · intel 73.9 · weakness 64.6
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, operators, and marketing teams · Wedge: verify hits tracking, report freshness, automation handoffs, and client-visible metrics
source 1 source 2
Iptanus File Upload praise owner · intel 69.6 · weakness 52.6
praise owner
29 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: marketing teams, agencies, and lead-generation site owners · Wedge: monitor form submissions, notification delivery, spam, and CRM handoffs
source 1 source 2
iNext Woo Pincode Checker praise owner · intel 68.5 · weakness 57.1
praise owner
1 unresolved support thread(s) stale update history support bugs 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: store owners and WooCommerce agencies · Wedge: monitor WooCommerce failures, handoffs, and revenue-impacting exceptions
source 1 source 2
WPC AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce praise owner · intel 67.8 · weakness 51.6
praise owner
1 unresolved support thread(s) 19 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: store owners and WooCommerce agencies · Wedge: monitor add to cart failures, handoffs, and revenue-impacting exceptions
source 1 source 2
WP-CORS praise owner · intel 67.3 · weakness 64.5
praise owner
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: developers, agencies, and SaaS-integrated WordPress teams · Wedge: monitor ajax API failures, payload drift, webhook issues, and external handoff risk
source 1 source 2

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Collected Signals

20 shown from 68 collected
mixed Working with Event Calendar support · 2026-07-06T14:58:11+00:00 · medium severity · ajax

Working with Event Calendar: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Are there any known issues with getting YMC Filter to work with Event Calendar?
bugs support reliable API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Get Swiper instance support · 2026-06-30T15:54:20+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user struggled to customize a Swiper carousel in YMC Filter but later found Firefox caching was causing the confusing behavior.

Evidence: I’m having a lot of trouble getting Swiper API to work
setup compatibility support Swiper carousel setup API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Type first letter support · 2026-06-26T11:18:58+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user asks for keyboard letter navigation within a filter list, and support says it requires custom JavaScript.

Evidence: you hit the letter G on the keyboard, the filter will scroll to the first item which starts with a G.
missing feature support filter keyboard navigation API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint Filter bug with multi-language support · 2026-06-15T12:54:52+00:00 · medium severity · ajax

YMC filter buttons became non-clickable after switching languages with WPML, then a plugin update fixed it.

Evidence: if I switch to english page, the buttons appears great, but become non-clickable
bugs compatibility multilingual post filters API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise Add jquery script after post-cards loaded support · 2026-06-08T12:59:34+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user needed JavaScript to run after asynchronous post cards loaded and ended by praising support after receiving hook guidance.

Evidence: your support is the best plugin support I have ever seen
setup support post grid hooks API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Remove empty terms from filter support · 2026-06-05T16:07:38+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user could not find an option to hide filter terms with zero results.

Evidence: I don’t find this option in the query parameters.
missing feature filter empty terms API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Number of cards in carousel in responsive mode support · 2026-06-02T15:45:28+00:00 · low severity · ajax

A YMC Filter user wants carousel slides to switch from two cards to one in responsive mode, but support says mobile responsiveness is not available in settings.

Evidence: Mobile responsiveness is not supported in the plugin settings.
missing feature responsive carousel layout API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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neutral Matching SVN tag for the current version support · 2026-05-29T11:12:26+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user asks the plugin author to add a matching SVN tag so Composer installs can pin a proper version instead of trunk.

Evidence: Could you create a matching SVN tag for the current version?
setup SVN release tagging API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint The category names are not updating support · 2026-05-28T08:45:00+00:00 · high severity · ajax

Updating YMC Filter to the supported version would require recreating filter settings and CSS because the old export was not recognized.

Evidence: everything was lost : absolutely all the settings and all the CSS
migration missing feature support filter settings migration API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed In typography, the colours and alignment of the filter boxes aren’t changing support · 2026-05-21T06:12:48+00:00 · low severity · ajax

A YMC Filter user says color and alignment controls are not affecting filters and asks how to sort items by price while also praising the free plugin.

Evidence: the colours and alignment of the filter boxes aren’t changing
missing feature setup value filter styling sorting API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint Working with WPML support · 2026-05-07T18:56:14+00:00 · medium severity · ajax

YMC Smart Filter exposes front-end messages that cannot be translated through WPML, including no-results text and JavaScript autocomplete text.

Evidence: your plug-in shows copy in a few places on the front end, for which there are no translation options provided for WPML
compatibility missing feature WPML translations API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Custom fields in YMC Smart Filter support · 2026-05-07T13:08:55+00:00 · low severity · ajax

After asking how to show custom fields in filter cards, the user reported that exporting UI Builder layouts as JSON did not work for reuse across filters.

Evidence: The “Export as JSON” option does not seem to work for us.
missing feature bugs filter card layouts API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Get ACF field in Structural builder custom layout support · 2026-05-06T08:52:26+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user needed to process ACF date fields inside a Structural Builder card and eventually learned how to pass the post ID into a shortcode.

Evidence: I have to make some processes on it, not just display the field
setup missing feature support quality API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Cant export Filter Settings support · 2026-05-02T13:42:45+00:00 · low severity · ajax

YMC Filter export did nothing across browsers, but the user manually copied settings and praised the plugin and support.

Evidence: Nothing happens when I click “Export as JSON”.
bugs quality support filter settings export API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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complaint Broken Layout after 3.5.2 support · 2026-04-30T06:29:38+00:00 · high severity · ajax

Updates after YMC Filter 3.5.2 break the content layout on a high-traffic site, preventing the user from safely updating.

Evidence: I can’t afford live testing because my site averages about 150 users per minute
bugs compatibility migration filter grid layout API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Place search field inline with taxonomy filters support · 2026-04-29T12:04:16+00:00 · low severity · ajax

A YMC Filter user asks how to place the search field inline with taxonomy dropdown filters and confirms the provided custom CSS worked.

Evidence: Worked, thank you!
missing feature support filter search layout API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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mixed Taxonomy Terms Duplicate When All is selected from dropdown support · 2026-04-21T10:38:36+00:00 · medium severity · ajax

YMC Filter duplicated taxonomy terms when All was selected in a dropdown, then the vendor fixed the bug after reproduction details.

Evidence: You must select All from dropdown ,then the terms duplicate.
bugs support taxonomy dropdown filter API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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praise So flexible to customize and add categories and tags for blog (5 stars) review · 2026-04-19T09:23:48+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The reviewer praises the filter plugin for flexible customization, a clean dashboard, and fast Ajax filtering on a blog page.

Evidence: You can literally customize everything, if not in the dashboard, then with your own css. The Ajax function works well and fast on my website.
easy performance quality blog ajax filtering API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Switch to dropdown menu on mobile support · 2026-04-15T08:31:07+00:00 · low severity · ajax

The user wanted desktop button filters to become a dropdown on mobile, and support provided a workaround using extra filter display types and custom CSS.

Evidence: how can I make it automatically switch to dropdown menu on mobile?
missing feature quality support responsive filter layout API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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question Is non-AJAX pagination with URL changes supported? support · 2026-04-09T09:59:45+00:00 · medium severity · ajax

A user liked YMC Smart Filter but needed non-AJAX pagination with changing URLs for SEO, which the plugin does not support.

Evidence: From an SEO perspective, this is a limitation for us, because we would like paginated results to have their own crawlable and shareable URLs.
missing feature quality crawlable AJAX pagination API and integration reliability operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, SEO consultants, and agencies · Wedge: monitor search drift, schema/indexing failures, and client-readable search-impact fixes
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