Category Search

Category Search

Category Search adds the option to display category names in search results. Useful when you have a lot of categories.

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Active installs

30

Total Downloads

7K

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Last updated

22 December 2014

Added

18 June 2008

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  • Version 1.0

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FAQ

How do I correctly use this plugin?

In order for category search results to show you need to add the follwoing code to your theme search.php template.

Show(); ?>

How to install Category Search

  1. Upload the whole plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
  2. Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.
  3. Use the Options page to change your options
  4. Use the following code in your theme template most probably Search Results (search.php)

Show(); ?>

Also, CategorySearch is fully compatible with wp_list_categories()

This mean you can further tweak the category search results by adding additional parameters. Example:

$CategorySearch->Show(‘orderby=count’);