Dana Ross

<p>Dave’s WordPress Live Search adds “live search” functionality to your WordPress site. As visitors type words into your WordPress site’s search box, the plugin continually queries WordPress, looking for search results that match what the user has typed so far.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://ajaxpatterns.org/Live_Search" rel="nofollow ugc">live search</a> technique means that most people will find the results they are looking for before they finish typing their query, and it saves them the step of having to click a submit button to get their search results.</p>
<p>This functionality requires Javascript, but the search box still works normally if Javascript is not available.</p>
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CGR2bJ1mLM<br />
<a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/daves-wordpress-live-search/assets/intro_video_transcript.txt" rel="nofollow ugc">transcript</a></p>
<p>This plugin is compatible with the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xlanguage/" rel="ugc">xLanguage</a> and <a href="http://wpml.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a> plugins for internationalization (i18n) of search results.</p>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<p>See <a href="https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/daves-wordpress-live-search/trunk/filter_examples.php" rel="nofollow ugc">filter_examples.php</a> in<br />
the plugin files for examples of how to use these filters. Remember, these filters only affect the<br />
Dave’s WordPress Live Search display, not the normal WordPress search results or the posts themselves.</p>
<ol>
<li>dwls_alter_results</li>
<li>dwls_attachment_thumbnail</li>
<li>dwls_post_title</li>
<li>dwls_the_excerpt</li>
<li>dwls_post_date</li>
<li>dwls_author_name</li>
<li>dwls_alter_result_template</li>
<li>dwls_post_custom</li>
<li>dwls_query_fields</li>
</ol>
<h3>Wish List</h3>
<p>Features I want to implement in future releases:</p>
<ol>
<li>“No results found” message (optional)</li>
</ol>


Dave's WordPress Live Search

At first, this seems like a good plugin and it is. I tried to report a bug a couple of months ago and, despite the fact the plugin says it's compatible with the latest version of WordPress, there seems to be bugs that are not addressed. At this point, I had to hack the plugin and edit source code to make it work.

Unmaintained plugin

You do a great job

Adds "live search" functionality to your WordPress site. Uses the built-in search and jQuery.

YummyWP

<h4>Boost WooCommerce sales with instant Ajax product search — live suggestions, fullscreen popup, SKU search, and GA4 analytics.</h4>
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<p>WooCommerce’s default search loses you sales. <strong>Smart WooCommerce Search</strong> replaces it with a fast, intelligent Ajax search that shows real-time product suggestions — with images, prices, and categories — before your customer even finishes typing.</p>
<p>Improve the default <strong>WooCommerce search</strong> or create a fully custom search widget in a few steps. The <strong>Smart Search</strong> plugin delivers real-time suggestions in a beautiful fullscreen popup with support for synonyms and recent searches — seamlessly integrated into any theme or page builder.</p>
<p>Smart falcon search pre-builds a dedicated search index for blazing-fast results on large catalogs. Sub-100ms search response even with 100,000+ products.</p>
<h4>Free Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/data-indexing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Data indexing</a> – new feature!</li>
<li>Full Screen Mode</li>
<li>Recent Searches</li>
<li>Search results with images and prices</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/analytics/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics integration (GA4)</a> – new feature!</li>
<li>Simple integration into default search widgets</li>
<li>Advanced caching (Memcache, Redis) – new feature!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/content-types/#2-toc-title" rel="nofollow ugc">Search by product SKU or EAN</a></li>
<li>Search in product Categories</li>
<li>Search in product Tags</li>
<li>Selected product categories</li>
<li>Allow/disallow searching in selected product categories</li>
<li>Exclude “Out of stock” products from search results</li>
<li>Multiple words search</li>
<li>Elementor compatible</li>
<li>DIVI compatible</li>
<li>WPBakery Page Builder compatible</li>
<li>Visual Composer compatible</li>
<li>Search Exclude plugin compatible</li>
<li>WPML compatibility – new feature!</li>
<li>Polylang compatibility – new feature!</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Upgrade to PRO and boost your sales:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Internal Analytics with top search queries, no-results phrases, and most-clicked products</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/synonyms/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Did you mean” Keywords / Synonyms</a></li>
<li>Product Variations Popup – Shoppers can now select product options (size, color, and more) and add items to cart directly from the search popup</li>
<li>Add to Cart button in search results</li>
<li>Relevance configurator</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/layout-settings/#1-toc-title" rel="nofollow ugc">Grid layout</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/content-types/#1-toc-title" rel="nofollow ugc">Search in Custom Post Types</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/content-types/#3-toc-title" rel="nofollow ugc">Search in Custom Taxonomies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/content-types/#2-toc-title" rel="nofollow ugc">Search in Custom Fields</a></li>
<li>Search in Product Attributes</li>
<li>Search in Product Brands</li>
<li>Product labels (Featured, Sale, Out of Stock badges)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/docs/stop-words/" rel="nofollow ugc">Stop words</a></li>
<li>ACF plugin compatibility</li>
<li>Custom Post Type UI plugin compatibility</li>
<li>Ultimate WooCommerce Brands plugin compatibility</li>
<li>Automatic plugin updates</li>
<li>More customization and styling settings</li>
<li>SKU search/ EAN search</li>
</ul>
<p>Have questions? <a href="https://www.wpsmartsearch.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact us</a>.</p>


Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search

Boost WooCommerce sales with instant Ajax product search — live suggestions, fullscreen popup, SKU search, and GA4 analytics, all in one plugin.

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