Build customizable, real-time AJAX filters for posts, pages, or custom post types.
| Author: | ramcraft (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 6.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.8.5 |
| Plugin version: | 1.4 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 31-10-2025 |
| Last updated: | 27-12-2025 |
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| Plugin URI: | https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-smart-filt... |
| Total downloads: | 457 |
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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.
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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
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