Multiple Category Selection Widget
Turn your WordPress post categories into a search powerhouse! This plugin gives you a set of dropdown menus based on parent categories and their sub-categories. Users select one sub-category per parent, and the plugin filters posts matching the selected combination. Available as: Gutenberg Block — “Multi-Category Filter” in the block inserter (new in v4) Classic Widget — “Multi-Category Selection” in Appearance > Widgets Shortcode — [mcsw] on any page or post Features: AND / OR category filtering — find posts matching ALL or ANY selected categories AJAX chained drilldown — selecting a parent dynamically loads its children Pretty permalink URLs (/categories/3,5/search_type/and/order/title/) Ordering by title or default Configurable blank search behavior Exclude specific categories Lightweight — no jQuery, no external dependencies Pagination support Display form above results on category pages (optional) Sample use case: Real estate — set up parent categories like “Bedrooms”, “Bathrooms”, “Price Range” with sub-categories beneath them. Users filter listings by selecting from each dropdown. Upgrading from v3.x: PHP sessions have been removed entirely — the URL now carries all state, which means better compatibility with caching plugins, load balancers, and modern hosting jQuery has been replaced with vanilla JavaScript CSS classes have changed from wpmcsw/wpmm to BEM-style mcsw-* classes — update any custom CSS The old select-chain.js in the plugin root has been replaced by js/select-chain.js
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Widget to Display Posts from Current Category
This plugin allows you to display posts from the current category in the sidebar. Docs & Support You can find more detailed information about plugin on GitHub. Donations PayPal
