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Search and Filter Pro
Search & Filter Pro adds configurable search and filtering tools for posts, products, custom post types, taxonomies, and custom fields. Its Pro functionality includes live AJAX results, dynamic filter options, range fields, query controls, indexing, and integrations for selected WordPress builders and plugins.
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Overview
Search & Filter Pro is designed for WordPress sites where a basic keyword box or category archive is not enough. Site owners can build queries and connect them to visitor-facing fields such as text inputs, select controls, checkboxes, radio buttons, autocomplete fields, and range filters. That makes the plugin a practical fit for directories, resource libraries, product catalogs, and content-heavy sites whose visitors need to narrow results using structured data. The main implementation decision is how the filtering interface will connect to the site’s results layout. The documentation separates queries from fields, while integrations are provided for tools including WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, Elementor, Bricks, Beaver Builder, WPML, and Relevanssi. Pro also provides live search and an indexer intended for complex datasets. These capabilities can reduce page reloads and expose more relevant options, but they do not remove the need to test query behavior, styling, caching, multilingual configuration, and third-party plugin interactions on staging. The developer’s known-issues documentation specifically identifies possible conflicts with some performance and hosting tools, so those should be checked before deployment.
Build visitor-facing search and filter forms for posts, products, and custom post types.
Filter using taxonomies, categories, tags, custom fields, and post meta.
Use Pro field types such as autocomplete search and numerical range filters.
Return live AJAX results without requiring a full page reload.
Use dynamic options and indexed queries for more context-aware filtering workflows.
Adjust query behavior, ordering, pagination, and result placement through the plugin’s query tools.
Connect filtering workflows with selected page builders and WordPress integrations.
Compatibility and setup context
- The official documentation lists integrations for WooCommerce, Advanced Custom Fields, Elementor, Bricks, Beaver Builder, WPML, Relevanssi, GenerateBlocks, Divi, and other tools; verify the specific integration’s current
- The plugin is available through the WordPress.org directory in a free edition, while Pro adds advanced query, live-search, dynamic, and integration features.
- Sites using WP Rocket, SiteGround Speed Optimizer, or WP Engine should test frontend rendering and indexer/query behavior because the developer documents known interaction issues.
- Custom-field filtering should be tested against the site’s actual field structures, especially ACF repeaters, flexible content, relationships, and stored value formats.
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- The official Pro page documents instant search, advanced fields, custom-field support, dynamic options, an indexer, and page-builder integrations.
- The official documentation explains the query-and-field model used to create search forms and refine post, product, archive, and custom-post-type listings.
- The field documentation verifies Pro autocomplete and range field types, along with select, checkbox, radio, and button controls.
- The official integration directory lists WooCommerce, ACF, Elementor, Bricks, Beaver Builder, WPML, Relevanssi, GenerateBlocks, Divi, and other integrations.
- The official comparison documentation identifies Pro features including AJAX filtering, advanced input types, custom-field support, pagination controls, dynamic fields, indexing, and results shortcodes.
- The official WordPress.org page verifies the Search & Filter plugin’s core filtering scope across categories, tags, custom taxonomies, post types, post dates, and selectable form controls.
- The developer documents possible conflicts or configuration requirements involving WP Engine, WP Rocket, and SiteGround Speed Optimizer.
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Version 3.1.8 + Addons
Product Details
Version
3.1.8 + Addons
Last Updated
Nov 13, 2025
File Size
2.0 MB
License
GPL
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