You can choose (child) categories and see the posts belong to the chosen category with AJAX.
As of April 2026, Simple Category Search is a WordPress ajax plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: SearchWP Live Ajax Search.
You can choose (child) categories and see the posts belong to the chosen category with AJAX.
When the category you choose from the list box has child categories, the child categories will be shown in a new list box.
Clicking the “Search” button, the list of posts belong to the bottom category which you choose will be displayed under the “Search” button.
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
0.2.1 – April 29, 2014
Source code refactoring
0.2.0 – September 15, 2011
Initial release.
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