Beautiful taxonomy filters

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ kerla

   1.7y ago

   Easy to use

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2. ★★★★★ Naomi Blindeman

   2.4y ago

   I have looked at so many filter plugins and this is always the most elegant and effective plugin I can find. I love how it automagically inserts itself on the post type archive, that I can insert it with a shortcode anywhere else I need. I love that I can turn off styling, that I can turn off the select2 library, that there are options but no clutter and that it just plain works. My main wish for this plugin is a bump to indicate compatibility with the most recent version of WP and some assurance that it’ll work with the newer versions of PHP so I can keep using it with confidence on my existing projects and include it in new projects as well. The other thing I wish for is that the dropdown shows the hierarchy of the taxonomy terms where that’s relevant (poetry, prose (mystery, romance, sci-fi)). It would make it clearer for visitors what they’re looking at. I can add some very minor styling but it would be wonderful if I could check a box and a dash or something like it would be inserted in front of the child taxonomy terms. Overall I’m very very happy with this plugin. It just reliably does exactly what I need it to do every single time <3 This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by Naomi Blindeman.

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3. ★★★★★ crdunst

   3.0y ago

   This is surprisingly difficult to achieve once you start looking into it. This plugin does exactly what was needed, and even prepopulates the dropdowns on the taxonomy pages.It doesn’t try to take over the dashboard, and doesn’t have lots of unnecessary CSS to override. *chefs kiss*. Good job, thanks.

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4. ★★★★★ ehudneuhaus

   5.6y ago

   So nice to have a plugin with such a list of filters and actions and all documented! Thank you 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ hughc

   5.9y ago

   I love the way this module works. trivial to set up< generates nice readable URLs (very useful when manually creatying deep links form elsewhere the flexibility that it offers for adding filter UI elements (or not, if you have no need for them)

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6. ★★★★★ Chris Feix

   6.1y ago

   …there were any support at all. Every person having a problem here got snubbed. No response. No answers to be found. USE THIS PLUGIN IF: 1) You’re okay with the standard archive page. 2) Your NOT using multisite. 3) You want a beautiful filter to do menial tasks. DO NOT USE IF: 1) You want a custom results page. 2) You’re on a deadline. Like any type of deadline. 3) You can write it yourself.

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7. ★★★★★ schoefl

   6.3y ago

   Thank you very much!

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8. ★★★★★ parsianweb98

   6.5y ago

   This plugin save my life. thanks

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 7.5 Beautiful Taxonomy Filters <= 2.4.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection ↗
   2024-12-06 CVE-2024-12270 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 2.4.3 Patched in 2.4.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 116 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Plus 92 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-04-23 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-04-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 656 days in tier
4. 2024-07-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 436 days in tier
5. 2023-04-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-04-25 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2023-04-24 5K+ → 4K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Brands for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• T Taxonomy Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• T Taxonomy List Widget 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Post Category Filter (WP Admin) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A

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