This plugin allows you to add a search function as a block to narrow down your search by category, tag, custom post type, keyword, etc.
As of April 2026, VK Filter Search is a WordPress search plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 161K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.7+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 314% this week. Top alternative: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin.
This is the Filter & Search plugin for WordPress compatible with Gutenberg Block Editor.
This plugin makes it easy to put search box anywhere on your WordPress website.
If you have custom post type, you can also narrow down the search by custom post types.
Site visitors can search your posts by filtered category, tag, custom post type, keyword, etc.
You can see the documentation on our website.
Since its release in November 2020, it has been installed on many websites.
You can easily place the search box as a block. No coding in PHP etc is required.
With this plugin, you can create the Filter Search Block on your edit screen.
If you have custom post types, you can also narrow down the search by custom pos…
Realy great and siple plugin, by the way I don’t know why it’s so low in the repository. This plugin is only for Gutenberg and does not work with “Pods” plugin, with “CPT UI” is work great.
I could help with the translation to a swedish version although I’m not a developer I enjoy this plugin very much and would be glad to help improve it’s usability not the least for my own sake. ☜(゚ヮ゚☜)
This is exactly the plugin I was looking for!
| WordPress | 5.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
[ Bug Fix ][ Search Result Title ] Fixed search result title being empty when only taxonomy exclude terms are specified.
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