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Search-Into-Subcategories plugin allows you to make a select-search shortcode for your own categories.
You can use if everywhere you want and make a tree structure for your categories.
[search-into-subcategories]
Arguments you can pass:
<pre><code>parent_category Default is 0
 You can list only sub categories of the category id you give here. With 0 lists alla categories

max_depth Default is 2
 How many subcategories (children of the parent_category) to display, at least 1.

search_input Default is 1
 Display a text input for search. (You can turn it off with 0 value)

labels Default is <empty string>
 Labels for the inputs. Give them in the order you want with '|' as separator. example: Category1|Category2|Text

search_text Default is Search
 The text to display in search button.

hide_empty Default is 1
 Hide categories without content, set to 0 to display all!

exclude Default is <empty string>
 Category IDs to exclude from listing. Separate them with ','. Example: 6,7,13

show_date_ranges Default is 0
 Show from/to date ranges to filter publish date. Set it to 1 to use it.

dates_format Default is DD-MM-YYYY
 It requires the show_date_ranges to be enabled. It uses Pikaday JS Library (a small one) to create a datepicker
 and manage the date formatting. (If you use spaces into the format, wrap it into single quotes 'like this').
 (The formatting is generated by momentJS https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/ )

custom_field Default is null
 List of custom meta-fields to search in (it will create a new input for every meta-field.
 ( Use , as separator, example: field1,meta_key,etc )

custom_field_labels Default is null
 List for labels in custom meta fields text input. (Use | as separator, example: name1|name2|etc)

custom_post_types Default is null
 Post type to filter results

posts_per_page Default is null
 Set result page posts per page

custom_taxonomy Default is category
 Set custom taxonomy to walk.
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Example: 
[search-into-subcategories parent_category=0 max_depth=3 search_input=1 labels=cat1|cat2|cat3|Text search_text=Find 
 hide_empty=0 exclude=7,6 show_date_ranges=1 custom_field=author,my_custom 
 custom_field_labels=Author|Custom custom_post_types=documents posts_per_page=10 
 custom_taxonomy=my_taxonomy dates_format=YYYY-MM-DD]

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