Searchford WordPress Advanced Search

Improve your website’s in-site search results immediately with this plugin. Sort results by relevance instead of date, and search for the term in the content, categories, tags, comments, and author name etc! Multiple customized searches are supported and easily choose the template page to display the results in.

Optionally enable the live search, and show search results preview in list or masonry style. Choose to display any combination of title, thumbnail or excerpt and customize the style and look of the live search without any coding knowledge!

Searchford supports advanced functions such as auto or manual indexing, respecting default search parameters and much more! Settings are simple in style yet powerful in function. Let the plugin be as simple or advanced as you want!

Easy Setup

• Activate the Plugin and Immediately Boost your Search Engine Results without any Configuration!
• Automatically Index New Content
• Awesome Looking Live Search that’s Easy to Customize

Advanced Search

• Supports Search Operators:

• + Must include
• – Must not include
• ”” Exact phrase
• () Optional term
• < Decrease relevance
• > Increase relevance
• ~ Decrease rating
• * Wildcard

Sort Results By:

• Relevance
• Date

Look for Terms in Any Combination of:

• Title
• Content
• Categories
• Tags
• Comments
• Attachments Title & Description
• Author (Display name, first name, last name, description)
  • Only Search for Authors in Specific Roles
• Custom Taxonomy
• Custom Meta Field

Display Results From:

• Posts
• Pages
• Attachments
• Custom Post Types

Fuzzy Search (Optional)

Highlight Search Terms:

• In Title
• In Excerpt (If supported)
• In Author
• In Tags, Categories and Taxonomies (Where applicable)

Choose Highlight Style:

• Bold
• Italics
• Underline
• Custom Font and/or Background Color
• Custom Style

Set Any Weights for the Title, Content, Categories etc. that the Search Term Looks In

Exclude Specific:

• Post or Page ID
• Categories
• Tags
• Custom Taxonomy

Custom Stopwords List

3 Options When No Results Found:

• Default
• Show Search Suggestion (Requires editing template)
• Redirect to Suggested Search Results

Live Search

• Enable or Disable Individually for Each Search
• Responsive for Mobile Devices or Smaller Screens
• List or Masonry Style
• Choose to Display:

• Thumbnail
• Title
• Excerpt (Only for List Style)

Set # of Masonry Columns

Set Max # of Results

Show Suggestions for 0 Results (Optional)

Dark or Light Theme

Customize Colors:

• Background Color
• Accent Color
• Font Color

Rounded Corners (Optional)

Display Arrow Tip

Left or Right Alignment to Search Form

Custom Loading Gif

Custom Css

Multiple Custom Searches

All search options and live search settings above can be customised for as many custom searches as required. Individual searches will be available as a shortcode and/or widget. Set any specific template page or use the default search page as the results page. Note: Search results page is not included in plugin and should be a part of the theme.

Plugin Compatibility

• Compatible with WPML
• Compatible with Plugins that uses register_post_type for Custom Post Types (E.g. WooCommerce, Jigoshop, WP e-Commerce, Ready! Ecommerce Shopping Cart)

Suitable For

• Letter Based Languages – Searching words with 3 or more characters
• CJK Text Supported (No character limit)
• Website content with under 5 Million words and content that does not grow indefinitely

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (11 Feb 2015)
    - Initial release