Smart Collections
Edition: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor · Latest version: 1.0.0 · Compatible with: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, PHP 7.4 – 8.3 · Changelog: view
Rule-based product collections for CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor. Describe a collection once, for example “on sale and in stock”, “new arrivals of the last 30 days” or “top 20 bestsellers this month”, and the add-on keeps it filled while your catalog changes.
A collection is delivered in one of two ways:
- Category. The add-on fills a real category with additional product links. Menus, product filters, SEO URLs, the sitemap, breadcrumbs and every theme work as with any other category. Main categories and products you linked by hand are never changed.
- Blocks only. The add-on adds the filling Smart collection to the core Products block. Put a grid, scroller or list of the collection anywhere in your layouts, without category links.
Key features
Section titled “Key features”- 17 rule types: price range, on sale (minimum discount), stock, new arrivals, created between, recently updated, bestsellers in the last N days, rating and review count, in / not in categories (with subcategories), feature values, brand, vendor (Multi-Vendor), tags, product code patterns, name contains and free shipping;
- match all or any condition; sort by newest, price, bestselling, popularity, rating, biggest discount, name or random; limit to the top N;
- pinned products (always first) and excluded products;
- schedule with start and end date; optionally hide the category while the collection is inactive;
- live preview of the matching products while you edit the rules;
- updates when a product is saved, plus a scheduled full sync (cron or admin fallback) with a batch limit for large catalogs;
- CSV export and import of collections, CSV export of a collection’s products.
Documentation
Section titled “Documentation”Compatibility
Section titled “Compatibility”- CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x (tested on CS-Cart Ultimate 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 and Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, with the Nova and Responsive themes).
- PHP 7.2.5 – 8.3, depending on your CS-Cart version.
- Works with the full page cache of CS-Cart 4.21.