Title: WP Chosen Author: John James Jacoby Published: October 1, 2015 Last modified: March 31, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-chosen/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1534006) ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-chosen/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1534006) # WP Chosen By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-chosen.6.2.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/) ## Description WP Chosen implements the [Chosen jQuery Plugin](https://jjj.github.io/chosen/) for WordPress. [Chosen](https://jjj.github.io/chosen/) makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly. #### Recommended Plugins If you like this plugin, you’ll probably like these! * [WP User Profiles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/) * [WP User Activity](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/) * [WP User Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/) * [WP User Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/) * [WP User Signups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-signups/) * [WP Term Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/) * [WP Term Colors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/) * [WP Term Families](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-families/) * [WP Term Icons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/) * [WP Term Images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-images/) * [WP Term Locks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-locks/) * [WP Term Order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/) * [WP Term Visibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/) * [WP Media Categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-categories/) * [WP Pretty Filters](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pretty-filters/) * [WP Chosen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Filters * [[ * Time Zones * [[ ## 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. ## 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? * Community: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen * Development: https://github.com/stuttter/wp-chosen/discussions ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86fceffa74404acd6e107e3d8fd9c89aa943da4b12f032df63ea6507e57e713e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working with Front-End](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-with-front-end/)󠁿 [2006nic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/2006nic/) February 16, 2022 Don’t waste your time. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/34e3ffb0d71b66bc8420175f67ec10430c2fd85e3be9890ee6a1bbbc34399f75? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-nice-1615/)󠁿 [Anonymous User](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-16298256/) March 31, 2021 Simple but really effective. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ac685e8921cd7f33441b7099600fbe6cc87013ca810162ae2415a8a686bf8bb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-294/)󠁿 [faospark](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faospark/) February 14, 2017 simple but really effective ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/336d2dbb3ec163d5722fc18d53d19caa3109c046bb76fdb359f98a606526d2a6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Whohooo!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/whohooo/)󠁿 [Postmatic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vernal/) September 3, 2016 Fantastic, simple, and perfectly executed implementation of Chosen. So obvious. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1682c6b035e680817e3dd842ab5a0d153f49cb91da8806cded7c9559561327d1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[YES.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/yes-60/)󠁿 [Zack Katz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/katzwebdesign/) September 3, 2016 I choo choo choose you! Great plugin, sorely needed. Best five lines of Javascript in a plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3362aeb3baa12c95b1e680c95e2e548db0c408d949e89b1748823bad561a9605? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and zero setup required](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-zero-setup-required/)󠁿 [NSquared](https://profiles.wordpress.org/croixhaug/) September 3, 2016 This should be in core 🙂 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Chosen” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) “WP Chosen” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-chosen/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Chosen” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-chosen) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-chosen/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-chosen/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-chosen/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-chosen/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 6.2.0 – 2025/12/10 * Update Chosen library * Fix some errors from Plugin Check #### 6.1.2 – 2021/05/29 * Update author info * Add sponsor link #### 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 ## Meta * Version **6.2.0** * Last updated **2 weeks ago** * Active installations **90+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/) and [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-chosen) * Tags * [chosen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chosen/)[jquery](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jquery/) [select](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/select/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-chosen/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) ## Support Got something to say? 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