Product Filter & Search makes the page refresh twice

Topic summary

Product Filter & Search is causing a collection page to appear to refresh twice: visitors first see the theme’s default product layout, then the app’s JavaScript-based filtered layout. The user also reports slower loading and that returning from a product page jumps back to the page title/top instead of the previous scroll position.

Key replies:

  • One response says this behavior is common with frontend/JavaScript filter apps, because they modify the page after initial load.
  • Suggested options were to switch to another app or build a custom solution.
  • Another app, Ultimate Product Filter+Search, was recommended as a lighter alternative, but the user said it does not integrate with their review app.
  • The recommendation then shifted to contacting that app’s support team for integration help.
  • A later reply adds that newer versions may no longer have this issue, and for older versions a fix may be to remove the product-item render loop from the collection page.

Status: no confirmed final resolution; possible workaround/fix was suggested.

Summarized with AI on March 5. AI used: gpt-5.4.

Hello @qaedtg111

You can contact the app support team https://apps.shopify.com/ultimate-search-and-filter-1 (Get support) to ask them to integrate with the product review app you are using.