See your WordPress.org Plugin updates for the latest and greatest code! I’ve gone ahead and incorporated some interface and logic improvements to the plugin:

• Using the new WordPress 2.8+ widget class I made the widget use instances to support multiple category widgets
• A new widget form for editing in the WordPress widgets area
• Title, excluded categories, and search types are configurable via the form (you can remove the user configurable search type altogether if needed)

As usual donations are welcome, and please remember that I did not get paid to offer this plugin update to you! Also, if you need any website work or coding done please let me know via the contact form, not via the comment area.

See your WordPress.org Plugin updates for the latest and greatest code! This plugin should now work correctly with:

• All-in-One SEO Pack
• WP Smart Sort
• sCategory Permalink
• …and any other plugin that has anything to do with categories

I’ve gone through and isolated what I believed to be the problem with the previous implementation and rewritten the plugin accordingly. Don’t forget to donate!

Addendum: Because this gets asked so much, here’s your answer for embedding a widget into your non-sidebar theme:

The WordPress widget area is awesome and allows you to set up a linear layout of different useful items in unordered lists. WordPress really needs to call their sidebars ‘blocks’ because all people seem to think is that they use them as sidebars. I use ‘sidebars’ as ‘blocks’ all over my themes and set up multiple blocks with different widgets for different occasions or needs.

If your theme doesn’t have sidebars or ‘blocks’ installed, may I direct you to this excellent blog post. Simply place the sidebar code anywhere you want it to appear in your template and fire away. Even add some page logic so it only shows up on a certain page! Much cleaner, more accessible, and more easy to manipulate.

If you can’t do this on your own I can help you – just visit my contact form and I’ll provide you with support. Please don’t put support requests in the comments.

Turn your WordPress post categories into a search powerhouse! This plugin gives you the ability to provide your users with a widget full of dropdowns based upon parent categories and their sub-categories.

Multiple subcategories spanning multiple parent categories (though multiple categories inside a single parent cannot be chosen) are chosen and intelligently filter your posts.

NEW: URL Rewrites, visible URL, AND pagination. It is now version 1.0

Sample Application:

Real Estate – set up parent categories such as ‘Bedrooms’, ‘Bathrooms’, ‘Price Range’, etc. Then put sub-categories beneath them.

Create a new post and tick all applicable sub-categories. Users should now be able to search for your post under all those categories!

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