ZF WordPress Category Search

Default WordPress search treats every post and product the same, which makes it slow to use on sites with many categories or custom post types. ZF WordPress Category Search addresses this by letting visitors pick where to look before they search. They can limit results to a category, tag, taxonomy, author, date range or price range, depending on how you set it up.

The plugin works with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads, and it supports custom post types and custom taxonomies. You can place the search box with a widget or a shortcode, choose a dark or light skin, and pick the category display style that suits your design. It fits online stores, blogs, portfolios and other sites with a lot of content.

Features

• Tabbed category navigation: Search categories can be organized into tabs with a slider, which keeps the choices tidy and easy to move through. Icons can be added to the tabs as quick visual cues.
• Three display options: Show categories as tabs, radio buttons or a dropdown menu, whichever fits the design of your site and the way your visitors like to browse.
• Auto-suggest results: Instant search suggestions appear as visitors type, similar to a web search engine, which helps them refine a query without submitting it first.
• WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads: Category-based product searching works with both eCommerce plugins, so shoppers can limit a search to the product categories they care about.
• Custom post types and taxonomies: Search across multiple taxonomies and custom content types, which suits sites that organize their material beyond ordinary posts and pages.
• Drag-and-drop taxonomy setup: Choose which categories and taxonomies appear in the search interface by dragging them into place. No coding is needed.
• Advanced filtering: Visitors can filter by categories, tags, authors, price ranges, date ranges and other criteria, so one search box can serve several kinds of content.
• Widget, shortcode and skins: Place the search box anywhere with a widget or shortcode, and match your site with a dark or light skin. The plugin is also translation ready.

Best for

• WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads stores
• Blogs and content-heavy sites with many categories
• Sites using custom post types and taxonomies