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Ross Morsali

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: <a href="https://free.searchandfilter.com/?utm_campaign=wordpress.org&utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=docslink" rel="nofollow ugc">Search & Filter Documentation</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/searchandfilter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow us on Twitter</a>
<h3>Get more features with Search & Filter Pro</h3>
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<li><a href="https://demo.searchandfilter.com/?utm_campaign=wordpress.org&utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=demolink" rel="nofollow ugc">View live demo >></a></li>
<li>Search Custom Fields, Post Meta, Authors, Post Types, Post Dates, Taxonomies, Tags, Categories</li>
<li>Use AJAX to display results – no more page reloading!</li>
<li>Search Post Meta/Custom Fields with checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, multiselects or comboboxes</li>
<li>jQuery range slider, date pickers and auto-complete comboboxes for selects and multiselects</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>Drag & Drop editor</li>
<li>Use custom templates</li>
<li>Create as many fields and different search forms as you like</li>
<li>Use for blogs, reviews sites, news sites, property sites and more.</li>
<li>Use for your online shop – tested and compatible with WooCommerce, WP eCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads</li>
<li>Place anywhere in your themes and posts using shortcodes and widgets</li>
<li>Works with WPML</li>
<li>Works with Advanced Custom Fields</li>
<li>Extremely easy to use admin UI, fully integrated with WP 3.8+</li>
<li>Dedicated Support</li>
<li><a href="https://searchandfilter.com/?utm_campaign=wordpress.org&utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=textlink" rel="nofollow ugc">More info >></a></li>
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Search & Filter

Great Plugin

I use the pro version of this plugin and it is truly one of the best, most useful plugins out there. There's no bloat. It doesn't load you down with a bunch of crappy templates or anything like that. It just focuses on providing you all the options you could need for searching and filtering content and leaves the rest to you. I am always pleasantly surprised that when I want to do some weird thing with filtering I find that this plugin already has the ability to do it. 

Search Filter PRO


Excellent plugin with very good ACF support in its pro version but also a very useful Elementor integration. The support is very responsive and very helpful!Great job !


Excellent plugin with excellent support

I would love to say this plugin is awesome. I really would. It has some great functionality out of the box. I need to drop it a star and a half because it overlooks a few fundamental priorities that would be easy to fix but they don's seem to want to bother with. First, their is no way to alter the html template of the outputted form, or give you a way to segment it into sections. This creates a huge drag trying to style a single flowing list of elements <ul><li></li></ul>. This would be easy to solve and there are several requests for styling help. Second, the pro support is not very good. I was not able to find a way to contact them on my account page so came and left a review instead.

Pretty Good functionality but styling help is non-existant

Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types

thejester12

Mike Gillihan

A quick easy way to customize archive pages (or pages with lists of posts like custom post types, categories, tags, or custom taxonomy terms). You can add editable content before or after the list, you can add a featured image. It also allows you to set up the order and pagination on these pages separately from the rest of your site. Taxonomies can share settings across all terms, or have specific settings per term. Administrators can change the settings, site editors can easily change the content.
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Archive Titles: If your theme is using the_archive_title() function, then you can modify the your archive titles.
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<li>Remove Labels (Archive, Category, Tag, etc.) – Sometimes you just want to get rid of the annoying default words.</li>
<li>Custom Override – Allow an editor to write something custom for an archive headline.</li>
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Featured Image: You can allow for a custom featured image that applies to an archive page and have it added above the list automatically, or add it yourself via a theme function.
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Content Before List: Give your site editors the ability to edit content directly before the archive list. You can have it automatically added, or use a theme function to give you more control over their placement (see the “Other Notes” tab).
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Content After List: Give your site editors the ability to edit content directly after the archive list. You can have it automatically added, or use a theme function to give you more control over their placement (see the “Other Notes” tab).
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Archive Order By: Instead of messing with code to change the order of an archive page, now you can do it in a few clicks.
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<li>Date Published</li>
<li>Title</li>
<li>Date Modified</li>
<li>Menu Order</li>
<li>Random</li>
<li>ID</li>
<li>Author</li>
<li>Post Slug</li>
<li>Post Type</li>
<li>Comment Count</li>
<li>Parent</li>
<li>Meta Value</li>
<li>Meta Value (Numeric)</li>
<li>No Order</li>
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Archive Order: In addition to the order by setting, you’ll also want to change the sort order direction.
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<li>Ascending</li>
<li>Descending</li>
</ul>
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Archive Pagination: The pagination settings are easy to change without changing code.
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<li>Show Everything</li>
<li>Custom Posts Per Page</li>
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Term Edit Options: For categories, tags, and custom taxonomies, you can choose a few additional things.
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<li>Per Term Order & Pagination – Customize the order, and pagination on a per term basis.</li>
<li>Hide Description Field – You can choose to hide the term description field within the WordPress backend.</li>
<li>Hide Parent Field – On hierarchal taxonomies, you can choose to hide the parent field within the WordPress backend.</li>
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The plugin doesn’t add any CSS or javascript to the front end. The styling of the archive page is left completely up to you. This plugin should be friendly for power users and developers alike. You can use it entirely without changing theme code, or you can control the placement and functionality more exactly using the provided functions. See the “Other Notes” tab.
Have an idea that should be added? Let me know at <a href="https://switchwp.com/plugins/archive-control/" rel="nofollow ugc">SwitchWP</a>.
<h3>Functions Provided by the Plugin</h3>
the_archive_top_content( boolean $html = true )
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Displays the top archive content on an archive page. Additional html markup can be removed by setting false.
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archive_top_content( boolean $html = true, string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Displays the top archive content for any post type anywhere on the site. Additional html markup can be removed by setting false. Post type is automatic if on an archive page.
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get_archive_top_content( string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Returns the top archive content for any post type anywhere on the site. Post type or term id is automatic if on an archive page.
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the_archive_bottom_content( boolean $html = true )
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Displays the bottom archive content on an archive page. Additional html markup can be removed by setting false.
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archive_bottom_content( boolean $html = true, string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Displays the bottom archive content for any post type anywhere on the site. Additional html markup can be removed by setting false. Post type is automatic if on an archive page.
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get_archive_bottom_content( string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Returns the top archive content for any post type anywhere on the site. Post type or term id is automatic if on an archive page.
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the_archive_thumbnail( string $size = ‘large’, string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Display the archive thumbnail. Default size is large but first parameter can set any valid image size, or an array of width and height values in pixels (in that order). Post type is automatic if on an archive page.
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get_archive_thumbnail_src( string $size = ‘large’, string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Returns the archive image url source. Default size is large but first parameter can set any valid image size, or an array of width and height values in pixels (in that order). Post type is automatic if on an archive page.
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get_archive_thumbnail_id( string $post_type_slug = null, string $term_id = null )
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Returns the archive thumbnail id. if you want to use other common WordPress attachment functions to retrieve data about the image. Post type or term id is automatic if on an archive page.
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Archive Control

I've just installed this plugin in a multisite WordPress website and it works smoothly. It is very useful, user-friendly and intuitive, I think it took me around 10 minutes to add a background image and description for an archive page of a custom post type.

Excellent plugin, cheers!

Excellent

An excellent plugin is you need one of the feature it manages. But it seems no more supported.

Quickly customize your custom post type and taxonomy archives with a custom headline, image, and editable content. Modify order and pagination.

Search & Filter vs Archive Control