Ajax Smart Filter

Ajax Smart Filter is a powerful, professional, real-time AJAX filtering plugin for WordPress. It helps users instantly filter posts, portfolios, listings, and any custom post type — without reloading the page.

Designed for speed, flexibility, and customizability, the plugin includes modern templates, search suggestions, taxonomy filters, sort options, and a complete template builder for custom layouts.

Perfect for: – Blogs & news websites – Portfolios – Real estate listings – Directories – Job boards – Any content-heavy website

Key Features

⚡ Fast AJAX Filtering – Lightweight endpoint (bypasses plugin loading) – No page reloads – Smart optimized queries

🔍 Advanced Search – Live search with autocomplete – Search title, content, or custom fields – Smart suggestions with images

📂 Taxonomy Filters – Categories, tags, any custom taxonomy – Dropdowns or tab-style filters – AND/OR match logic

🎛️ Sorting Options – Newest, Oldest – A–Z, Z–A – Popular posts

🎨 Modern Templates – Modern Card – Horizontal Card – Masonry Grid – Featured + Grid

🛠️ Custom Template Builder – Custom HTML for filter bar – Custom HTML for result items – ACE code editor

Available Placeholders: – [filter attribute="search"] – Search input with autocomplete – [filter attribute="category"] – Category dropdown – [filter attribute="category-tabs"] – Category tabs – [filter attribute="tag"] – Tag dropdown – [filter attribute="tag-tabs"] – Tag tabs – [filter attribute="sort"] – Sort dropdown – [filter attribute="apply-button"] – Apply button

Custom Result Item HTML

Design your own post cards:

Available Placeholders: – {{post_id}} – Post ID number – {{post_title}} – Post title – {{post_link}} – Post permalink URL – {{post_slug}} – Post slug – {{post_excerpt}} – Post excerpt – {{post_content}} – Full post content – {{post_date}} – Formatted date – {{post_author}} – Author name – {{post_author_avatar}} – Author avatar image – {{post_category}} – First category name – {{post_categories}} – All categories (comma-separated) – {{post_tag}} – First tag name – {{post_tags}} – All tags (comma-separated) – {{post_image}} – Featured image HTML – {{post_image_url}} – Featured image URL

🌈 Styling Options – 4 filter styles: default, minimalist, sidebar, compact – Custom color themes – Show/hide title, excerpt, date, author, image – Excerpt length control

🔗 URL & State Management – URL query string support – Shareable filter URLs – Custom parameter names

📄 Pagination – Numeric, next/prev, or both – Custom posts per page

Compatible with everything – Any theme – Gutenberg & Classic Editor – Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder – Any post type or taxonomy