10 Best JavaScript Plugins To Filter Content Based On User Input
If you have a huge list of data (e.g. product listings, image galleries, large HTML tables), you may need a real-time content filter that allows users to quickly find what they need for a better user experience.
In this post, you will see the 10 best filtering JavaScript plugins that enable users to dynamically filter any HTML content based on user input or by one or more properties you provide. So if you're looking for an easy way to search through your HTML content, then keep reading!
Originally Published June 09 2021, updated May 21 2023
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Best jQuery Filtering Plugins
jQuery Plugin For Sorting, Paginating, Filtering Any Content - jplist
jplist is a powerful and flexible jQuery plugin that enables you to sort, paginate, filter any Html content like tables, lists, div elements etc...
Live Searching & Filtering For Large Data Sets With jQuery Quick Search Plugin
Quick Search is an useful and high-performance jQuery plugin for live searching/filtering large data sets from data tables, lists, JSON data, etc.
Responsive Bootstrap List Filter Plugin With jQuery
A lightweight jQuery plugin for filtering long Bootstrap list that supports both static and dynamic content.
Tiny HTML5 Live Search Plugin With jQuery - e-search.js
A super tiny jQuery live search plugin which enables an input field to dynamically filter through large datasets using HTML5 data attribute.
jQuery Text Live Search & Filter Plugin - HideSeek
A jQuery plugin for live search that allows you to search & filter text (or title/alt attribute) from a data list using an input field.
Best Vanilla JS Filtering Libraries
JavaScript Library For Fast Full Page Filtering – holmes.js
A lightweight JavaScript library which allows the user to quickly and simply filter / search through any content within your webpage.
Animated List Filtering & Searching – search-filter
A pure JavaScript library which allows to dynamically filter long html list through an input field. It uses CSS3 transitions for smooth filter animations.
Fast Fuzzy Search In Pure JavaScript – fuzzysort
A dependency-free JavaScript that provides fast, Sublime Text-like, client-side fuzzy search/live filter functionality with keyword highlighting for your large datasets.
Show & Hide Content Based On Input – light-search-js
A lightweight live search (data filter) JavaScript library that allows to show & hide matched content based on the keyboard typed in the search field.
Fast Filtering (Fuzz-search) JavaScript Library – instafilter.js
A tiny open source Vanilla JavaScript library to add filtering and fuzzy-searching functionality to your long lists, as the user types.
More Resources:
Want more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create filterable elements on the web & mobile? Check out the jQuery Filter and JavaScript Filter sections.
