Dits.Agency

<p><strong>DITS Lost Search Query Results</strong> is a lightweight and efficient plugin that tracks search queries on your site that return no results. By collecting and analyzing these “lost” queries, you gain valuable insights into what your visitors are looking for but not finding — giving you a clear roadmap for improving your content.</p>
<p>Key benefits:<br />
– Discover what content your users are missing<br />
– Improve your content strategy based on real data<br />
– Export queries for deeper analysis<br />
– No setup required — works out of the box</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stores lost search queries</strong>: Automatically logs searches with no results.</li>
<li><strong>Search analytics</strong>: Helps you identify keywords users search for but can’t find.</li>
<li><strong>Filters</strong>: View queries by date or frequency.</li>
<li><strong>CSV Export</strong>: Easily download the data for further processing.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-first</strong>: Only stores necessary information. No tracking cookies.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How it Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>The plugin monitors user search activity on your site.</li>
<li>If a user enters a search term that returns no posts, it is logged in the database.</li>
<li>You can view this data in the <strong>Lost Search Queries</strong> section of your admin panel.</li>
<li>Use filters by date and frequency to prioritize high-demand queries.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>Once activated, no additional configuration is required. The plugin begins logging all search queries that result in no matches. You can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Review lost search queries in the WordPress admin panel</li>
<li>Filter by time period or occurrence count</li>
<li>Export the data in <code>.csv</code> format for Excel or further analysis</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please contact <a href="https://dits.agency/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">DITS Agency</a> or use the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dits-lost-search-query/" rel="ugc">plugin support forum</a>.</p>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>Hooks and filters:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>do_action('dits_lost_query_logged', $query)</code> — Fires after a lost query is saved to the database.</li>
</ul>


DITS Lost Search Query Results

Tracks lost search queries that return no results to help improve content and SEO. Lightweight and works automatically.

Peter Stehlík

<p>Highlights search term (customizable colours), collects search analytics (privacy friendly), extends default search engine or disable search completely. WP Search Tools, brand new 2024 WordPress plugin, is a collection of useful improvements to the site search functionality if used or not.</p>
<h4>Search Analytics</h4>
<p>Do you know what people search for on your website, actually?</p>
<p>WordPress core doesn’t store any statistical data, but the WP Search Tools plugin shows detailed insights about the history of searched terms. The Insights is a great analytics tool which tells you what users really look for. No personal data is saved.</p>
<p>There are 3 overviews:<br />
1) All Users<br />
2) Logged in<br />
3) Guests (not logged in users)</p>
<p>Each overview data is represented by a graph and popularity lists.</p>
<p>The graph data can customized and exported either as an image (.svg or .png) or as a .csv file. Most frequent search terms are sorted by a date: ‘today’, ‘last 7 days’, ‘last 30 days’, ‘this year’, ‘overall’.</p>
<h4>Highlight Search Term</h4>
<p>In the search results page, the search term is highlighted with a smooth, eye-catching CSS animation. The highlight feature is activated by default.</p>
<p>User experience is enhanced and visual mark speeds up finding relevant information. Furthermore, highlight settings are customizable, both background colour and text colour can be set in the WordPress administration options page.</p>
<h4>Extend Search</h4>
<p>Free version of the plugin extends the default search engine. It allows searching in custom post types, taxonomies, authors and meta data. All these data of the website are hidden to the basic WordPress search engine and cannot be reached via search functionality.</p>
<p>The results are ordered by relevance not post date. The settings can be customized to fit exact needs. It is possible to choose which post types, meta data or taxonomies should be included in the search.</p>
<h4>Disable Search</h4>
<p>The plugin prevents WordPress from allowing and handling any search requests from the front-end of the site. If search is not used on the website, it is useful to disable it completely. The seach form is hidden, if called with a standard <code>get_search_form()</code> function, the search requests redirect to a 404 error page. The setting is customizable, you can turn it on/off.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>collects search terms what people look for</li>
<li>displays graph with recent data</li>
<li>highlights search term</li>
<li>sorts data according to the users (logged in, guests) and dates</li>
<li>highlights the term if it has no results</li>
<li>shows basic overview on the Dashboard</li>
<li>extends default search engine with post types, meta data, taxonomies, meta data</li>
<li>orders search results by relevance</li>
<li>settings are customizable</li>
<li>disable search</li>
</ul>
<h3>Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wpsearchtools.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.wpsearchtools.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/inovative-sk/search-tools" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a></li>
</ul>


Search Tools – Advanced Search Analytics, Highlight, Extend, Disable

The advanced search plugin shows analytics, what users look for, can export data, highlights search term, extends default WordPress search engine.

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