AJAX Post Search and Filter

Description

AJAX-based post filtering with a Pro Admin Settings panel and live Shortcode Generator.

Admin Pages

  1. Post Filter > Style Settings

    • Card: background, border, radius, shadow
    • Title: color, font size, weight
    • Excerpt: color, font size
    • Button: background, text color, radius
    • Sidebar & Search: accent color, sidebar bg, search border
    • Custom CSS: full CSS editor with variable reference
  2. Post Filter > Shortcode Generator

    • Multi-select Post Types (chips)
    • Multi-select Taxonomies (chips)
    • Column picker (2 or 3, visual buttons)
    • Per Page, Load Type, Logic, Search Placeholder
    • Thumbnail toggle + image size
    • Live generated shortcode with one-click copy

Shortcode

[ajaxpose_post_filter]

Parameters:
post – Post type(s), comma-separated. Default: post
taxonomy – Taxonomy/ies, comma-separated. Default: category
cols – 2 or 3. Default: 3
per_page – Posts per page. Default: 6
load_type – button or scroll. Default: button
logic – separate (OR) or common (AND). Default: separate
show_thumbnail – 1 or 0. Default: 1
thumb_size – WP image size. Default: medium
search_placeholder – Search box placeholder. Default: Search…

All colours and style are set from Style Settings admin panel.

Reviews

June 30, 2025
[ajaxpose_post_filter post=”post” taxonomy=”category, test” logic=”saprate” load_type=”button” per_page=”3″]
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Contributors & Developers

“AJAX Post Search and Filter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

2.0

  • Added full Admin Settings page with color pickers for card, title, excerpt, button, sidebar, search
  • Added Custom CSS editor with CSS variable reference
  • Added Shortcode Generator page with visual UI
  • Post type multi-select with styled chip buttons
  • Taxonomy multi-select with styled chip buttons
  • Visual column picker (2-col / 3-col SVG buttons)
  • Live shortcode preview with one-click Copy
  • Parameters reference table on generator page
  • CSS now uses :root variables — no inline styles per shortcode
  • Custom checkboxes with accent color
  • Hover animations on cards and thumbnails
  • Responsive: 3col2col at 960px, stacks at 660px

1.3

  • Added cols, styling shortcode params, CSS variables per-instance

1.2

  • Initial public release