Smart Searchify enhances the search functionality of your WordPress website to next level.

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The Smart Searchify plugin provides a robust solution for creating customisable, SEO-friendly search filters for WordPress post types and custom post types. With extensive options for tailoring the search experience, this plugin empowers users to quickly locate relevant content with ease. AJAX and non-AJAX filtering capabilities ensure seamless performance, while SEO-friendly URLs make filtered results indexable by search engines, boosting site visibility. Designed for flexibility, this plugin supports various customisation options—from form positioning to input types and display layouts—making it a versatile choice for all types of WordPress sites.
Key Features & Benefits
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<li>Customisable Shortcode: Create unlimited shortcode tailored to specific post types, which can be placed anywhere on your site for easy accessibility.</li>
<li>Flexible Filter Options: Filter results by multiple taxonomies, including categories, tags, and custom taxonomies, enabling users to refine searches for more targeted results.</li>
<li>Customisable Filter Positioning: Position filters above or alongside your main content to match your site’s layout and enhance user experience.</li>
<li>SEO-Friendly URLs: Customise taxonomy slugs in URLs, ensuring search-friendly paths that enhance both user experience and search engine visibility.</li>
<li>AJAX Searching: Toggle AJAX on or off for dynamic, real-time filtering without page reloads, providing a smooth and responsive experience.</li>
<li>Display Options (List or Grid View): Choose between list or grid formats to present search results in the most visually appealing way for your audience.</li>
<li>Sorting Options: Enable sorting controls to give users the ability to arrange results by criteria like date, relevance, or alphabetical order.</li>
<li>Pagination Control: Set the number of items per page to manage the length and load time of search result pages, improving performance.</li>
<li>Author Display Control: Option to show or hide the author name on search results, providing flexibility based on content type and site branding.</li>
<li>Excerpt Control: Display or hide post excerpts in search results, allowing you to control the amount of information shown per result.</li>
<li>Read More Link: Include an optional “Read More” link for each result, encouraging deeper engagement with your content.</li>
<li>Input Type Customisation: Customise filter inputs with radio buttons, checkboxes, or multi-select dropdowns to suit your site’s design and usability needs.</li>
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Example 
Here’s an example of a shortcode created using Smart Searchify:
[jbid_smart_searchify id=”755″]
<h3>Licenses & Credits</h3>
Smart Searchify is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2.0 or later. 
Feel free to use and modify this as you like.
Unless otherwise specified, all plugin files, scripts, and images are created by us and are licensed under the same license as the plugin.
<h3>Resources packed within the plugin.</h3>
jquery.multi-select.js 
 Source: https://github.com/mysociety/jquery-multi-select 
 License: GNU Affero GPL 
 License Url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html

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