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Compare Products for WooCommerce

Let your users know which products interest them the most by comparing them.

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Compare Products for WooCommerce Pro is a plugin where users can compare WooCommerce products in many aspects helping them to find out what they are looking for.

Do you like the free version of this plugin? Imagine what the Pro version can do for you!

Take a look at some of its features:

  • Choose in real time which comparison list columns will be displayed on frontend.
  • Sort products by any field on frontend in real time.
  • Customize compare buttons style.

Compare Products for WooCommerce – Frontend

Sort and Choose Columns

  • Compare your products using a good looking popup.
  • It’s possible to compare all kind of fields, including WooCommerce attributes.
  • Sort products by any field on frontend in real time.
  • Choose in real time which comparison list columns will be displayed on frontend.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Frontend Modal Sort and Choose columns

Compare Button

Display a button to compare your products on the product page.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Frontend - Compare button

Compare Button – Loop

Display a button to compare your products on the product loop.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Frontend - Compare button - Loop

Compare Products for WooCommerce – Backend

General Options

Settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > Compare Products”.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - General Options

Enable plugin
Turn on/off the “Compare Products for WooCommerce” plugin from its own panel on admin.
Default: yes
Load Font Awesome
Only mark this if you are not loading Font Awesome nowhere else. Font Awesome is responsible for creating icons.
Default: yes

Buttons Options

Control precisely where your comparison buttons will be displayed.
Settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > Compare Products > Buttons”.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Buttons Options

Button title
Sets button title.
Default: Compare
Single product page
Enables button on single product page.
Default: yes
Single product page: Position
Where the button will appear on the single product page? Possible values: On single product summary; Before single product summary; After single product summary; After product thumbnail.
Default: On single product summary
Single product page: Priority
More precise control of where the button will appear on single product page. Default is 31, right after “add to cart” button.
Default: 31
Product loop
Enables button on product loop.
Default: no
Product loop: Position
More precise control of where the button will appear on product loop. Possible values: Before add to cart button; After add to cart button.
Default: After add to cart button

Comparison List Options

This section includes options regarding the comparison list and comparison table columns, e.g. choose what columns will be available on the comparison list; turn on/off an option to sort and choose fields on frontend.
Settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > Compare Products > Comparison List”.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Comparison List Options

Modal
Enables a popup that shows the comparison list.
Default: yes
Modal: Title
Title for the modal comparison list.
Default: Comparison List
Modal: Subtitle
Subtitle for the modal comparison list.
Default: Compare your items.
Page
A page that displays the comparison list.
Default: None
Widget
Creates a widget showing a link pointing to the comparison list.
Default: yes
Empty list text
Text displayed when comparison list is empty.
Default:
The comparison list is empty
Columns: Image
Enables product image on product column.
Default: yes
Columns: Title
Enables product title on product column.
Default: yes
Columns: Columns
What columns do you want to show on comparison list? You can drag and drop columns to put them in any order you want. For example: Product, Price, Weight, Add to cart button, Description, Availability, Dimensions, Brand, Color, Size etc.
Default: Product; Price; Weight
Columns: Sorter
Enables a column sorter button on front-end allowing users to sort based in any field.
Default: no
Columns: Organizer
Allows users on front-end to choose what columns will be visible.
Default: no

Style Options

Options that can be used to create a custom style, e.g. customize compare buttons style.
Settings are located in “WooCommerce > Settings > Compare Products > Style”.

Compare Products for WooCommerce - Style Options

Enable section
Enables custom style section.
Default: no
Comparison List: Responsiveness
The responsive behaviour of the comparison list, i.e. how the comparison list will behave when the window width is smaller than 768px. Please note that the sorter feature does not work well with “List style”. Possible values: List style; Default table.
Default: Default table
Button: Icon
Click on input field to choose icon. Choose an Icon from font awesome. Leave it empty if you do not want icons.
Default: fas fa-exchange-alt
Button: Background color
Background color for default button.
Default: #919191
Button: Background color hover
Background color when mouse is over default button.
Default: #bfbfbf
Button: Text color
Color for text and icon of default button.
Default: #ffffff
Button: Font weight
Font weight for default button text.
Default: 600
Button: Border radius
Use it to make a rounded button.
Default: 0
Button: Font size
Default button font size (in pixels).
Default: 15
Button: Margin - single
Distance between button and other adjacent elements on single product page. E.g: 5px 15px 15px 20px. There are 4 space separated numbers, each one pointing to a direction: top right bottom left. Do not forget to write px after each number.
Default: 0 0 15px 0
Button: Margin - loop
Distance between button and other adjacent elements on product loop. Check “Button: Margin – single” option for a description.
Default: 10px 0 0 0
Button: Alignment - single
Default button alignment on single product page. Possible values: Left; Right; Center.
Default: Left
Button: Alignment - loop
Default button alignment on product loop. Possible values: Left; Right; Center.
Default: Center

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Changelog

2.1.0 - 29/07/2021

  • Dev - Plugin is initialized on plugins_loaded action now.
  • Dev - Admin settings - Comparison List - Empty list text - Input is sanitized now.
  • Dev - Admin settings - Descriptions updated.
  • Dev - Localisation - load_plugin_textdomain() is called on init action now.
  • Dev - Code refactoring.
  • WC tested up to: 5.5.
  • Tested up to: 5.8.

2.0.1 - 11/11/2019

  • Dev - Admin settings descriptions updated; typos fixed.
  • Dev - Code refactoring.
  • WC tested up to: 3.8.

2.0.0 - 24/10/2019

  • Fix - Font Awesome icon fixed. Loading latest Font Awesome v5.11.2 everywhere now.
  • Fix - Dynamic attribute fixed in comparison list template.
  • Fix - Homepage redirect fixed (when comparing from loop). query_vars filter removed.
  • Dev - Comparison List - Modal - "Title" and "Subtitle" options added.
  • Dev - Comparison List - "Empty list text" option added.
  • Dev - Buttons - Default button - "Title" option added.
  • Dev - Major code refactoring. Composer removed.
  • Dev - Admin settings restyled.
  • Dev - Plugin and author URI updated.
  • WC tested up to: 3.7.
  • Tested up to: 5.2.

1.1.5 - 19/04/2017

  • Make product dimensions compatible with WooCommerce 3.0 and older versions too

1.1.4 - 18/04/2017

  • Support to WooCommerce 3.0
  • Improve plugin description
  • Add images about the pro version
  • Fix link to comparison list on shop page
  • Show singular attribute name instead of label on comparison list template
  • Change default icon

1.1.3 - 20/03/2017

  • Fix widget label
  • Add horizontal overflow on comparison list in case of too many items
  • Add new style option regarding comparison list responsiveness
  • Loading external scripts through Protocol-relative URL
  • Better translation structure for adding and removing items
  • Fix comparison list link (it was creating a query string with "wc-ajax=get_refreshed_fragments")
  • Improve calling for the woocommerce notice function

1.1.2 - 15/03/2017

  • Fix translation slug (Now it's possible to translate the plugin through translate.wordpress.org)
  • Better plugin description
  • Fix remove button with wrong product id

1.1.1 - 27/02/2017

  • Better plugin description

1.1.0 - 16/02/2017

  • Add image option on list tab
  • Add title option on list tab
  • Add product option on column
  • Add shortcode to create a comparison list page
  • Add option to enable a modal to display the comparison list
  • Add option to choose the comparison list page
  • Add Widget displaying a link to comparison table
  • New query var to open modal (alg_wc_cp_modal=open)

1.0.0 - 09/02/2016

  • Initial Release.