Facetious free WordPress plugin

Facetious lets you add a faceted – often called an ‘advanced’ – search form to your WordPress website. It comes with a ready-to-use sidebar widget, plus a number of implementation options for developers. A Facetious form can include dropdown lists of: Taxonomy terms (tags, categories, and custom taxonomies) Months Plus a conventional search input box You can also restrict searches by post type (singular), if you so desire. Additionally, Facetious introduces an extra ‘pretty permalink’ structure around search queries, which may help your site performance if you’re using a caching plugin like WP Super Cache. Also, they look a heck of a lot friendlier than ?s=polly&post_type=pet&category=bird. (You don’t even have to display a faceted search form on your site to benefit from these, by the way). Please note – Facetious isn’t a replacement search engine; it helps you construct the search query, but then it’s over to WordPress to run the actual search. About Facetious is a product of Code For The People Ltd, and is based on work done during 2012 on behalf of several UK public sector clients, among them: The Commission on Devolution in Wales The National Audit Office; and The Department for Culture, Media and Sport through its Government Olympic Communication site … which is why we’re keen to offer it for wider public use. Fork me on GitHub! Usage The simplest way to add a Facetious search form is to add the Facetious widget to your sidebar. You’ll see a complete list of options so you can choose which fields to include in your search form. Advanced Usage Developers can use a template function to output a Facetious search form and have complete control over the form and its fields, such as text labels, class names, etc. The main template function for outputting a Facetious