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search-into-subcategories

Search-Into-Subcategories plugin allows you to make a select-search shortcode for your own categories.

By lion2486·Search·Free
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, search-into-subcategories is a WordPress search plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: String locator.

5/52 reviews
10active installs
4.8K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

For Demo go here http://codescar.eu/projects/search-into-subcategories

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:

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|Tex…
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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.0

  • Added a small datepicker JS library – https://github.com/dbushell/Pikaday
  • Added a new setting dates_format in order to use custom dates formats
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

lion2486lion2486
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.1
Last Updated
Oct 24, 2017
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
4.8.28
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
4.8K+
Added
Mar 8, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

searchsubcategories

Developer

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lion2486
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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