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Ajax Smart Filter

Ajax Smart Filter is a powerful, professional, real-time AJAX filtering plugin for WordPress.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Current version1.5
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.8
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update15 Jun 20264mo ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Ajax Smart Filter version 1.5 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.

Overview

About this plugin

Ajax Smart Filter is a powerful, professional, real-time AJAX filtering plugin for WordPress.

It helps users instantly filter posts, portfolios, listings, and any custom post type — without reloading the page.

Designed for speed, flexibility, and customizability, the plugin includes modern templates, search suggestions, taxonomy filters, sort options, and a complete template builder for custom layouts.

Perfect for:

– Blogs & news websites

– Portfolios

– Real estate listings

– Directories

– Job boards

– Any content-heavy website

Key Features

⚡ Fast AJAX Filtering

– Lightweight endpoint (bypasses plugin loading)

– No page reloads

– Smart optimized queries

🔍 Advanced Search

– Live search with autocomplete

– Search title, content, or custom fields

– Smart suggestions with images

📂 Taxonomy Filters

– Categories, tags, any custom taxonomy

– Dropdowns or tab-style filters

– AND/OR match logic

🎛️ Sorting Options

– Newest, Oldest

– A–Z, Z–A

– Popular posts

🎨 Modern Templates

– Modern Card

– Horizontal Card

– Masonry Grid

– Featured + Grid

🛠️ Custom Template Builder

– Custom HTML for filter bar

– Custom HTML for result items

– ACE code editor

Available Placeholders:

– [filter attribute="search"] – Search input with autocomplete

– [filter attribute="category"] – Category dropdown

– [filter attribute="category-tabs"] – Category tabs

– [filter attribute="tag"] – Tag dropdown

– [filter attribute="tag-tabs"] – Tag tabs

– [filter attribute="sort"] – Sort dropdown

– [filter attribute="apply-button"] – Apply button

Custom Result Item HTML

Design your own post cards:

Available Placeholders:

– {{post_id}} – Post ID number

– {{post_title}} – Post title

– {{post_link}} – Post permalink URL

– {{post_slug}} – Post slug

– {{post_excerpt}} – Post excerpt

– {{post_content}} – Full post content

– {{post_date}} – Formatted date

– {{post_author}} – Author name

– {{post_author_avatar}} – Author avatar image

– {{post_category}} – First category name

– {{post_categories}} – All categories (comma-separated)

– {{post_tag}} – First tag name

– {{post_tags}} – All tags (comma-separated)

– {{post_image}} – Featured image HTML

– {{post_image_url}} – Featured image URL

🌈 Styling Options

– 4 filter styles: default, minimalist, sidebar, compact

– Custom color themes

– Show/hide title, excerpt, date, author, image

– Excerpt length control

🔗 URL & State Management

– URL query string support

– Shareable filter URLs

– Custom parameter names

📄 Pagination

– Numeric, next/prev, or both

– Custom posts per page

Compatible with everything

– Any theme

– Gutenberg & Classic Editor

– Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder

– Any post type or taxonomy

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • ajax filter
  • custom template development
  • grid layout
  • post filter
  • search suggestion
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.8

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity15 Jun 20264mo ago

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