HikaShop - HikaShop Filter Module . Categories

Hi,

Yes, the HikaShop filter module supports several built-in data types beyond price and categories:

- Categories : filter by product categories
- Price : filter by price range
- Manufacturers : filter by brand/manufacturer
- Characteristics : filter by product characteristics/variations
- Product information : filter by weight or dimensions (with unit selection)
- In stock checkbox : a dedicated filter type that lets customers show only products that are in stock
- Custom fields : filter by any custom field you've created on the product table
- Sort : sorting options

For your specific needs:
- Stock status: Use the built-in "In stock checkbox" filter type, it's designed exactly for this.
- Location (state, department, province): Create product custom fields (dropdown type) for these attributes in Display > Custom fields, then use the "Custom fields" data type in the filter module to expose them.
- Shipping availability: There's no direct filter for shipping since it depends on dynamic factors (destination address, weight, shipping method restrictions). However, if shipping availability correlates with weight, you could use the "Product information" data type set to weight with a cursor/range slider. Otherwise, a custom field indicating shipping zones would be the practical approach.

You can find more details about the filter module configuration in our documentation:
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/1...-filter-listing.html

Hi,

Looking at your screenshot, the Category field in the Main Information section (on the left) is empty. That's the field that tells the filter which parent category to use for listing its subcategories as filter options. Since it's empty, the filter doesn't know which subcategories to display.

You need to select the parent category there. For example, if your six subcategories are all children of a category called "Productos", select "Productos" in that Category field. With "Including sub categories" set to Yes, the filter will then list all subcategories under that parent as checkbox options on the frontend.

The "Category" setting on the right side in the Options panel is a different thing. That one controls on which category pages the filter module should appear, not which categories to use as filter values.

Hi,

Looking at your screenshots, the filter configuration looks correct. The "Category" field in Main Information is set to "Categorias de Producto" and the "Category" field in Options is also set to "Categorias de Producto", which is the right parent category.

The reason only "Belleza & Bienestar" is displayed is most likely because you have "Dynamic display" set to "Yes" in the Extra Information section of the filter configuration. When dynamic display is enabled, the filter only shows categories that have products assigned to them in the current product listing. If only "Belleza & Bienestar" has products in it, the other 5 categories will be hidden.

You can either:
1. Set "Dynamic display" to "No" so that all 6 subcategories always appear as filter options regardless of whether they have products.
2. Make sure your products are assigned to the other categories (Moda, Diseno & Hogar, Gourmet, Infantil, Oficios & Tradicion) as well. You can check this by editing a product and looking at the "Categories" setting.

Hi,

Regarding the category filter not showing products from subcategories: this is the expected behavior. When you select a category like "Belleza y Bienestar" in the filter, it only displays products that are directly assigned to that specific category. Products assigned only to its subcategories will not appear.

The "Including sub categories" setting on the filter configuration controls which subcategories are shown as filter options, not whether clicking a parent category also searches inside its children.

To get the behavior you want, you have two options:
1. Assign your products to both the subcategory AND the parent category "Belleza y Bienestar". You can do this easily with a mass action: create a mass action with a filter on the category to select all products in the subcategories of "Belleza y Bienestar", then use an "Add to category" action to also add them to the parent category.
2. Display the subcategories themselves as filter options instead of the parent. In the filter configuration, set the parent category to "Belleza y Bienestar" so that its children (the subcategories) appear as individual checkboxes. Then when a customer clicks a subcategory, it will show the products directly assigned to it.

Regarding the "Number of columns" showing 2 columns instead of 1: the "Number of columns" setting in the module defines the maximum number of columns for the filter layout. However, each individual filter also has its own "Column width" setting in its options (when you edit the filter in Components > HikaShop > Display > Filters). Check if your filters have a column width smaller than the maximum, as that would allow multiple filters to appear side by side. Also, your template CSS might be overriding the inline width styling. You can check this by inspecting the filter element in your browser's developer tools to see if any CSS rule is changing the width.

Hi,

The filter module's category filter is designed to filter products by their direct category assignment. It is not designed for hierarchical category navigation where selecting a parent category would also show products from all its subcategories.

For the kind of multi-level browsing you are looking for (click on "Belleza & Bienestar" and see all products from its subcategories), there are better approaches than the filter module:

1. You can create a Joomla menu item of type "HikaShop > Categories listing" pointing to your "Categorias de Producto" category. That will display your 6 subcategories as clickable links. When a customer clicks on one, they will see all products from that subcategory and its children automatically (controlled by the "Sub categories" depth setting in the menu item options).

2. You can use a HikaShop content module configured to display categories. Set it to display the children of your "Categorias de Producto" category, and it will show your 6 subcategories as a visual grid with images. Clicking on a category will take the customer to that category page with all its products and subcategories. You can read more about it here: www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/3...splay-front-end.html

If you absolutely need to use the filter module for this purpose, the only workaround is to assign your products to both their specific subcategory and to the parent category. That way, when a customer filters by the parent category, the products will appear. But this requires maintaining dual category assignments, which is more work.