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- Installs
- 40,000+
- Rating
- 4.6 (195)
- Updated
- 26 days ago
Search & Filter
Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #791 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 985.7K
- 985,711
- Downloads, 30 days
- 6.1K
- 1.8K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5
- 175 reviews
- Last updated
- 2 months ago
- Aug 22, 2026
- Version
- 1.2.18
- 25 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 22, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 3.5 or newer |
| Needs PHP | Not stated |
| First published | September 12, 2013 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.5 / 5 from 175 reviews
| 5 stars | 148 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 4 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 7 |
| 1 star | 12 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Search & Filter is a simple search and filtering plugin for WordPress – it is an advancement of the WordPress search box.
You can search by Category, Tag, Custom Taxonomy, Post Type, Post Date or any combination of these easily to really refine your searches – remove the search box and use it as a filtering system for your posts and pages. Fields can be displayed as dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons or multi selects.
Links: Search & Filter Documentation | Follow us on Twitter
Get more features with Search & Filter Pro
- View live demo >>
- Search Custom Fields, Post Meta, Authors, Post Types, Post Dates, Taxonomies, Tags, Categories
- Use AJAX to display results – no more page reloading!
- Search Post Meta/Custom Fields with checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, multiselects or comboboxes
- jQuery range slider, date pickers and auto-complete comboboxes for selects and multiselects
- Order Results Field – users can order results by meta value, Post ID, author, title, name, date, date modified, parent ID, random, comment count and menu order
- Drag & Drop editor
- Use custom templates
- Create as many fields and different search forms as you like
- Use for blogs, reviews sites, news sites, property sites and more.
- Use for your online shop – tested and compatible with WooCommerce, WP eCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
How can I report security bugs?
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team helps validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.
How can I xxxxx ?
The documentation has been updated to include examples almost all configurable options with screenshots – please refer to the Search & Filter Docs.
Latest changelog entry
- Security enhancement – prevent unauthorised redirects when submitting the form.
Screenshots
Full example of Search & Filter when used in a widget and with a combination of checkboxes, radio buttons and selects 
Minimal example of Search & Filter embedded in the header 
Minimal example of Search & Filter embedded in a widget 
Example of Search & Filter using a post type filter
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.