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The link is not working to test the plugin has stopped support https://rapidapi.com/contextualwebsearch/api/web-search
Hello,
Thank you for letting me know of this.
Yes, it seems that the API the plugin was using is discontinued now. I will work on making an update for it, to migrate it to this other similar API I found: https://rapidapi.com/contextualwebsearch/api/custom-search
However, after initial testing, neither the above API is returning any result, so more testing might be needed on this.
If you know any similar API which can be used to replace the old API, let me know.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hello, a few questions before buying:
Are you still working on this plugin? Do you plan to add the bing key? Does it work fine with the free ContextualWebSearch api or is the free service very limited and slow? Can it be translated so that it is only in Spanish, including searches?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Yes, the plugin is actively supported and developed, i have an ideas list for it.
Bing is also on the ideas list of the plugin.
The free api is not slow, but will be limited by the api call count restriction.
Translation is not yet possible, but i noted this idea, will check on it.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Ok thanks, I’ll be watching when I update it and buy. Greetings
Sure
Hi, i really like your plugin and before buying i wanna know, is this plugin works with my only websites if i dnt want to show other websites can i do that? and also let me know how can i use it for my website posts and pages with that plugin?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Currently the plugin can show only results from around the web (with your site results included, if it is indexed). I noted your suggestion and will think on a way to update the plugin in the future to allow it to display results only from your own site, however, currently this is not available.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Can i have your e-mail , if I want this feature I can pay you if you can do that as a custom inquire
Sure, kisded@yahoo.com – but not sure how to implement this feature yet, need to think on it.
that would be fine no problem, Thanks alot
Hello
1. Does this plugin indexing pages around the web. If so, what is the algorithm and will it be updated in the future?
2. Is it possible to make SERP indexable for Google as a single page?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
1. The plugin is not indexing pages, but instead, the service it is using to get results is doing the indexing job: ContextualWebSearch. They regularly update their algorithm of indexing pages, for details on this, you can contact them and ask details about this, here: https://rapidapi.com/contextualwebsearch/api/web-search/discussions
2. This is not yet possible, however, I noted your suggestion, will check on this for upcoming updates for the plugin.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hi. I really like the look of this plugin and have already bought in and am trying to set it up. I’ve followed all the instructions, but having issues. When I test search with the plugin, it just gets stuck on “searching” forever. Am I missing something? Thanks!
Hello,
First of all, thank you for your purchase.
Please send me temporary admin login credentials to your site, so I can check on this issue. My email is kisded@yahoo.com
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Thank you so much for your rapid response! I sent you an email. Thank you! 
Hello,
Thank you for the login info, I checked and found an incompatibility with your current theme. I updated the plugin and fixed this issue, please check.
Also, I suspect your API key for ContextualWebSearch is not set up correctly, please check this video for details on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHqepoCYC0
Let me know if this helped.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
It’s looking better, thank you for fixing the conflicting theme, but it’s not all working yet. It appears to be flowing nicely, but now returns “no result” upon searching. I’ve entered the API key, but am not sure what to do now as it’s still not working. Thank you so much for helping me Szabi! I’m really looking forward to getting this working and enjoying your plugin! 
Glad to help!
Does your API key have an active subription on ContextualWebSearch API?
Let me know this.
Regards.
It says I’m subscribed to the basic plan, and it’s given me an API key, although it is different from the website in the tutorial I think. I used the link from the API key settings in the plugin. Is it possible I’m in the wrong place?
I’ve used the X-RapidAPI-Key which is a very long string of letters and numbers. I copied it from the code on the right of the page of the end points to avoid making a typo
Also, in the analytics of the contextualwebsearch API, it has recognized multiple searches from when I’ve attempted to test it
But, it’s confusing because under the dashboard it says “You haven’t subscribed to any paid/freemium plans yet”
Ok, interesting. Let me check on this and i get back to you.
I am so sorry for spamming this forum. It’s now fully recognized that I have a subscription
Thank you so much CodeRevolution! The API subscription is now showing as true, I’m using the API Key they provide, but the plugin still returns “no result”. Thanks so much for helping me, I’m really looking forward to having this working. Your software is the ONLY software that’s exactly what I’m looking for, and I’m very grateful for how rapid and helpful you have been. 
Fixed, please check now.
Regards.
Working thank you so much!!!!!! To anyone reading this thread, I was having problems and CodeRev got back to me in literally 20 minutes, and didn’t stop helping me until the plugin was working. Absolutely awesome support. Also, the I scouted out custom search engine software for literally 4 days and this is the best on the internet. Very much recommended. 10/10 and super hyped to start using it. Thank you CodeRev! 
I am glad to help! If you like the plugin, please give it a rating, it is really appreciated. 
Regards.
does this spider sites i add to it for indexing?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Currently the plugin uses the ContextualWebSearch API to provide results. Unfortunately they do not allow the submission of custom links for indexing, so this is not yet possible.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hi, would it be possible to integrate check boxes with corresponding words.IE. 3 bedroom, House etc.? Imagine the searcher doesn’t need to type certain words, just tick a box. Thanks
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Currently this feature is not available in the plugin, however, if you wish to get it, I can implement it to the plugin as a payed custom update. If you are interested, for details, please contact me at my email kisded@yahoo.com
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hello, OK, is possible to add Google AdSense I’d and or APIs in order to be shown as search queries? Thanks.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Yes, this is possible, you can add AdSense ads in the search results shown by this plugin.
For this, you can use the plugin’s ‘Ad Manager’ feature and add the AdSense code in there.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Another question, if the user entered key word (example teeth) on search, and yet on ad manager did not saved this key word (teeth), how this will work? (Google ads) Thanks.
Hello,
Thank you for your question.
You have a checkbox in the plugin’s ‘Main Settings’ -> ‘Show Only Ads That Matched Searched Keywords’ -> if you uncheck it, random ads will appear if the keywords do not match. If you check it, no ads will appear in case keywords do not match.
Regards.
Does google recommended to show ads only on search?
I am not aware of any policy they might have regarding this.
OK thanks..
Presale Question: Im looking to create a personal website like Google but showing me results just from specific websites, so the main idea is to simplifier search from many websites and just use this one. Can I do this with Panopticon?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
The plugin can filter results based on a set of required domains you set in plugin settings, however, this will not restrict results just to the domains you list, but will only filter results by them.
So, if in the returned results the domains you are restricting content to are not found, then no results will be shown by the search in the plugin. So, unfortunately, this feature is not exactly what you were looking for.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Do you have an actual demo of the search results? I set up a demo with my own API key but got zero search results when I do the search. I would like to see what the actual search results look like.
Hello,
Thank you for your question.
Please be sure that you activate your subscription for the ContextualWebSearch API. Please check details here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHqepoCYC0
If you did this, please send me the URL of the demo page you created, and I check it.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
I got the demo working. But how do I display the URL with the full search string (something like: www.mysite.com?search_results=fast+cars). Your short code does not provide this option. Is it possible to access the url string?
Hello,
The plugin does not offer support for URL search right now. If you are interested in this feature, I can add it as a payed custom update for the plugin, for details, please contact me at kisded@yahoo.com
Regards.
i purchased this plugin and it’s working almost fine, few bugs are there, whenever i post an ad in the ad manager and assign a keyword, it works fine but i don’t understand why my ad displays on the keywords i have added in the description. Ad also shows on if someone search for other keywords.
Hello,
First of all, thank you for your purchase.
Can you send me, please, temporary admin login credentials to your WordPress install, so I can check this issue out? Send it, please, to my email address: kisded@yahoo.com.
Also, please let me know what keywords should I check, which do not have the expected results from the plugin. Thank you.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Done, i sent you an email with the Wordpress credentials. I also have shared the two issues which are reducing the functionality. Please look into the issues and do the needful, I will be highly grateful.
Hello,
I updated the plugin on your site, fixed both issues you highlighted, please check.
Regards.
Thank you so much, its fixed.
Regards
I am happy to help.
If you like the plugin, please give it a rating on CodeCanyon, it is really appreciated. 
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hi can i setting the result only from some website or blogs i want ? I dont want to show all result like google.. only some on my spesific niche
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
Unfortunately, the plugin cannot filter the websites it shows results for, this is not yet possible.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Can you show only the results of my website?
Hello,
Thank you for your question.
The plugin searches outside your WordPress site, the results will be imported from this search engine: https://contextualwebsearch.com/
In the current version, it cannot be restricted to show only results from your site.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
PRE Sale Question: does you search engine search outside the WP database ? i mean as google search console but without ADS ? i ask you because i hacve to search inside my site translations that are not in WP database but served by external server so indexed on google and other search engine… do this your engine ? thanks
Hello,
Thank you for your question.
The plugin searches outside your WordPress site, however, the results will be imported from https://contextualwebsearch.com/
The plugin uses the above search engine to get it’s results.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
ok but i have to be indexed on this search engine ? i made a query but my site it is not indexed yet… is it an API that i have toi subscribe suppose… where is instructions to make a sit works and the result for queries ? so i can see if is right for me ? thanks
To index your site by them, you have to contact them at support@contextualwebsearch.com and ask them to add your site to their indexed sites list.
Please, is there going to be update for video search?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
I released a separate plugin that is specialized for video search. Please check it here: https://codecanyon.net/item/vidopticon-video-search-engine-plugin-for-wordpress/23270074
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Did the option for using bing api get added? Their database I am sure is much larger pool of website results to return.
Hello,
No, this is not added yet, however, it is on my todo list, will work on this.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
can this be user only submits or i add them manually?
Hello,
Yes, you can add the shortcode that generates the form for the plugin into a ‘Content Hider’ plugin, and set it to show the form only for users that are signed in to your blog.
For this, you will need a content hider plugin that will enable this feature. Example: https://wordpress.org/plugins/anonymous-restricted-content/
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
can i add sites myself in the admin?
No, sites are regulated by ContextualWebSearch. They will show sites that are crawled by them.
Hello, I am looking for a solution to: 1) when importing photos in the WP Media Library, put the keywords in the “Title” WP field 2) allow to make any kind of (front end) search among the photos Thanks
Hello, This plugin cannot achieve this right now. It displays search results from the web.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hi, some pre-sales questions: a) Is it possible to use in Woocommerce? b) How does it work in multisite, can I search the website and post the result on the main site? Do I need a single license? c) Is it possible to place specific fields in the search results, for example, all my posts have a different author, can I put the “author name” field in the search result? d) Is it possible to register specific sites for searches, for example, in the case of multisite, is it possible to delimit only the sites of the network?
Hello,
Thank you for contacting me.
a. Yes, the plugin will work together with WooCommerce, however, it will search for results only from the database from ContextualWebSearch. Will show results only from pages that they crawled.
b. The plugin works in multisite, but the same as the answer from a. – it will get results only from their database.
c. and d. the plugin imports results from the web, not from your site.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.
Hi, I really wanted to use the plugin, I’m looking for a way to adptar my site.
I can register my site in contextualwebsearch, this I already know can be done.
Now is there any way to do a private search using your plugin? Delimit the search only for my sites?
Hello,
Yes, you can search only a specific website, using this syntax:
site:yourURL search term
Example:
site:dealitem.com laptop
Regards.
Hi,
Is it possible to make the panopticon compatible with bing api? I also have a php search engine that uses bing and its extreme fast and beautiful.
Have a look at
https://phpsearch.com/demo/to see how fast it is.
Hello,
Thank you for pointing this out to me. 
I will take it a look, for sure, and consider it.
Regards, Szabi – CodeRevolution.