Product data in comparison tables

WPC Smart Compare for WooCommerce Premium adds a comparison list, table, and bar to a WooCommerce store. AJAX interactions let shoppers add products and review comparisons without opening a new tab or iframe. The Premium edition supports customization of all product attributes, including custom attributes, and all product fields, including custom fields. Choose which fields and attributes appear in the table, and use a smart filter to narrow products by a selected taxonomy such as category, color, or size.

Adding products and reviewing results

Shoppers can add products with the Compare button or the search button, then drag and drop entries to change their order. Searches in the comparison table can prompt related products. When the table is empty or no related products are found, shoppers can be prompted to add new products instantly.

The Quick Comparison Table for related products can be enabled or disabled and positioned on single product pages. Registered or subscribed users can save login data for comparison, using the same function described for the Wishlist plugin.

Table, bar, and button options

• Set the Compare button type, text, visibility, product categories, and product removal behavior.
• Choose the fields and attributes shown in the comparison table, and show or conceal fields.
• Keep the first column and row sticky while shoppers review the table.
• Configure the comparison bar, including its Add More and Remove All buttons, background color, and button color.
• Hide similarities or highlight differences with the comparison methods.
• Add a social sharing button that shares through links.

The responsive interface is designed for touch devices. WPML compatibility supports multilingual websites. Shortcodes let you place comparison buttons on selected pages. If your theme already places buttons, use the supplied filters to hide the default archive and single-product buttons before adding a shortcode where needed.

Installation and button placement

WooCommerce must be installed. Install and activate WPC Smart Compare for WooCommerce Premium in WordPress, then configure the Compare button, table, and bar settings, including fields, attributes, categories, colors, visibility, and comparison methods.

For a custom button location, first hide the default archive and single-product buttons with these filters:

add_filter( 'woosc_button_position_archive', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'woosc_button_position_single', '__return_false' );

Then place the shortcode where the button should appear, replacing the product ID placeholder with the relevant product ID:

[woosc id="{product_id}"]

For example: echo do_shortcode('[woosc id="99"]');