Large & High-SKU Catalogs – Free ProductBay Course – WPAnchorBay
ProductBay Course

Tame a huge catalog without slowing your store.

Follow Sam, a hardware store owner with thousands of SKUs, as he turns an endless shop into a fast, searchable catalog table. Free plugin, no code.

Single-page course About 7 min read 100% free plugin

Sam runs Forge & Field, a hardware store with thousands of SKUs. The default shop is endless pages of cards, and customers give up before they find the right bolt. Sam needs density, speed, and a way to navigate a huge catalog.

Put the catalog in a fast table

Sam builds a table sourced from All Products, then leans on pagination so a huge catalog loads in manageable pages rather than one giant scroll.

Pagination, search, and filter options in the ProductBay wizard
Set products-per-page and pagination so a large catalog stays fast and manageable.

Make thousands of items findable

In Options he turns on search and category and product-type filters. On the live page these narrow the catalog instantly, with no reloads.

Instant search and filtering on a large ProductBay catalog
Instant search and filters let customers cut a huge catalog down to the few items they need.

Pick the columns that matter for hardware, like SKU and stock, and hide the less useful ones on mobile with per-device visibility so the table stays readable.

Keep the store fast

Sam worried a big table would slow his site. It does not: ProductBay only loads its assets on pages that contain a table, and it caches product queries, so the rest of the store stays quick.

The ProductBay tables dashboard
Manage every catalog table from one dashboard, each with its own shortcode and shareable link.

Forge & Field’s catalog page went from a scroll marathon to a search-and-filter tool. Customers find the right part in seconds, and the site stayed fast.

Make your big catalog usable.

Install ProductBay free and turn thousands of products into a fast, searchable table.

Requires WooCommerce. Works on WordPress 6.8 or higher.