Arcanum Admin Query Filters

WordPress’s built-in search box only checks post titles and content — there’s no way to filter the post list by a custom field, a taxonomy term, or a date range without writing PHP. Arcanum Admin Query Filters fixes that.

It adds an Advanced Filters box to the post and page list screens where you build a query visually: pick a field, pick an operator, pick a value, and combine as many conditions as you need with AND/OR logic.

Filter by:

• Custom fields (postmeta) — string, number, boolean, or date comparisons. Works with fields from ACF, Meta Box, Pods, Custom Field Suite, or any plugin that stores postmeta — Arcanum Admin Query Filters reads the field name and value directly, not the plugin that created it.
• Taxonomies — categories, tags, and any custom taxonomy
• Publish date and modification date — exact dates or relative ranges like “in the last 7 days”
• Post author, status, slug, and parent

Conditions can be grouped and combined with AND/OR logic, matching the reading order of the toggles in the UI. Every filter you build is reflected in the URL, so a filtered view can be bookmarked or shared with a teammate instead of rebuilt from scratch.

Built for site admins and support teams

If you manage a site with hundreds or thousands of posts — products, listings, applications, events — tagged with custom fields and taxonomies, Arcanum Admin Query Filters lets you answer questions like “which posts have featured = true AND expires_on before next week” directly from the post list, without touching the database.

Developer-friendly

The filter UI and its REST endpoints are restricted to users with the manage_options capability. Developers can extend the field list via the ba_search_dropdown_options filter, and supply matching values and query logic via ba_search_get_values and ba_search_build_condition.

Source code and issue tracker: GitHub

Future Features

Ideas being considered for future releases:

• Saved filters — name and store a filter combination for one-click reuse, instead of relying on bookmarking the URL
• Export matching results to CSV
• Extend advanced filtering to the users and comments list screens

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/arcanum-admin-query-filters directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” screen in WordPress.
3. Go to Posts (or any post-type list screen) and click “Advanced Filters” to build a filter.

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   The Advanced Filters box on the Posts list screen — filter by custom field, taxonomy, date, author, or status without writing a single line of PHP.

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   Filtering by a custom field (postmeta) — works with ACF, Meta Box, Pods, Custom Field Suite, or any plugin that stores postmeta.

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   Combining multiple conditions with AND/OR logic.

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   Filtering by taxonomy terms — categories, tags, and any custom taxonomy.

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   Filtering by relative date ranges, like "before the last 30 days." or "in the last 7 days"

1.0.2

• Shortened the short description to fit the plugin directory’s 150-character limit.

1.0.1

• Refined readme tags for better plugin directory search relevance.

1.0.0

• Initial release.