Do you want to allow users to search blog posts by different categories? This allows users to quickly filter and locate specific content based on its designated category, making navigation and organization much more efficient.
With the Search Bar block from the Nexter Blocks, you can easily allow users to search posts by category in WordPress.
To check the complete feature overview documentation of the Nexter Blocks Navigation Menu block, click here.
Requirement – This block is a part of the Nexter Blocks, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
To do this, add the Search Bar block on the page or template and follow the steps –
1. Open the item under Search Bar and select Taxonomy from the Source section.
2. From the Select Taxonomy dropdown, select Categories.
Now, you should be able to see a dropdown beside the search bar.
In the Label field, you can add a label name for the select dropdown.
In the Placeholder field, you can add a placeholder text for the select dropdown.
You can show all the search results on load by enabling the All Result toggle.
From the Show Count toggle, you can show the number of posts the item has in numbers.
Then from the Show Subcategory toggle, you can search posts by subcategories as well.
Note: You can click on the +Add Item button to use both posts and categories as filters as well.
3. Now go to Extra Option tab and enable the AJAX Search toggle.
Now you can select a category from the dropdown to show all the posts within the category in the search result or you can directly search for blog posts within a specific category.
