Title: Searching documents
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Searching documents

 *  Resolved [JakeDH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakedh/)
 * (@jakedh)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-documents/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m just beginning to use your plugin. I was wondering if there is some kind 
   of search feature available, or any way to dynamically change what is shown in
   a Document Gallery.
 * For instance, for a site I am creating, I need to be able to provide filtering
   options so that people can see only PDF documents within these categories, and
   order them according to upload date, title etc. All from the frontend.
 * Another thing I was looking at was a search feature, which would simply try and
   match the titles of the documents to their search parameters.
 * Are these features available with this plugin? Or do you know any other plugins/
   methods to achieve what I have suggested?
 * Many Thanks,
    Jake Howland
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
 * (@danrossiter)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-documents/#post-5488833)
 * Hi Jake,
 * What you describe could definitely be done with Document Gallery at its core,
   but you would need additional code to tie all of the functionality together.
 * It actually should be quite straightforward. Take a look at [do_shortcode()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode)
   for details on how you can invoke the `dg` shortcode from your template. Then
   all you need to do is use the [documented taxonomy support](https://wordpress.org/plugins/document-gallery/installation/)
   to load whatever category you want on the given page.
 * I hope that helps and please do let me know if you have any further questions!
 * -Dan
 * PS: If you’ve found this plugin useful, please take a moment to [rate it](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/document-gallery#postform).
   Thanks! 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Dan Rossiter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrossiter/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-documents/#post-5488833)
 * Status: resolved