WooCommerce : Add Custom Taxonomy Filter on Products Dashboard.

Code

How To Filter Products by Taxonomies in the Dashboard?

WooCommerce provide Many Product filters on admin screen , such as “Select a category”, “Filter by product type”, “Filter by stock status”.

For example ,if you want to add Custom filters like “Filter by tags” etc on products admin screen.
“Product tag” is a default taxonomies of WooCommerce same as “Product categories”. We can use ‘woocommerce_product_filters’ filter for adding other texonomy filters too.

Before
null

Paste this code to your theme’s functions.php for adding filter to product admin screen.

function CustomTaxonomyFilter( $data ) { 
  global $wp_query; 
  $data .= wc_product_dropdown_categories( array(
    'show_option_none' => 'Filter by Tags',
    'taxonomy' => 'product_tag',
    'name' => 'product_tag',
    'selected' => isset( $wp_query->query_vars['product_tag'] ) ? $wp_query->query_vars['product_tag'] : '',
  ) );
return $data;
}
add_filter('woocommerce_product_filters','CustomTaxonomyFilter' );

//output

After
null

Same filter can be used for extra custum texomony added.

function CustomTaxonomyFilter( $data ) { 
  global $wp_query; 
  $data .= wc_product_dropdown_categories( array(
    'show_option_none' => 'Filter by Brands',
    'taxonomy' => 'product_brand',
    'name' => 'product_brand',
    'selected' => isset( $wp_query->query_vars['product_brand'] ) ? $wp_query->query_vars['product_brand'] : '',
  ) );
return $data;
}
add_filter('woocommerce_product_filters','CustomTaxonomyFilter' );

Related reading:

Shiv Kumawat

Executive Director & CEO

Shiv Kumawat is the CEO of Eoxys IT Solution LLP, the Jaipur-based IT company he has led since 2009. An AI & IT Solutions Consultant with 16+ years of experience, he works with startups and enterprises to turn ideas into market-ready SaaS platforms, mobile apps and AI-driven solutions. His team has delivered 700+ projects across SaaS, mobile and web apps, automation and AI. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer for a US company.

Latest Posts

AEO vs SEO vs GEO: a search bar above an AI answer panel that cites three web sources

Schema Markup for AI Search: What Actually Helps in 2026

Many AEO checklists say that adding the right schema markup for AI search will get your pages quoted by ChatGPT,…

Shafeeq Khan
November 1, 2026
AI agent approach illustration: an AI agent on a platform connected to tools, email, browser and a completed task

Hire an AI Agent Developer: Skills, Cost and When You Need One

An AI agent is software that uses a language model to decide what to do next: look something up, call…

Shafeeq Khan
October 31, 2026
AI visibility audit illustration: a rising search visibility chart, an eye symbol and ranked podium blocks

AI Visibility Tools Compared: Prices, Engines and Limits

If you want to know whether ChatGPT, Gemini or Google’s AI Overviews mention your business, you have two choices: check…

Shafeeq Khan
October 30, 2026
,

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *