Aarti Chauhan

The Autocomplete Search Plugin enhances your WordPress search experience by providing an intuitive, fast, and responsive autocomplete feature. It searches across: 
– Posts 
– Pages 
– WooCommerce Products 
– Custom Posts
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Real-time Autocomplete Search</li>
<li>Supports Multiple Post Types</li>
<li>Enable search onlu for specific post type or only for products</li>
<li>AJAX-Powered Search</li>
<li>Customizable Search Box</li>
<li>Shortcode Implementation</li>
<li>User-friendly and Accessible</li>
<li>Custom Post Type Support</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developers</h3>
The plugin provides filters to allow theme and plugin developers to customize output:
<ul>
<li><code>atcl_autocomplete_search_placeholder</code> – Filter the search input placeholder text.</li>
<li><code>atcl_autocomplete_search_wrapper_class</code> – Filter the wrapper CSS classes.</li>
<li><code>atcl_autocomplete_search_input_class</code> – Filter the input field CSS classes.</li>
</ul>
Shortcode attributes: 
* <code>class</code> – Add a custom CSS class to the search wrapper.
Example: 
[atcl_autocomplete_search class=”header-search”]

Autocomplete Search

Add an autocomplete search feature to your WordPress site.Search across posts,pages, and WooCommerce products with a fast,AJAX-powered search box.

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<h4>WooCommerce’s Default Search Costs You Sales</h4>
Your customers search for “blue running shoes” and get irrelevant results. They search “iphne case” with a typo and get nothing. 80% of shoppers leave after a bad search experience — and WooCommerce’s built-in search only matches exact title keywords.
Contexa fixes this. It understands what your customers mean, not just what they type.
<h4>How Contexa Is Different</h4>
<ul>
<li>AI-Powered Semantic Search — Understands intent, not just keywords. “Laptop bag” finds “notebook carrying case” too</li>
<li>Typo Tolerance — “snekers” still finds sneakers. Works across 100+ languages including Hebrew, Arabic, and English</li>
<li>Instant Autocomplete — Suggestions appear as customers type, based on your store’s actual search history</li>
<li>Sub-2-Second Results — Direct API with client-side rendering. No server load on your WordPress hosting</li>
<li>5 Recommendation Engines — Similar products, trending, personalized, frequently bought together, and cart-based upsells</li>
<li>AJAX Add to Cart — Customers add to cart without page refresh, with quantity selectors</li>
<li>5 Visual Templates — Classic, minimal, shadow, bordered, and gradient styles in list or grid layouts</li>
<li>WooCommerce Native — Automatic currency detection, stock status, and product sync</li>
<li>WPML Support — Full multilingual search with language-specific content sync</li>
<li>Content Search — Search blog posts, pages, and custom post types alongside products</li>
<li>Order Tracking — Track which searches lead to purchases. See your search-driven revenue</li>
<li>Easy Setup — Install, enter API key, sync products. Working search in under 5 minutes</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search Shortcode</h4>
Add AI search to any page: 
 [contexa_search layout=”list” columns=”4″ show_description=”yes” show_price=”yes” results_per_page=”12″ template=”1″]
Available options: 
– <code>placeholder</code> – Search input placeholder text (default: “Search for products…”) 
– <code>button_text</code> – Search button text (default: “Search”) 
– <code>layout</code> – Display layout: list or grid (default: list) 
– <code>columns</code> – Number of grid columns when layout=”grid” (default: 4) 
– <code>show_price</code> – Display product prices: yes/no (default: yes) 
– <code>show_description</code> – Display product descriptions: yes/no (default: yes) 
– <code>results_per_page</code> – Maximum results to display (default: 12) 
– <code>template</code> – Visual template style 1-5 (default: 1)
Template Styles: 
1. Classic Grid (default) – Traditional cards with hover lift effect 
2. Minimal Clean – Borderless design with subtle hover backgrounds 
3. Card with Shadow – Rounded cards with elegant shadow effects 
4. Modern Bordered – Bold black borders with inverted hover state 
5. Colorful Gradient – Purple gradient background with white text
Examples: 
 `
Basic search (list layout, default template)
[contexa_search]
List layout with classic template
[contexa_search layout=”list” template=”1″]
Grid layout with 3 columns and minimal template
[contexa_search layout=”grid” columns=”3″ template=”2″]
Grid with modern bordered template, no descriptions
[contexa_search layout=”grid” template=”4″ show_description=”no”]
List with colorful gradient template and 20 results
[contexa_search layout=”list” template=”5″ results_per_page=”20″]
Custom placeholder and button text
[contexa_search placeholder=”What are you looking for?” button_text=”Find Products”] 
 `
<h4>Recommendations Shortcodes</h4>
Display smart product recommendations with AJAX add to cart functionality:
Similar Products (product page recommendations): 
 [contexa_similar product_id=”123″ title=”You May Also Like” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]
Trending Products: 
 [contexa_trending title=”Trending Now” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]
Personalized Recommendations (based on visitor behavior): 
 [contexa_personalized title=”Recommended For You” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]
Frequently Bought Together: 
 [contexa_frequently_together product_id=”123″ title=”Frequently Bought Together” columns=”4″ limit=”4″]
Cart-Based Recommendations: 
 [contexa_cart_based title=”Complete Your Purchase” columns=”4″ limit=”4″]
All recommendation shortcodes include: 
– AJAX add to cart with +/- quantity selectors 
– Click tracking for analytics 
– Automatic stock status detection 
– Responsive grid layouts
Available parameters: 
– <code>title</code> – Section heading (optional) 
– <code>columns</code> – Number of columns for grid display (default: 4) 
– <code>limit</code> – Maximum number of products to display (default: 8) 
– <code>show_price</code> – Display product prices: yes/no (default: yes) 
– <code>show_add_to_cart</code> – Display add to cart with quantity selector: yes/no (default: yes)
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>A Contexa.co API key (free trial available)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy & Data Collection</h3>
Contexa AI Search connects to external Contexa.co services to provide AI-powered search and recommendations. By using this plugin, you acknowledge that data will be sent to Contexa.co for processing.
<h4>Third-Party Service</h4>
<ul>
<li>Service: Contexa.co – AI Search Platform</li>
<li>Service URL: https://contexa.co</li>
<li>API Endpoint: https://api.contexa.co</li>
<li>SDK URL: https://api.contexa.co/sdk/contexa-sdk.js</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://contexa.co/terms-of-service</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://contexa.co/privacy-policy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Data Sent to Contexa.co</h4>
Product Catalog Data (sent during sync): 
* Product names, descriptions, and excerpts 
* Product prices, SKUs, and categories 
* Product images and URLs 
* Product tags and attributes 
* Blog posts and pages (if Content Sync is enabled)
Search & Interaction Data (sent during usage): 
* Search queries entered by visitors 
* Search results clicked by visitors 
* Products added to cart 
* Products removed from cart 
* Completed orders (product IDs, quantities, prices)
Visitor Identification: 
* Anonymous visitor ID (stored in <code>contexa_visitor_id</code> cookie) 
* No personally identifiable information (PII) is collected 
* Visitor IDs are used to track behavior across sessions for analytics
<h4>User Controls</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tracking Consent: You can enable/disable visitor tracking in plugin settings</li>
<li>Content Sync: You can choose which post types to sync (posts, pages, custom types)</li>
<li>Auto Sync: You can disable automatic product synchronization</li>
<li>Cookie Notice: We recommend adding a cookie consent notice to your site</li>
</ul>
<h4>External Resources Loaded</h4>
This plugin loads the Contexa search SDK JavaScript from api.contexa.co/sdk/contexa-sdk.js on all frontend pages when an API key is configured. This SDK is part of the Contexa.co service and required for AI search functionality.
<h4>Data Retention</h4>
Data sent to Contexa.co is retained according to Contexa’s privacy policy. You can request data deletion by contacting Contexa support.

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