Search & Filter

Advanced Filtering for WordPress
Version 3 is here!
Created by @rossmorsali

[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

You can start using it *straight away* with the latest Search & Filter version.

No need to wait for 3.3.

Docs and more info:
https://t.co/fI4DeSTRHZ

[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

📌 Save the date: Version 3.3 will be released on Thursday, November 19, and it’s one of our biggest updates so far!

Every day until the release we'll share one new thing that's coming to 3.3.

Today's installment: our @bricksbuilderio integration:

[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

- Search & Filter keeps running on your own site
- License activations, plugin updates and purchases are paused until we’re back.
- Running PHP sites yourself? Check with your host when the patched versions will land.

Questions? Email us at [email protected]

[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

Our website is down for maintenance.

The PHP project has announced two critical vulnerabilities, with fixes scheduled for release on 21 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC.

As a precaution, we’ve taken our site offline until our servers are patched.

We expect to be back later on today.

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

Always nice get positive feedback about @SearchAndFilter - thanks Kristen 😁

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

The @commercegurus team just did an extensive breakdown of @SearchAndFilter .

I'm glad (but not suprised) to see we managed to get a 99/100 page speed score on mobile with a 1000 product catalogue using their Shoptimizer theme.

I want to see how far we can push this so I'm thinking of re-running the experiment at 10k and 50k posts as more extreme follow up - let me know if that's something you want to see!

https://t.co/2xnCZExQhY

[commercegurus @commercegurus]

We’ve just published a hands-on review of the Search & Filter Pro plugin from @rossmorsali

It was tested on a Shoptimizer store with 1,000 products, we looked at faceted filtering, search, perf, and accessibility.

For any Woo stores with larger catalogs it'd be a great fit.

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

Last week I posted an update about @SearchAndFilter 's new integrations and asked who would answer the call.

We have a new one, and it’s actually a cool plugin for @WooCommerce stores.

SaveTo Wishlist updated their integration, so now saving to your wishlist works properly after searching/filtering with our plugin.

I love to see that actual humans still collaborate which is more important than ever these days in WP.

Thanks to @jkohlbach & the @RymeraWebCo team for the great work!

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

We made our plugin 30x times faster.

* This is not clickbait (I've got receipts) *

I'm working on a full technical write-up for our blog next week, if there's anything you'd like to know and I'll see if I can include it! https://t.co/rcdSmwLIxa

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

Just in: you can now run faceted search on a fully static WordPress site with @SimplyStaticWP and @SearchAndFilter

Static sites can improve performance and security although they usually come with other limitations.

But not this time - as far as I know this is the only integration out there that allows you to use an existing WordPress plugin for searching & filtering, with a static site setup.

Credit to @patrickposner_ who did the heavy lifting, helping us achieve an integration with both the Simply Static plugin and Simply Static Studio.

Docs and a walkthrough video coming shortly!

[Pressidium @Pressidium]

Welcome @SearchAndFilter as our new Platinum Partner!

Better search and filtering for WordPress content, products, directories, and resources, backed by fast, secure Pressidium hosting.

We’re already planning some great things together, so stay tuned. Shout out to @rossmorsali and the rest of the Search & Filter team for making this a reality!

https://t.co/CaoMfnhsVD

[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

We are excited to announce a new partnernship with @Pressidium

A hosting platform with a team that shares our commitment to performance and speed at scale - they go above and beyond to get results that deliver.

We can't wait to show you what this means in the coming weeks 👀

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

In just 5 prompts you can create a WooCommerce store with advanced search and filtering.

The next update of Search & Filter introduces our abilities, unlocking tons of potential and allowing you to create advanced filters for almost any data type in wordpress.

With our suggestions ability, we detect what data and plugins you are using and surface whats availablem so your LLM doesn't have to go looking for it.

Would love to get some feedback on this from anyone building WordPress sites with LLMs - let me know if you'd like to try it.

Recommended plugins to enable MCP in WordPress in the comments 👇

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

We are are hiring for support.

The quality of our support is a huge factor that I think made for our success (I'm writing a post about that for next week).

In the meantime, please help me find someone who can help:

- The first line of support, for new tickets (Tier 1)
- 6-8 hours a day, Monday - Friday
- Fully remote

If working closely with a small ambitious product team (thats us 👇) in the WordPress space sounds like your thing, get in touch.

And if you know anyone suitable, please pass on their details.

Please share for reach.

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

Just landed back home from WordCamp Europe.

I’d say it was the best one yet.

Funny thing happened - people I'd never met were stopping me and referencing that initial “this is me” post from a couple of weeks ago.

A few said some version of: "you don't seem like someone who just came out of the corner" which is flattering - it’s not as easy as it looked.

That feels kindof strange because I was always the shy kid (*with a dash of breaking the rules here and there). Now I’m actively putting myself out there as a CEO.

I feel this is something that is simultaneously personally intimidating yet necessary for my business right now.
Plus it kinda feels good 😊

So was the event worth it?

Four meetings were the most obvious value add to @SearchAndFilter :

• The team from @commercegurus , two amazing chaps from Ireland (@simontomkins & @colmtroy), sharp on ecommerce - it’s our second time meeting and I think without meeting in person we wouldn’t be having the productive conversations we are today.

• @KatieKeithBarn2 and I had a few chats. We have some overlap in products - I love her openness and desire to collaborate on other areas (and we will probably).

• @paloukas from Pressidium - all round great energy and we made some good progress with a partnership we’ve been discussing.

• Caught up with @MrBrianHaas and the digicube team again. They went from customer, to building our website, to friends - I always look forward to seeing their team at these events.

I also asked a question I was curious about: why do people who've been building for 10+ years, some, mostly invisible, suddenly start showing up? It was a common pattern this year.

I assumed it was new products or struggling with user acquisition. @dannyvankooten was one of them - and his answer was simpler: he just wanted to “stick a finger in the air and see which way the wind is blowing” with WordPress. That's partly why I went too.

It was also the first year bringing the whole team and it was really great getting to know them better - I have to say I couldn’t have done it without them - a huge thanks to Vesela & Panagiotis

@BobWP @remkusdevries @idavinder
#wceu

[Ross Morsali @rossmorsali]

What’s the #1 reason you’re coming to @WCEurope this year?

Best comments get these cool @SearchAndFilter tote bags.

I've been going to WordCamps for a few years. This time I feel it’s different. Among other reasons, I feel it is taking a stand for WordPress at its most unstable of times.

It’s the first time I’m doing contributor day, and the first time I'm coming with the whole team - we'll all be there on contributor day.

I've applied to be on the Core AI table.

See you there!

#WCEU

[The WP World @twpworld]

I know it's been a minute since you checked out The WP World, but there's some cool stuff coming soon and it wouldn't be possible without these amazing #WordPress companies.

Thank you @BerthaAI_ @hgrantdesigns @OSTraining @yoast @elemntor @mindsizeme @kinsta @pressable @rocketdotnet @GoDaddyPro @SearchAndFilter @BigScoots @infiniteuploads @FastPixel_io @managewp @sucurisecurity @Pagely and @hostedby20i for your support!

[InfluenceWP @GoInfluenceWP]

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[Search & Filter @SearchAndFilter]

@limeatuk @WordPress @googlechrome @MicrosoftEdge Head to `wp-admin`, the "plugins" page, on there all the plugins are listed with their version numbers.