Search-Into-Subcategories plugin allows you to make a select-search shortcode for your own categories.
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.
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…| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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