Managing individual filter templates for every single category on your webshop requires a lot of maintenance. To streamline this process, you can create a master template (one central filter template containing all possible filters for your entire catalog) and link it to the highest level of your category tree.
By default, Tweakwise automatically hides filters if none of the products in the current selection have a value for that filter (for example, hiding Processor Speed when a visitor is browsing in the Chairs category).
AI Smart Filters take this intelligence a step further. Instead of just hiding completely empty filters, AI Smart Filters dynamically optimize which filters and values are shown, how they are ordered, and when they appear based on relevance and real visitor behavior.
Key Capabilities of AI Smart Filters
AI Smart Filters offer four powerful functionalities to optimize your filter menu:
Sort Filters Based on Usage:
Automatically moves the most frequently used and clicked filters to the top of the menu per category or search query, making it easier for visitors to find popular attributes.
Sort Filter Values Based on Usage:
Sorts individual filter values (such as sizes, brands, or colors) by popularity rather than strictly alphabetically or in a fixed order.
Smart Display Thresholds (Minimum Relevance Percentage):
Prevents weakly filled filters from cluttering the menu. You can set a minimum percentage threshold (e.g., 30%) so a filter only appears if at least that percentage of displayed products actually has a value for that attribute.
Hide Single-Value Filters:
Automatically hides filters when only one filterable option remains, reducing visual noise for shoppers.
How AI Smart Filters Adapt to Your Visitors
Because AI Smart Filters continuously analyze recent usage data, the filter presentation dynamically adapts to changing visitor behavior:
Category-Specific Popularity: A filter like Screen Diagonal may be heavily used under TVs, while Resolution might rank higher under Monitors. AI Smart Filters calculate popularity per category automatically.
Up-to-Date Trends: Recent usage carries more weight than historical usage, ensuring seasonal trends and changing customer preferences are reflected in your filter menu after publish tasks.
Preserving Active Selections: If a visitor has already selected a value within a filter, that filter will always remain visible on the screen, regardless of minimum percentage thresholds.
Next Steps
Ready to configure these smart features for your webshop? Check out this support article: How do I set up AI smart filters? | Tweakwise Help Center