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Ajax Search Lite is a live search plugin for WordPress. This responsive live search engine, which will boost your user experience by providing a user friendly ajax powered search form – a live search bar. You can filter the results with the category and post type filter boxes as well. Google autocomplete and keyword suggestions also included.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qI2_iKK4n_4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Very smooth animations with mobile device support and regular updates. Use Ajax Search Lite as a replacement for the default WordPress search with a better looking, more efficient search engine. 
Fine-tune the user experience by providing a powerful ajax search plugin to your visitors. Supports custom post types and custom fields and more. Boost your site search engine with this custom built live search engine.
<a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Home</a> | <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/features" rel="nofollow ugc">Features</a> | <a href="https://documentation.ajaxsearchlite.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Lite Docs</a> | <a href="https://documentation.ajaxsearchpro.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Docs</a>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tMde9nDQOEU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Ajax Search Lite and Ajax Search Pro does not require monthly subscriptions, does not store your data on external servers – everything is done locally, on your server.
<h4>Features List</h4>
<ul>
<li>Search in posts and pages</li>
<li>Search in custom post types such as WooCommerce Products, Events, Portfolio items and more</li>
<li>Search in title, description, excerpt, categories and tags and any custom fields</li>
<li>Archive page live loader and filter</li>
<li>Automatic search replacement as well as widget and shortcode availalbe</li>
<li>Custom Filter boxes (checkbox filters) for categories and post types</li>
<li>WPML, Polylang and QtranslateX compatible</li>
<li>10+ built in templates + options for color adjustments</li>
<li>Retina ready vectorized SVG and CSS3 icons</li>
<li>Category and post exclusions</li>
<li>Frontend search settings boxes</li>
<li>Images in search results</li>
<li>Fully ajax powered</li>
<li>50+ options on the backend</li>
<li>Caches images for faster response time</li>
<li>Performance Options</li>
<li>Google analytics integration – both as Events and Pageviews</li>
<li>Primary and Secondary ordering options</li>
<li>Highly compatible and responsive</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
Feel free to <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajax-search-lite/" rel="ugc">contact us</a> via the support forums.
<h4>In Pro version</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Front-end demo</a> | <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/try/" rel="nofollow ugc">Back-end demo</a></li>
<li>Create multiple search bars with different configurations</li>
<li>All page builders supported (Elementor, Divi, Oxygen, Breakdance, Gutenberg, Beaver etc..)</li>
<li>Search in Every custom post type</li>
<li>Search in <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/file-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Media Attachments and contents</a> (PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc..)</li>
<li>Search in BuddyPress activity feed, users and group names</li>
<li>Search in PeepSo Groups and Group Activities</li>
<li>Search result grouping by categories or post types</li>
<li>Search in custom fields including repeaters and special custom field taypes</li>
<li>Predictive search results suggestions</li>
<li>WooCommerce <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/shop-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Shop search and filter</a></li>
<li>Search and filter Elementor <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/elementor-live-filter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Loop Grid</a> and <a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/jet-engine-listing-grid-filter/" rel="nofollow ugc">JetEngine Listing Grid</a></li>
<li>Advanced caching technology – image precaching, search phrase caching</li>
<li>Category filters, custom field filters, post type filters, tag filters, taxonomy term filters and date filters</li>
<li>Checkbox, Drop-down, Multiselect, Radio, Slider and Range slider filters</li>
<li>Results grouping by category, post type or content type</li>
<li><a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/load-more-infinite-scroll/" rel="nofollow ugc">Load more and Inifinite scroll</a></li>
<li>100+ Themes – Fully configurable and editable – with theme customizer & preview window</li>
<li>4 layouts: Vertical, Horizontal, Polaroid and Isotopic (with pagination)</li>
<li>400+ Admin options </li>
<li>Google keyword suggestions and autocomplete</li>
<li>Compatibility options and features</li>
<li>Caching options & Search statistics</li>
<li>Keyword Highlighting & more…</li>
<li>Highly compatible and responsive</li>
<li><a href="https://ajaxsearchpro.com/features/" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Features List</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Testimonials</h4>
<blockquote>
“Beyond the live search, it also makes your search much more complete. You’ll be able to include custom fields, comments, and more in your search index.” – Ben Pines – Elementor
“Consider this plugin if you’re looking for a professional live search offering.” – Tom Ewer – WPMU Dev
“Ajax Search Pro plugin gives you a live Ajax search, so much comfortable search experience” – Dragan Nikolic – Thematosoup
“As the name suggests, the core value of Ajax Search Pro is the ability to add Ajax live search to WordPress.” – Colin Newcomer – aThemes
</blockquote>

Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter

Awesome Support


A very solid plugin that offers a lot of useful features out of the box.  It's pro version however is even better. Great and quick support. Highly recommend.


A very solid plugin

The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support

webdevstudios

Michael Beckwith

Brad Williams

Scott Basgaard

Richard Aber

Ashar Irfan

Greg Rickaby

Easily integrate the powerful search tool Algolia AI Search & Discovery directly into your WordPress website. Quickly index all of your website’s content and provide lightning fast and accurate search results within minutes!
Built and supported by WebDevStudios, the website agency behind Custom Post Type UI, WP Search with Algolia immediately improves search on your website. Your users will be impressed!
Enable Autocomplete and Instantsearch to immediately provide a more robust search experience to your visitors. Plus, you receive full control over the look, feel, and relevance of your users’ search experience.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>One-click indexing of all content in WordPress</li>
<li>Relevant, faceted ready search results in milliseconds with native typo-tolerance from Algolia AI Search & Discovery</li>
<li>Super granular control on search content relevancy and content positioning</li>
<li>Language-agnostic</li>
<li>WordPress hooks and filters available for easy customization of indexed content.</li>
</ul>
This plugin requires API keys from <a href="https://www.algolia.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Algolia</a>. API keys are free for small personal projects and non-commercial use. Learn more about <a href="https://www.algolia.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">commercial use pricing</a>.
<h3>WP Search with Algolia Pro</h3>
Introducing WP Search with Algolia Pro, our new premium version of WP Search with Algolia! Pro features include:
<ul>
<li>Multisite Network-wide support!
<ul>
<li>Create a global search for content across all the sites in your network all in one Algolia index.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>WooCommerce support
<ul>
<li>Indexing Product data including SKU, pricing (standard and variable), short descriptions, dimensions, and more.</li>
<li>Total sales and total ratings indexed for popularity</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Advanced SEO support with Yoast SEO, All in One SEO, Rank Math SEO, SEOPress, and The SEO Framework.
<ul>
<li>Content level settings to exclude individual content from the search index</li>
<li>Set Algolia’s indexing to match with existing search engine “noindex” settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Are you ready to go Pro? Check out <a href="https://pluginize.com/plugins/wp-search-with-algolia-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Search with Algolia Pro on Pluginize</a>!
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://webdevstudios.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WebDevStudios</a></li>
<li><a href="https://algolia.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Algolia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/WebDevStudios/wp-search-with-algolia/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-search-with-algolia/" rel="ugc">Support</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/WebDevStudios/wp-search-with-algolia/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Feature requests and bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/WebDevStudios/algolia-snippet-library" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Search with Algolia Snippet Library</a></li>
</ul>
This plugin is a derivative work of the code from the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-by-algolia-instant-relevant-results/" rel="ugc">Search by Algolia – Instant & Relevant results</a> plugin for WordPress, which is licensed under the GPLv2.

WP Search with Algolia

I'm absolutely in love with this plugin. Algolia search by itself is amazing. This plugin makes it a breeze to index the exact content I want.

indexing is a breeze


This is effectively a continuation of the official Algolia WordPress plugin that Algolia abandoned in favor of focusing on their main product/services. Thankfully, WebDevStudios stepped up to the plate and released this plugin to keep it alive with their own set of updates & ongoing support.



I've been using this plugin since the very beginning (having used the official plugin from Algolia before that) and it's been a seamless transition with it being straightforward to use & customize if/when needed in these past years, for example having custom facets/filters being added to the search results page template / allowing linking to a specific set of search filters & queries / etc. which then uses the official Algolia implementation for that aspect of things so it's well documented (this also then shows a warning in the site admin if/when a customized search template in the theme is then left using an outdated version which might warrant being checked and/or updated as needed [then updating the version stated in that template file to get rid of that notice in that process.])



Developer support for this plugin has always been receptive & responsive when it comes to both bug fixes as well as potential features to add in a future update.



I find it difficult to try to find a better value and/or better overall search provider for WordPress than Algolia, and at that point, there doesn't look to be a better method to integrate it with a site quickly & effectively than what this plugin provides (easy to get up and running while customizable in the ways one would expect if/when needed.)


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