FacetWP vs FiboFilters for WooCommerce
FiboFilters is a FacetWP alternative built only for WooCommerce stores. It calculates product matches and filter counts in the shopper’s browser instead of on your server. Horizontal filters and a mobile filter panel are included, and a license for one store costs $59 in the first year.
It’s the better fit when you run a WooCommerce store and want filters that work out of the box: ready-made layouts, filters that show only where they apply, and filtering that doesn’t run on your server. It isn’t built for filtering blog posts, directories or user lists.
Try the live demo or see plans and renewals.
| About this comparison | |
|---|---|
| Last checked | November 12, 2026 |
| FiboFilters version | 1.13.1 |
| FacetWP information | Its public documentation and pricing page, linked below |
| Written by | The FiboFilters team |
Filtering runs in the shopper’s browser
When a shopper opens your store, FiboFilters loads the data it needs for filtering. From then on, each shopper’s own device calculates which products match and what the new counts are. When a hundred shoppers filter at the same time, that work runs on a hundred devices, not on your server.
Your server supplies the product cards the browser hasn’t loaded yet. If you also use FiboSearch Pro, our separate search plugin, its text searches run on your server too. FiboFilters doesn’t need it (how in-browser filtering works).
FacetWP calculates the matches on your server and sends back the product list and the filters (how FacetWP works). Its own performance guide says FacetWP “can be only as fast as your uncached site”, because every filter request loads all of WordPress. Its Caching add-on can reuse answers it has already given.
Filters that match the products on the page
You create your filters once. FiboFilters then shows each one only where it’s useful: by default, where at least 90% of the listed products have that attribute. A “Shirt size” filter shows up when the listed products have that attribute and stays hidden when they don’t (content-aware filters). If a filter should be there no matter what, you set it to always show.
In FacetWP you set this up yourself, with the included Conditional Logic add-on or a code snippet.
Ready-made layouts for desktop and phones
In a standard shop layout, FiboFilters places horizontal filters above the products and gives phone shoppers a filter panel. Both are included. If you want filters somewhere else, you can place the elements yourself (custom location).
In FacetWP you place each facet yourself, and the mobile panel is the included Mobile Flyout add-on, which needs a button and some setup.
FiboFilters and FacetWP side by side
| FiboFilters | FacetWP | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | WooCommerce products | Posts, custom post types and products; users through an add-on |
| Where filter calculations run | In the shopper’s browser | On your server |
| Which filters show on a page | Your filters show automatically where the listed products have that attribute | Set up with rules or code |
| Layouts in a standard shop | Horizontal filters and a mobile panel included | You place each facet; the mobile panel is an included add-on |
| Buttons and toggles | Dedicated filter types | Styled from Radio or Checkboxes |
| Infinite scroll | Included | Not supported |
| SEO for filtered pages | SEO Rules: your own title, description and heading for supported filter combinations, plus an optional sitemap. The conditions are listed below | URL parameters, canonical tags and code for noindex |
| Divi | Works with the Woo Products module, including Divi 5, once you turn the integration on | No official support for Divi listings |
| WPML with untranslated products | Handles the fallback to the default language | Recommends translating or duplicating the content |
| Applying choices | The list updates after each choice | Updates after each choice, or with an Apply button |
| Refund | Full refund within 30 days for new customers | No refunds; a limited free trial for test sites instead |
Price
| FiboFilters | FacetWP | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 site, first year | $59 | $99 (covers up to 3 sites) |
| 1 site, renewal | $50.15 | $79.20 |
| 3 sites, first year | $99 | $99 |
| 3 sites, renewal | $84.15 | $79.20 |
For one store, FiboFilters costs $40 less in the first year and $29.05 less to renew. Both plugins include every feature in every plan, and both renew automatically until you cancel. If a license expires, the plugin keeps working, and updates and support stop.
These are list prices in USD on the date in the table at the top. For the current ones, see FiboFilters pricing and FacetWP pricing.
Check your store’s setup
Page builders. FiboFilters has built-in support for Elementor Pro (the Products and Loop Grid widgets), Bricks and Divi’s Woo Products module, plus a block for placing filters in the block editor. Setup depends on your builder and widget. There’s no dedicated integration for Beaver Builder.
Variable products. Filters take variation attributes, prices and stock into account. Variation images and links take extra configuration, and showing each variation as its own product card takes another plugin (variable products).
One product list per page. FiboFilters filters one product list on a page.
SEO Rules. For example, you can give the “Nike” view of your Running shoes category its own title, description and heading. A rule matches one selected value per filter, and SEO Rules are off when the category filter uses the Select or Checkboxes type.
Moving from FacetWP
Recreate your filters and where they sit on a staging site, then check the product results and your existing filtered links. Deactivate FacetWP while you test FiboFilters. The same license covers your live site and recognized test environments (license use).
Try FiboFilters
Choose FiboFilters if your site is a WooCommerce store and you want filters that are ready on desktop and phones, show only where they apply, and do their work in the shopper’s browser. For one store it also costs less.
Open the live demo store with 20,000 products and click through the filters. If you buy FiboFilters and it doesn’t fit your store, new customers can ask for a full refund within 30 days.