July 2022 Release Notes: Improved Control Panel, Filters on Category Pages for WooCommerce & More

Welcome to Searchanise release notes. We've updated our admin panel to give you more control over the app's settings. Also now you can schedule automatic re-indexation for Shopify stores, create custom product labels for BigCommerce stores, add filters to category pages for WooCommerce stores, and much more!

The Instant Search Widget (ISW) section now looks different. We've changed it significantly to make it more intuitive and user-friendly. Among other things now you can:

• Change colors of the widget's elements easier;
  
• Set up product labels in seconds;
  
• Manage the content of ISW:
  
  • change the number of categories, pages and products, or hide them completely
    
  • manage search results order, and much more.

We've also improved the "Preview changes" option which allows you to see in real time how the changes you make look like in your store. Just don't forget to press Apply changes button for the new settings to go live

Go to the Searchanise control panel & check out yourself how much easier managing ISW has become!

You can now edit settings in the control panel in bulk. This allows you to fine-tune the app much faster. Bulk editing is available for the following settings:

• Filters. Edit the Status, Desktop view, More count, or Sort by attributes of several filters at once. Here's how to do it.
  
• Filter values. Edit the Status of multiple filter values at once, find out how.
  
• Categories and Pages in Preferences. Hide all or several categories or pages at once.
  

Test the new simple way of editing settings in your control panel!

You can also effortlessly manage Synonyms, Redirects, Stop Words, Merchandising, and Suggestions: delete them in bulk or clean up all of them in one click. If a big amount of data was imported incorrectly this tool is especially useful.

To manage settings in bulk, go to the corresponding section in the control panel, for example, Synonyms. Click Select all checkbox at the top. Delete selected or Clean up all Synonyms. Confirm it and force re-indexation. After the indexation is finished, the synonyms you've deleted won't affect the search.

Make sure your Synonyms and other settings perform at the top level and delete irrelevant ones in a few clicks. Go to the control panel to set them up.

You can now create a schedule for automatic re-indexation instead of clicking "force re-indexation" every time you update your store. This way your customers will get up-to-date search results even if you frequently change collections, pages or blog posts.

Go to the control panel and set up automatic re-indexation to make sure your customers always get up-to-date search results. Here's how to do it.

Create custom product labels based on their Custom Fields to highlight specific products in search. You can use it to attract customers' attention to new, trending, or promo products. Here are the instructions on how to set up custom labels.

Go to the control panel to add custom product labels and make more sales promoting products in search!

You can now add product condition as an additional field. This means you can display product condition in product cards in Instant Search Widget and Search Results Widget - on top of title, description and price.

Product conditions can also be used to create filters. If you sell both new and used items, you can assign "new" and "used" product conditions respectively - and the corresponding filter for your customers will be created automatically.

Assign conditions to your products and equip customers with new filters. Create them now!

If you use Smart Navigation (filters on categories or brand pages), you can now choose manual or featured sorting for products on these pages. Use it to promote products by displaying them closer to the top, or to set up a specific order for them (for instance, arrange zodiac signs in the correct sequence). Discover how to do it.

Go to the control panel to set up product sorting on categories or brand pages the way you want!

Empower customers with filters on category pages allowing them to narrow down the product's list in seconds with the help of Smart Navigation.

Smart Navigation replaces your WooCommerce category page template. Please, note that you'll need the v. 1.0.11 version of the plugin for the feature to work.

Go to the control panel and follow these setup steps to create a better customer experience on categories pages.

Use custom taxonomies to add additional product filters, for customers to easier navigate the search results.

Please, note that you'll need the v. 1.0.11 version of the plugin for the feature to work.

Go to the control panel and follow these setup steps to add filters that will meet specific needs of your customers.