Search any WordPress site's data using WP REST API.

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Pratik Chaskar

WP Remote Site Search is a search plugin for WordPress that returns any WordPress site’s data using WP REST API.
Basic Usage
Activate the WP Remote Site Search plugin 
Add the shortcode [wp_remote_site_search] to a page or something
Options
Here’s a list of shortcodes currently available in the WP Remote Site Search plugin.
1.<code>remote_url="https://example.com"</code>
<pre><code>URL from where you want to fetch the information
The remote site should have WordPress 4.7 or higher or Rest API (v2) plugin installed to get the search results.
</code></pre>
2.<code>title="How can we help?"</code>
<pre><code>Title for the search box
</code></pre>
3.<code>category_id="1,2"</code>
<pre><code>You can also pass "category_id1,category_id2" to search multiple posts from multiple categories.
</code></pre>
4.<code>sub_categories="true"</code>
<pre><code>You can also get all results from categories (category_id1, category_id2) and their respective subcategories by setting sub_categories="true".
</code></pre>
5.<code>placeholder="Enter a search term."</code>
<pre><code>The text displayed in the search box placeholder. Default is "Search...".
</code></pre>
6.<code>type = "books"</code>
<pre><code>Default type is posts,
You can add custom post type also.
</code></pre>
7.<code>max_results="50"</code>
<pre><code>Total Number of results you want to display.
(default max_results is 30)
</code></pre>
8.<code>html_input = "<button> Get In Touch!</button>"</code>
 Append html after all results get displyed.
Example:
<pre><code>[wp_remote_site_search remote_url="https://example.com" category_id="1,2" sub_categories="true" type="books" title="How can we help?" placeholder="Have a question? Enter a search term." max_results="30" html_input="<button>Get In Touch!</button>"]
</code></pre>
<h3>Credits</h3>
WP Live Search 
Licenses: GNU GPL, Version 2 (or later) 
Credits https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-search-live/

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