Search By Category WordPress Plugin
Reconfigures search results to display results based off of category of posts.
To help users find the posts they're looking for faster, this plugin allows them to search for articles or posts within certian categories, cutting back on the number of results the user needs to crawl through to find the article they want.
Change log
2.0.3 - Fixed automatic category reselect
2.0.2 - Fixed inall_exclude use case failure
2.0.1 - Removes leftover debug code
2.0 - Exclude from categories from "in all categories" - No drop-down menu when using "only_cat" parameter - Added sbc() controls - Added shortcode controls
1.5 - Converted options storage from seperate rows to one array - Updated code to be more standardized and readable
1.4.1 - XSS security fix (by Manuel Razzari - http://ultimorender.com.ar/funkascript/)
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Usage of Search By Category over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 112 to 71 — down 41 (-36.6%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 71 | -9 |
| June 2024 | 80 | +1 |
| May 2024 | 79 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 79 | -2 |
| March 2024 | 81 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 81 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 84 | -3 |
| December 2023 | 87 | +2 |
| November 2023 | 85 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 85 | -5 |
| September 2023 | 90 | -14 |
| August 2023 | 104 | -4 |
| July 2023 | 108 | -4 |
| June 2023 | 112 | — |
Themes used with Search By Category
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentyeleven |
| 2 | Atahualpa |
| 3 | Genesis |
| 4 | Jvd |
| 5 | Heatmap-adaptive |
| 6 | Divi |
| 7 | Nexus |
| 8 | Bare-responsive |
| 9 | Scrn |
| 10 | Twentyten |
| 11 | Avada |
| 12 | Arras |
| 13 | Ar2-d57c18d |
| 14 | Gonzo |
| 15 | Restored316-savory |
| 16 | Municipio |
| 17 | Sciencespeaks |
| 18 | Enews_new |
| 19 | Gkp |
| 20 | Wplms |
Sites running Search By Category
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