=== Featured Products First for WooCommerce - A Extension of WooCommerce (WooCommerce Addon Plugin) ===
Contributors: pmbaldha, woocommerce9, freemius
Tags: featured, product, woocommerce
Donate link: http://prashantwp.com/
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.7
Requires PHP: 5.6.0
Stable tag: 1.9.8
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html

Displays your most profitable products first (top) in Product Listing and Earn more money with the Featured Product First for WooCommerce Plugin. The Featured Product First for WooCommerce places featured products listed on Shop Page, Search Page, and Category pages of WooCommerce.

== Description ==
Featured Product First for WooCommerce allows you to displays featured product first everywhere with any sorting order. It helps you to boost your store's revenue. It provides a WooCommerce Featured Product sidebar widget.  It is fully compatible with to WooCommerce e-commerce WordPress plugin.

Maximize your profitability  by putting your favorite products first. 💰️💰️💰️💰️

**[Demo of Featured Product First For WooCommerce](https://prashantwp.com/woo-addon-demo/shop/)**

#### Full Features List of Featured Products First for WooCommerce:
🏆 Quickest Turn-around Support
🏆  Featured Product First on Shop, Archive, Product Search Page and Admin Dashboard Product Listing with any sorting order.
🏆  **Continuously improvement** in the Featured Product First for WooCommerce codebase day by day.
🏆  100% GPL code, Compatible with GPL v3.
🏆  It is configurable from WooCommerce Settings.

#### Plans:

> #### FREE:
> * Displays Featured Product First On any pages with WooCommerce
> * Featured Product First Widget
> * Enable / Disable Display Featured Product First on Pages
> * You can pass "is_featured_first" with true value to display featured product first for custom query products result.
> * Normal Support by [WordPress.org Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/featured-products-first-for-woocommerce)
> * Normal Priority Support
> * Multilingual
> * 100% GPL code, Compatible with GPL v3

> #### PRO:
> * **NO LIMITATIONS** on the number of featured products displayed first
> * Sorting of Featured Products in any sorting order
> * Premium fast support

You can buy the Featured Product First for the WooCommerce PRO version on [https://checkout.freemius.com/mode/dialog/plugin/1689/plan/2469/](https://checkout.freemius.com/mode/dialog/plugin/1689/plan/2469/)

**See a few reviews below;**
> Lopri ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> The author fixed my problem with the plugin very fast. With default sort order enabled, featured products are displayed first, as intended.<br> It would be nice to have the option (checkboxes?) to display featured products first with other sort orders, too. And maybe in product search results.

> Fatima85 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> Wonderful, Very Helpful and Very Easy to use, only one click! no need to any code.

> Corey Maass ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Did exactly what it said on the box.

> Jay Syder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> It works as it says especially impressed that it works with the woocommerce predictive search plugin as well. Just install and activate and featured products are now featured in search as displaying first.

> Ioannis Gyftakis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> Really quick and easy to use. I hope to be well written also. When I ‘ll have a look at the code I ‘ll update.

> Anzalabdulla53 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> It did the work easy and fast!

> Limitcracker ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
> Excellent Plug-in and very useful

== Useful WooCommerce Links ==
* [WooCommerce](https://woocommerce.com/)
* [WooCommerce on the WordPress.org Repository](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/)
* [WooCommerce Documentation](https://woocommerce.com/documentation/)

== Installation ==
1.Download your WordPress Plugin to your desktop. If downloaded as a zip archive, extract the Plugin folder to your desktop.
2.Read through the "readme" file thoroughly to ensure you follow the installation instructions.
3.With your FTP program, upload the Plugin folder to the wp-content/plugins folder in your WordPress directory online.
4.Go to the Plugins screen and find the newly uploaded Plugin in the list.
5.Click Activate to activate it.
6.Go to WooCommerce -> Settings and navigate to products tab and then display section and set settings related to the featured product first

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= What is WooCommerce? =
WooCommerce is an open-source E-Commerce Solution. It is a license under GPL. It is the most-popular open source ECommerce Solution.

= How can I set a featured product? =
To know how to set featured product in WooCommerce, please refer to official documentation [https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-products/#section-10](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/managing-products/#section-10)

= From where can I make the setting of this Plugin? =
Please go to WooCommerce > Settings > Products.

= Is this plugin WooCommerce compatible? = 
Yes, absolutely.

= Is this Plugin compatible with WooCommerce 3.x? =
Ans.Yes, absolutely.

= Where can I set the default product sorting order in WooCommerce? =
To set default catalog product default sorting order, Please go to Admin Dashboard > Appearance > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Catalog. Here, There is a second field where you can choose "Default product sorting".

= How can I buy the premium version of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce Plugin? =
Go to your site Admin Dashboard > WooCommerce > Featured Product First > Upgrade

= What is the main difference between the free version and premium version of Featured Product First for WooCommerce Plugin? =
The free version of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce Plugin displays featured products first on the shop page, the archive page, the product category, and the search page with woocommerce default sorting. If you would like to sort everywhere, Please Premium version of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce Plugin.

== Screenshots ==
1. Featured Product First on Default Sorting Order
2. Featured Product First on Sort by Popularity Order
3. Featured Product First on Sort by Average Rating Order
4. Featured Product First on Sort by Newness Order
5. Featured Product First on Sort by Price: Low to High
6. Featured Product First on Sort by Price: High to Low
7. Featured Product First Settings
8. Settings and Upgrade Links
9. Featured Product widget

== Changelog ==

= 1.9.7, May 22, 2025 =
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated to the latest version.

= 1.9.7, May 26, 2024 =
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated to the latest version.

= 1.9.6, July 21, 2023 =
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated to the latest version.

= 1.9.5, April 11, 2022 =
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated to the latest version.
* TWEAK: Test compatibility with WordPress 5.9.3.

= 1.9.3, January 27, 2022 =
* FIX: Sorting order in Featured Product Listing wasn't working. (Premium).
* TWEAK: Removed unused CSS file.

= 1.9.2, January 26, 2022 =
* COMPATIBILITY: Compatible with WordPress version 5.9.
* COMPATIBILITY: Compatible with WooCommerce version 6.1.1.
* TWEAK: Improve SQL queries to order featured products.
* TWEAK: Add translator comment for printf and sprintf translated strings.

= 1.9.1, January 19, 2022 =
* COMPATIBILITY: Compatible with WooCommerce version 6.1.0.
* TWEAK: Update Getting Started Admin Page Screenshot of Featured Products First for WooCommerce.
* REFACTOR: Reformat file coding according to WordPress Coding Standards.

= 1.9.0, January 03, 2022 =
* NEW: Make WooCommerce > Featured Product First page instead of Main Featured Product First page Menu Page.
* NEW: Add Demo link of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce in readme.txt file.
* COMPATIBILITY: Compatible with WordPress 5.9.
* REFACTOR: Change email address for support of Featured Product First for WooCommerce.

= 1.8.2, December 14, 2021 =
* NEW: Give all options of "Enable Featured Products First on Page" to free version from premium version.
* NEW: Remove Sorting order checkboxes settings because they are no longer required.
* COMPATIBILITY: Compatible with WooCommerce 6.0.
* REFACTOR: Remove posts_orderby filter hook function to put featured product first. Instead, used posts_clauses filter hook function to put featured products first.

= 1.8.1, May 14, 2021 =
* FIX: In Sale featured products were not be placed first in the Product listing of WooCommerce
* NEW: Licence compatible with GPL v3
* NEW: Make compatible with WooCommerce 5.3.0
* NEW: Tested up to WordPress 5.7.2
* IMPROVEMENT: Add cache mechanism in getting featured products to improve performance
* IMPROVEMENT: Remove other plugin advertisements
* TWEAK: Freemius SDK library updated to version 2.4.2.

= 1.8.0 =
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated
* Tested upto the WordPress 5.1
* Tested upto the WooCommerce 3.5.5

= 1.7.2 = 
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated

= 1.7.1 =
* TWEAK: Improved auto-upgrade process
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated
* TWEAK: GDPR compatibility

= 1.7.0 =
* FEATURE: Add dynamic limitation on putting no. of featured products first
* TWEAK: Add settings in a separate tab titled "Featured Product First".
* TWEAK: Freemius library updated
* TWEAK: GDPR compatibility

= 1.6.3 =
* TWEAK: Add FAQ, "How to set featured product in WooCommerce?"
* TWEAK: Add pro version notice in setting Catalog Order
* TWEAK: Added new strings in the language file
* TWEAK: Added Buy Pro Version Link
* TWEAK: Trial Version requires Credit Card or PayPal
* TWEAK: Plugin Title changed to "Featured Products First for WooCommerce - Displays Featured Products on Top of List"

= 1.6.2 =
* FIX: Featured Product couldn't be sorted first on shop page with default sorting order in woocommerce 3.3.3

= 1.6.1 =
* FIX: Plugin was adding Settings link to every Plugin in the list

= 1.6 =
* FIX: Trial User can not access full feature (Premium version)

= 1.5 =
* FIX: Settings were not displayed properly  in WooCommerce 3.3.1
* TWEAK: Developed easy Upgrade option from Settings

= 1.4 =
* TWEAK: Add trial code

= 1.3 =
* TWEAK: Make proper readme markdown
* TWEAK: Add plans in readme
* TWEAK: Add affiliation submenu page
* TWEAK: WordPress 4.9.3 compatibility
* TWEAK: WooCommerce 3.3.1  compatibility

= 1.2 =
* TWEAK: Redirect to getting started page after plugin activation

= 1.1 =
* FEATURE: Displays featured products first everywhere functionality (Premium Version)
* FEATURE: Displays featured products first on woocommerce product shortcode and divi shop module functionality (Premium Version)
* TWEAK: Highlight setting options
* TWEAK: Add filters for more extensibility
* TWEAK: Featured Product First Main menu page added

= 1.0 =
* FIX: Setting checkboxes were not displaying properly
* TWEAK: Add hooks to extend the functionality of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce
* TWEAK: Add Freemius library
* FEATURE: Featured product first for all sorting orders (Premium Version)

= 0.6 =
FIX: If the database table prefix is different than wp, the shop page can't display any product

= 0.5 =
FIX: Sorting issues if database table have different prefix instead of the default prefix

= 0.4 =
FIX: Sorting issues

= 0.3.1 =
FIX: featured product first feature on archive product page

= 0.3 =
Added featured product first feature on archive product page

= 0.2 =
Add Compatibility with latest WooCommerce 3.x Version

= 0.1 =
The initial version of the Featured Product First for WooCommerce plugin was released.
