Beautiful taxonomy filters

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128 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 104 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ kerla

   1.9y ago

   Easy to use

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2. ★★★★★ Naomi Blindeman

   2.6y 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

   3.1y 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

   5.8y 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

   6.0y 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

   6.3y 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

   6.5y ago

   Thank you very much!

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8. ★★★★★ parsianweb98

   6.7y ago

   This plugin save my life. thanks

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.6.0 BUGFIX: A post type whose name contains a hyphen, like wp-book, is now resolved correctly from its archive template. Previously only the part before the first hyphen was used, which meant the filter module silently didn’ 2.6.0
2. — Version 2.5.0 BUGFIX: The post type slug is no longer added twice to the filtered URL when a taxonomy is registered with a rewrite slug nested under the post type archive, like the rewrite slug horses/locations on a post type archived 2.5.0
3. — Version 2.4.9 BUGFIX: The [show_beautiful_filters] and [show_beautiful_filters_info] shortcodes now render at the position of the shortcode instead of above the content. If you previously relied on the old placement you may need to mo 2.4.9
4. — Version 2.4.8 IMPROVEMENT: Tested up to WordPress 7.1. BUGFIX: Fixed a PHP 8+ fatal error that could occur on archive pages when an array-style query parameter was present in the URL. Also hardened a couple of related PHP 8 notices. 2.4.8
5. — Version 2.4.7 BUGFIX: Sorted a security issue. Please make sure you update to this version or later. 2.4.7
6. — Version 2.4.6 BUGFIX: Fixed issue where the allowed post types option value beautiful_taxonomy_filters_post_types could be something other than an array and caused fatal errors. 2.4.6

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 7.5 Beautiful taxonomy filters <= 2.4.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection ↗
   2026-08-25 CVE-2026-78288 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.4.6 Patched in 2.4.7
2. Patched 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 Affects <= 2.4.3 Patched in 2.4.4

Translated into 116 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Plus 92 more locales with partial translations.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-04-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 660 days in tier
2. 2024-07-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 436 days in tier
3. 2023-04-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 404 days in tier
4. 2022-03-18 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1203 days in tier
5. 2018-12-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 275 days in tier
6. 2018-03-01 4K+ → 5K+ up after 239 days in tier
7. 2017-07-05 2K+ → 4K+ up after 515 days in tier
8. 2016-02-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 245 days in tier

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Beautiful taxonomy filters: 2K+ active installs, 4.9★ (68 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/beautiful-taxonomy-filters