March 10, 2021

WP Chosen Plugin

Make long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

WP Chosen implements the Chosen jQuery Plugin for WordPress.

Chosen makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

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Installation

Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.
Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link.
No further setup or configuration is necessary.

Screenshots

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FAQ

What color schemes does this support?

WordPress

Default/Fresh
Light
Modern
Blue
Coffee
Ectoplasm
Midnight
Ocean
Sunrise

bbPress

Evergreen
Mint

Extras

80’s Kid
Adderley
Aubergine
High Contrast Blue
Cruise
Flat
Kirk
Lawn
Primary
Seashore
Vinyard

American

From Many One
NASA 1976
NASA
Old Glory
Open Highway
Shenandoah

What elements does this target?

/* Options */
var chosen_options = {
disable_search_threshold: 13,
search_contains: true
};

/* Targets */ var chosen_selects = ' select:not(#metakeyselect, [name^=acf_], [name^=edd], [name^=_edd], [name^=sc], [name=wc_order_action], [class*=chosen], [class*=select2], [class*=wc-enhanced-select], [class*=wc-product-search], [class*=wc-enhanced-select-nostd], [class*=wc-customer-search], [class*=wc-category-search], [class=learndash-binary-selector-items], [class=sendgrid-settings-select])', chosen_targets = '.wp-pretty-filters' + chosen_selects + ', .wp-filter' + chosen_selects + ', .media-toolbar' + chosen_selects + ', .postbox .inside' + chosen_selects + ', .tablenav' + chosen_selects + ', .form-table' + chosen_selects + ', .form-wrap' + chosen_selects + ', .customize-pane-parent' + chosen_selects;

Where can I get support?

Forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/

Where can I find documentation?

https://github.com/stuttter/wp-chosen/

Changelog

6.1.1 – 2021/03/10

Tweak third-party plugin compatibility

6.1.0 – 2021/03/09

Add support for 6 extra color schemes

6.0.0 – 2021/03/09

Add support for 11 extra color schemes
Tweak WordPress 5.7 support
Avoid conflicts with WooCommerce
Avoid conflicts with SendGrid
Avoid conflicts with LearnDash
Avoid conflicts with Advanced Custom Fields

5.2.0 – 2021/03/02

WordPress 5.7 support
Avoid conflicts with custom fields
Avoid conflicts with WooCommerce/selectWoo
Avoid conflicts with other third party plugins

5.0.1 – 2020/07/27

Tweak WordPress 5.5 support

5.0.0 – 2020/07/23

WordPress 5.5 Support
Upgrade Chosen to 2.0.0 fork

3.2.0 – 2019/10/15

WordPress 5.3 Support

3.1.0 – 2017/06/22

Avoid conflicts with Easy Digital Downloads
Avoid conflicts with Stream
Avoid conflicts with Select2

3.0.0 – 2017/05/09

Update Chosen to 1.7.0
Handle several special cases for known wp-admin quirks
Add target for .postbox .inside select
Remove duplicate target for #posts-filter select

2.1.0 – 2016/11/19

Target more actions
Target wp-filters
Add WP Pretty Filters support

2.0.0 – 2016/10/29

Target bulk-actions
Improve efficiency of element targeting

1.1.0 – 2016/09/10

Remove “Open Sans” font styling rules for WordPress 4.6 support

1.0.0 – 2016/09/08

First pass outline styling support for improved accessibility

0.7.0 – 2016/04/20

Target form-wrap select elements, for taxonomies and such

0.6.0 – 2016/04/06

Provide filter to override Chosen enqueue handle

0.5.0 – 2016/04/06

Improved compatibility with third party plugins and themes

0.4.0 – 2016/02/23

Fix options-reading.php front page incompatibility

0.3.2 – 2016/02/23

Override retina sprite support

0.3.1 – 2016/02/23

Simplify dependency tree

0.3.0 – 2016/02/23

Bump Chosen to 1.5.1
Rename enqueue ID to ‘jquery-chosen’

0.2.1 – 2016/02/05

Only search when there are more than 10 items

0.2.0 – 2016/01/04

Add multiple support

0.1.4 – 2015/11/15

Add customizer support

0.1.3 – 2015/10/28

Version JS
Add support for media

0.1.2 – 2015/10/22

Update styling
Target media library

0.1.1 – 2015/10/06

Fix drop-down search input styling

0.1.0 – 2015/10/01

Initial release