Content Filter Plugin

Brief Description

The Content Filter Plugin is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance content discoverability by allowing users to filter resources based on custom taxonomies such as resource type and subject. It provides a user-friendly interface for filtering and sorting resources, making it easier for visitors to find the content they need.

Features

• Customizable Filter Form: Allows filtering by resource type, subject, and search terms.
• AJAX-Powered Filtering: Provides a seamless user experience with instant filtering without page reloads.
• Responsive Design: Ensures the filter form and results look great on all devices.
• Template Overrides: Supports custom templates via theme overrides.
• Sorting Options: Enables sorting by date (ascending/descending) and title (ascending/descending).
• Summary Display: Shows the number of resources and applied filters dynamically.

Installation

1. Clone this repo or download the plugin files and place them in the wp-content/plugins/resource-filter directory.
2. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
3. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
4. Activate the Content Filter plugin.

Usage

To use the plugin, add the [resource_filter] shortcode to any page or post where you want the filter form to appear. The plugin supports two types of forms:

• Default Form: Use [resource_filter] for the full filter form with search, resource type, and subject filters.
• Homepage/Secondary Form: Use [resource_filter type="homepage"] for a simplified form suitable for the homepage.

Example

Add one of the following shortcodes to your page or post content where you want the filter form to appear:

[resource_filter] or [resource_filter type="homepage"]

Configuration

The plugin is designed to work out of the box with minimal configuration. However, you can customize the following:

• Templates: Override the default templates by placing your custom versions in your theme's resource-filter directory.

  • Template Files:
  • filter-form.php - Main form template
  • filter-homepage.php - Secondary form template for the homepage or other uses
  • filter-summary.php - Templae for the summary of the number of resources and applied filters
  • resource-results.php - Template for the search results

• Taxonomies: Ensure your WordPress site has the resource_type and resource_subject taxonomies set up for the resource post type.

Roadmap

• tag close functionality
• general reset button
• pagination

Changelog

1.2.0 - 2025-02-05

• Name change to reflect future ability to filter any content, not just resources
• Add secondary search template

1.1.0 - 2025-02-05

• Fully templated for use in any theme
• Added result sorting

1.0.0 - 2025-02-04

• Initial release

License

This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 or later. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Acknowledgements

• Author: Keith Solomon
• Contributors: Open to contributions from the community.

Contribution Guidelines

We welcome contributions! If you'd like to contribute to the Resource Filter Plugin, please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Submit a pull request with a detailed description of your changes.

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For any issues or feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.