WP SEARCH ENGINE

The “WP Search Engine” plugin supercharges your default WordPress search by replacing it with a powerful and stylish search engine that works seamlessly with posts, pages, and all custom post types. Simple to set up, fully customizable, and packed with three powerful modules — Recent Searches, Trending Searches, and Auto Suggestions — it delivers the best possible search experience to every visitor on your website.

FEATURES / HIGHLIGHTS

• Mobile friendly ( Responsive ), easy to set up and use, fully customizable and WPML compatible.
• Supports WordPress’s default post types ( eg: Posts, Pages ) as well as all custom post types ( eg: WooCommerce, WP-Ecommerce etc.. ).
• Supports multiple instances of widgets and shortcodes on a single page.
• Follows your theme’s default template files for search results, making it compatible with almost all themes out of the box.
• Comes with various custom styling options making it easy to change the search bar appearance without requiring any CSS knowledge.
• Allows different styling options for each search filter, so you can have different coloured layouts for different filters on the same website.
• Allows you to enable/disable category or custom taxonomy dropdown filter alongside the keyword search.
• Users can easily clear or delete their recent searches directly from the front end.
• Enhances SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) by providing a more user friendly and engaging search experience.

WIDGETS / SHORTCODES

• Search Bar: Displays a stylish search bar with an optional category/taxonomy dropdown. When focused, it shows recent and trending searches so users can click instead of retyping. As the user types, a live auto suggestions list appears making it effortless to find what they are looking for.
• Recent Searches: Displays the most recent searches of a user and triggers a search on click. Uses browser cookies to store recent searches. Allows you to limit the number of keywords shown and filter them by a specific post type or show all.
• Trending/Popular/Top Searches: Displays the most searched keywords and triggers a search on click. The plugin automatically records search activity to keep this list up to date. Allows you to limit the number of keywords shown and filter them by a specific post type or show all.

DEMO

• SEARCH BAR
• RECENT SEARCHES WIDGET
• TRENDING SEARCHES WIDGET

DOCUMENTATION

• DOCUMENTATION

CHANGELOG

= 1.5 =
* Improved database performance with optimized indexes for faster trending searches
* Enhanced security across search and suggestion features
* Automatic database upgrade routine — no manual steps required when updating the plugin
* Improved code quality and stability throughout the plugin
* Minor bug fixes and optimizations

= 1.4 =
* Tested compatibility issues with latest version of WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP
* Fixed JS warnings

= 1.3 =
* Fixed compatibility issues with latest version of WordPress and PHP
* Fixed JS errors

= 1.2 =
* Prevent bad words from trending searches by saving only those keywords for which have atleast one result
* Fixed shortcode typo
* Fixed case-sensitive keyword conflicts

= 1.1 =
* Fixed few conflicts while deleting recent search

= 1.0 =
* Launched the initial version of the plugin