Ajax Search Pro – Live WordPress Search & Filter Plugin

Ajax Search Pro is a powerful live search engine plugin tailored for WordPress, offering unparalleled customization and an array of features to deliver top-notch search results. It surpasses the standard WordPress search bar, enhancing both functionality and aesthetics.

If you’re in pursuit of a superior WordPress search solution, here’s a glimpse of what this plugin has to offer:

Features:

1. Wide Content Type Compatibility: Ajax Search Pro seamlessly supports various content types, including posts, pages, and custom post types. Whether you’re using WooCommerce, Jigoshop, wp-Ecommerce, or other plugins with custom post types, this plugin ensures compatibility.
2. Frontend Search Settings: This plugin equips users with a user-friendly frontend settings interface, allowing customization of search behavior. Users can easily toggle checkboxes to specify exact matches, include/exclude specific post types, categories, or custom taxonomies like product categories.
3. Layout & Themes: Choose from four built-in layouts: Vertical, Horizontal, Polaroid, and Isotopic, with over 60 pre-defined themes available for each layout, including those showcased on the demo page.
4. Widgets & Shortcodes: Three different widgets (latest searches, top searches, and search box) and two shortcodes for each search are provided. Shortcode buttons are conveniently accessible from the post editor.
5. Image Handling: The plugin boasts built-in image handling libraries with exceptional compatibility. These libraries can scan through content, excerpts, custom fields, or display featured images effectively.
6. Icon Customization: Utilize a variety of high-resolution, vectorized, and colorizable SVG icons, or upload your own for a personalized touch.
7. Adjustable Search Logic: Tailor the search logic to your specific needs. By default, the plugin employs an OR logic for more extensive results. However, you can easily switch to a more strict logic if necessary.
8. Smart Image Parsing: The plugin’s highly adjustable image parser ensures optimal image quality in search results by scanning featured images, content, excerpts, and custom fields.
9. Category, Tag & Taxonomy Term Filters: Effortlessly create and manage category, tag, and any taxonomy term filters. Checkbox, drop-down, and radio button layouts are all supported.
10. Custom Field Filters: For a more sophisticated search experience, you can create custom field filters, providing users with advanced ways to search your content.
11. Multisite Support: If you operate a multisite network, you can selectively include blogs in individual search instances, even enabling simultaneous searches across multiple blogs.
12. Relevance Search & Index Table: Fine-tune your plugin with a fully configurable relevance options panel. You can also opt for index table search to generate even more relevant results.
13. Page Builder Support: Shortcodes and widgets are compatible with popular page builders like Elementor, WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer, Divi Page Builder, Gutenberg, and more. The plugin serves as a WPBakery Page Builder and Gutenberg add-on.
14. Compact Layout Mode: If space is limited on your website, you can hide the search bar until users click on the magnifier icon.
15. Keyword Suggestions & Autocomplete: Google keyword suggestions and autocomplete are enabled by default, with customizable suggestion languages.
16. Keyword Highlighting: Highlight search phrases in the results list, with the ability to customize the highlighting color.
17. Index Table Engine: Version 4.5 introduces a new, index table-powered search engine capable of indexing shortcode content. It’s especially beneficial for high-traffic sites, improving performance.
18. Performance Tracker: Monitor search query performance with the built-in performance tracker, aiding in optimizing Ajax speed.
19. Search Statistics: Enable search statistics to gain insights into the most popular phrases on your website.
20. Google Analytics Integration: Easily integrate Google Analytics with the search, allowing search phrases to appear as pageviews on your analytics dashboard.
21. Cache: For high-traffic websites, caching is provided to reduce database queries and enhance search performance.
22. Compatibility: Compatibility options offer a quick fix interface in case any issues arise.
23. Performance Tracking: The plugin tracks query performances, offering insights into recent setting changes.
24. Export and Import: Transfer search settings from one project to another with ease, making it effortless to use a working search instance on different sites.
25. Regular Updates: Expect regular updates with many customer requests and suggestions being fulfilled in the past. Feel free to suggest enhancements to further improve the plugin.