FacetWP vs Super Speedy Filters

6.44.0 (6th August 2026)

• Fixed filtered pages on a Polylang or TranslatePress site in any language other than the default building their SEO title, breadcrumbs and SEO override match from an incomplete filter set, so a French page titled *Buy in Red Online* now reads *Buy Chairs in Red Online*
• Fixed an Exact SEO override written for a translated URL losing to a Contains override on Polylang and TranslatePress sites
• Filtered pages you allow to be indexed now carry correct `hreflang` tags on Polylang sites, listing the equivalent filtered URL in each language with a self-reference and `x-default`, the same as WPML
• Fixed every brand facet on a non-default-language archive being a dead link on Polylang sites, e.g. `/fr/product-category/chaises/fr/brand/ikea-fr/`
• Polylang Pro's translated slugs are now understood, so a French page at `/fr/categorie-produit/chaises/` builds its title, breadcrumbs and filter links from the right terms
• SSF's SEO wording now appears in Polylang under Languages then Translations, in the *Super Speedy Filters* group, including the title prefix and suffix, the connectors, the meta description wording, the browser title suffix, the paginated title text and the on sale prefix
• Every text field on a filter widget can now be translated per language in WPML String Translation or Polylang Translations: the search box placeholder, the clear filters and clear search labels, the group heading, the dropdown text, the required filters tooltip and the stock, on sale and postmeta toggle labels. One widget with translated strings, not one widget per language
• The *Show products on sale* and *Show in stock* wording on the Show Existing Filters widget is translatable too, defaults included
• Swatch colours and term thumbnails fall back to the default language's term, so a palette set once in English shows on every language
• All of SSF's text now uses one `super-speedy-filters` text domain, so a single `.mo` file or Loco Translate covers the plugin
• TranslatePress keeps its own hreflang tags on filtered pages, which are already correct
• Removed the `SSF_POLYLANG` constant and its wp-config setting, replaced by the language handling above, which needs no switch
• Tested up to WordPress 7.0
• The plugin header declares GPLv3 and WordPress 7.0, matching `readme.txt`
• Auto Configure now picks layout and placement on one step before Review, defaulting to a filter bar placed above your products; the one-button layout places itself the same way, and only the sidebar layout asks which sidebar or shortcode area to use
• The layout sets each filter's container, a filter bar makes every filter a popout button, a sidebar removes the containers, and the review previews show exactly what will be created
• Auto Configure defaults changed: hierarchical taxonomies get a list with large images one click away, taxonomies with term images get large image tiles, and taxonomies with colours get colour labels
• Auto Configure shows product counts only on the main hierarchy filter, every other filter it creates hides them
• Brand taxonomies are treated as flat even though WooCommerce registers them hierarchical, so brands with logos get the large image tiles
• On the review step, changing a setting keeps your scroll position, popout containers in the previews open on click, and the step circles at the top navigate back
• The scan summary now reads in groups, posts then taxonomies then terms, and counts the terms carrying colours and images rather than the taxonomies
• Auto Configure's admin script and stylesheet reload automatically after an update, no hard refresh needed