Description
For Demo go here http://codescar.eu/projects/search-into-subcategories
Search-Into-Subcategories plugin allows you to make a select-search shortcode for your own categories.
You can use if everywhere you want and make a tree structure for your categories.
[search-into-subcategories]
Arguments you can pass:
parent_category Default is 0
You can list only sub categories of the category id you give here. With 0 lists alla categories
max_depth Default is 2
How many subcategories (children of the parent_category) to display, at least 1.
search_input Default is 1
Display a text input for search. (You can turn it off with 0 value)
labels Default is <empty string>
Labels for the inputs. Give them in the order you want with '|' as separator. example: Category1|Category2|Text
search_text Default is Search
The text to display in search button.
hide_empty Default is 1
Hide categories without content, set to 0 to display all!
exclude Default is <empty string>
Category IDs to exclude from listing. Separate them with ','. Example: 6,7,13
show_date_ranges Default is 0
Show from/to date ranges to filter publish date. Set it to 1 to use it.
dates_format Default is DD-MM-YYYY
It requires the show_date_ranges to be enabled. It uses Pikaday JS Library (a small one) to create a datepicker
and manage the date formatting. (If you use spaces into the format, wrap it into single quotes 'like this').
(The formatting is generated by momentJS https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/ )
custom_field Default is null
List of custom meta-fields to search in (it will create a new input for every meta-field.
( Use , as separator, example: field1,meta_key,etc )
custom_field_labels Default is null
List for labels in custom meta fields text input. (Use | as separator, example: name1|name2|etc)
custom_post_types Default is null
Post type to filter results
posts_per_page Default is null
Set result page posts per page
custom_taxonomy Default is category
Set custom taxonomy to walk.
Example:
[search-into-subcategories parent_category=0 max_depth=3 search_input=1 labels=cat1|cat2|cat3|Text search_text=Find
hide_empty=0 exclude=7,6 show_date_ranges=1 custom_field=author,my_custom
custom_field_labels=Author|Custom custom_post_types=documents posts_per_page=10
custom_taxonomy=my_taxonomy dates_format=YYYY-MM-DD]