AO3 Userscript: Auto-apply search filters!
Very excited to drop this one!
While I love Advanced Blocker, one thing that urks me is that you can't get an accurate fic count. It merely hides fics that don't meet the qualifications which can make some search pages pretty sparse.
Auto Filters prefills the search filters themselves, auto-applying them so you get an accurate fic count on each and every page. You can still edit the filters as usual on the side bar, this just saves some work.
More instructions on Greasyfork.
Two recommendations:
Transfer your blacklisted tags, preferred language, and word counts to Auto Filters. Keep disliked (but not blacklisted) tags in Advanced Blocker so they are not filtered out completely.
Use metatags over normal tags! Metatags capture the subtags beneath them, for example "Modern Era" catches "Alternate Universe - Modern Setting" and much more. You can find a tag's metatag by tracing it back through the Tag Search page.
Here are some of the metatags I filter out:
Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Created Using Generative AI
Reader
Reader-Insert
POV First Person
Unhappy Ending
Modern Era
Workplace
Higher Education
Alternate Universe - Career,
CEO
Restaurants
Gangsters
✿DOWNLOAD FROM GREASYFORK ✿
(you'll need a userscript manager like Tampermonkey . Instructions are on the script page!)
