Yasir Najeeb

<p><strong>Arabic Search Enhancement</strong> is a production-ready WordPress plugin that dramatically improves search functionality for Arabic content. It addresses the common problem where Arabic searches fail due to variations in diacritics, letter forms, and typing styles.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Smart Arabic Text Normalization</strong> – Removes diacritics and normalizes letter forms for comprehensive search results</li>
<li><strong>Elementor Search Widget Support</strong> – Full compatibility with Elementor’s search widgets and AJAX functionality</li>
<li><strong>Multi-term Search Support</strong> – Handles multiple Arabic search terms with intelligent AND logic</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong> – Built-in caching system for fast repeated searches</li>
<li><strong>RTL Interface Support</strong> – Complete right-to-left admin interface for Arabic users</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Settings</strong> – Full admin panel for customizing search behavior</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong> – Built with SOLID principles and modern PHP practices</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search Improvements</h4>
<p><strong>Before</strong>: Searching for “مكتوب” won’t find “مَكْتُوب” (with diacritics)<br />
<strong>After</strong>: Smart normalization finds all variations automatically</p>
<p><strong>Before</strong>: “الكتاب” won’t match “ألكتاب” (different Alef forms)<br />
<strong>After</strong>: All Alef variations (أ إ آ ٱ) treated as same letter</p>
<h4>Normalization Rules</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Diacritics Removal</strong>: All Tashkeel marks (َ ُ ِ ّ ْ ً ٌ ٍ etc.)</li>
<li><strong>Alef Unification</strong>: أ إ آ ٱ <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> ا</li>
<li><strong>Taa Marbuta</strong>: ة <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> ه</li>
<li><strong>Yaa Normalization</strong>: ى <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> ي</li>
<li><strong>Hamza Variations</strong>: ؤ <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> و, ئ <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> ي</li>
<li><strong>Tatweel Removal</strong>: ـ (kashida)</li>
</ol>
<h4>Technical Highlights</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>SQL-level Processing</strong> – Database queries optimized for Arabic text</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Caching</strong> – Performance monitoring and optimization</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Integration</strong> – Uses WordPress hooks and APIs properly</li>
<li><strong>Security First</strong> – Input sanitization and output escaping</li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong> – Full internationalization support</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Arabic news websites and blogs</li>
<li>Educational institutions with Arabic content</li>
<li>Government websites in Arabic-speaking countries</li>
<li>E-commerce sites with Arabic product descriptions</li>
<li><strong>Elementor-powered websites</strong> with Arabic search functionality</li>
<li>Any WordPress site serving Arabic-speaking users</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<ul>
<li>The plugin does not transmit search data or analytics to any external servers; all processing and storage stay inside your WordPress database.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Technical Details</h3>
<h4>System Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
<li>MySQL 5.6 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h4>Architecture</h4>
<ul>
<li>Built with SOLID principles</li>
<li>PSR-4 autoloading</li>
<li>Dependency injection</li>
<li>Interface-based design</li>
<li>Comprehensive error handling</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>SQL-level normalization</li>
<li>Intelligent caching system</li>
<li>Minimal resource usage</li>
<li>Database query optimization</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, bug reports, or feature requests, please contact the developer or visit the plugin support forum.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin collects and stores anonymous search analytics data to improve search functionality. The following information is collected:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search queries (anonymized and used for statistics only)</li>
<li>Search result counts and language detection</li>
<li>Search timestamps (for trend analysis)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>No personal information is collected</strong>, including:<br />
* User names, emails, or IP addresses<br />
* Personal identifiable information (PII)<br />
* User browsing behavior outside of search functionality</p>
<p>All data collection can be disabled through the plugin settings. Data is stored locally in your WordPress database and is not transmitted to external servers.</p>
<p>For complete privacy transparency, you may review the source code at the plugin repository.</p>


Arabic Search Enhancement

Enhances WordPress search for Arabic content by normalizing text variations, diacritics, and letter forms for better search results.

Torsten Landsiedel

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<p>This is a souped-up version of the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/normalizer/" title="Normalizer - WordPress Plugins" rel="ugc">Normalizer plugin</a> by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/zodiac1978/" rel="nofollow ugc">Torsten Landsiedel</a>.</p>
<p>It adds WP filters to normalize UTF-8 data coming into the system to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/International/docs/charmod-norm/#choice-of-normalization-form" title="Choice of Normalization Form" rel="nofollow ugc">de facto web standard Normalization Form C</a>.  The Unicode Consortium report is at <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/" rel="nofollow ugc">Unicode Normalization Forms</a>.</p>
<h4>Polyfills</h4>
<p>For best performance <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/intl.installation.php" rel="nofollow ugc">install</a> (if possible) the <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/intro.intl.php" rel="nofollow ugc">PHP Internationalization extension <code>Intl</code></a>, which includes the PHP class <code>Normalizer</code>.</p>
<p>However the plugin works without the PHP <code>Intl</code> extension being installed, as it uses (a modified version of) the <a href="https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/tree/master/src/Intl/Normalizer" rel="nofollow ugc">Symfony <code>Normalizer</code> polyfill</a>.</p>
<p>Also text pasted into (most) inputs is normalized immediately using the JavaScript <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/normalize" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>normalize()</code> method</a>.  For browsers without normalization support, the <a href="https://github.com/walling/unorm" rel="nofollow ugc">unorm polyfill</a> is used.</p>
<h4>Background</h4>
<p>For further info, see the WP Trac ticket <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30130" rel="nofollow ugc">#30130 Normalize characters with combining marks to precomposed characters</a> and this <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/05/17/may-17-feature-projects-chat-and-prompt/#comment-30300" rel="nofollow ugc">Make WP Core comment</a>.</p>
<p>The plugin also works around the Safari-specific issues raised by the WP Trac ticket <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22363" rel="nofollow ugc">#22363 Accents in attachment filenames should be sanitized</a>.</p>
<h4>Scanner</h4>
<p>For existing data, the plugin includes an administration tool to scan and normalize the database.  <strong>Important:</strong> before using this tool to normalize, please <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups" rel="nofollow ugc">backup your database</a>.  This is especially important if your database contains non-normalized serialized data, as this plugin uses the same suck-and-see technique as interconnect/it’s <a href="https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/" rel="nofollow ugc">Database Search and Replace Script in PHP</a> to deal with serialized data, and is fallible.</p>
<h4>And</h4>
<p>A google-cheating schoolboy French translation is supplied.</p>
<p>The plugin should run on PHP 5.2.17 to 7.1, and on WP 3.9.13 to 4.7.1.</p>
<p>The project is on <a href="https://github.com/gitlost/unfc-normalize" rel="nofollow ugc">github</a>.</p>


UNFC Nörmalize

no update since 3 years. but working with WP 5.0.2.
20 Multisites need to get scanned and normalised singlewise. But still better then other solutions! Made my day!

made my day

Normalizes UTF-8 input to Normalization Form C.

Arabic Search Enhancement vs UNFC Nörmalize