Doofinder

Chop Chop

Doofinder provides fast, accurate results based on your website contents. Results appear in your search box at an incredible speed as the user types.
Doofinder can be installed in any website with very little configuration (feed your search engine with data and put a bit of javascript code in your page).
This extension allows you to easily populate the data Doofinder needs to be able to search your database and to insert the Doofinder layer script into your WordPress site.
With Doofinder you are confident that your visitors are finding what they are looking for.
These are some advantages of using Doofinder in your site:
<ul>
<li>Instant, relevant results.</li>
<li>Tolerant of misspellings.</li>
<li>Search filters.</li>
<li>Increases the conversion rates.</li>
<li>No technical knowledge are required.</li>
<li>Allows the use of labels and synonyms.</li>
<li>Installs in minutes.</li>
<li>Provides statistical information.</li>
<li>Doofinder brings back the control over the searches in your site to you.</li>
</ul>
When users start typing in the search box, Doofinder displays the best results for their search. If users make typos, our algorithms will detect them and will perform the search as if the term were correctly typed.
Furthermore, Doofinder sorts the results displaying the most relevant first.
More info: <a href="http://www.doofinder.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.doofinder.com</a>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
Important: To use this plugin you need to have an account at Doofinder. If you don’t have one you can signup <a href="http://www.doofinder.com/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> to get your 30 day free trial period.
The minimum technical equirements are basically the same as the WordPress ones. Take a look at their <a href="https://docs.WordPress.com/document/server-requirements/" rel="nofollow ugc">server requirements</a> for more info.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
Once activated, you will see a new entry in the main menu called Doofinder with two sub-menus:
<ul>
<li>Doofinder: To access the main settings page of the module.</li>
<li>Index Posts: To access the indexing wizard.</li>
</ul>
NOTICE: Doofinder for WordPress has built-in support for <a href="https://wpml.org/es/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/" rel="ugc">PolyLang</a> multi-language plugins. In case you use any of them, ensure you’ve switched context to one of the defined languages. In All Languages context you won’t be able to configure anything. You will have to configure as many search engines as languages you have in your site.
Doofinder Settings
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Authentication
<ul>
<li>API Key: This is the secret token you use to index contents (in ML environments you can share the same key). Your API key can be found in the Doofinder Control Panel. Click on your profile name (in the header) and then on API Keys. Make sure you’re using a Management API key and not a Search API key.</li>
<li>Search Engine HashID: Id of the search engine that will index your contents. Can be found in the Doofinder Control Panel. Click on Search Engines in the header. Hash ID will be visible next to the name of your Search Engine. Remember to use different search engines for different languages if you’re in a ML environment.</li>
</ul>
Index Settings
<ul>
<li>Post Types: Choose which contents you want to index.</li>
</ul>
Search Settings
<ul>
<li>JS Layer: Enable the Doofinder JavaScript layer – when typing into a search field a window will pop up containing the list of results generated by Doofinder. This requires correct layer code pasted in the Layer Javascript Code field.</li>
<li>JS Layer Script: Here you can paste the Layer Javascript Code that can be found in the Doofinder Control Panel. It is required for the Javascript Layer to work.</li>
<li>Internal Search: Internal search overrides the default WordPress search that happens when users enter their search term and press Enter (and the website goes to the search results page).</li>
</ul>
IMPORTANT: Unless you know what you’re doing, it’s recommended to index contents first and, after the indexing process is finished, enable this option. If you switch the order, your site may return no results until something is indexed.
Index Posts
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This section allows you to reindex all your contents. Just press the button and wait until it finishes. You will have to do this for each language if you’re in a ML environment.
IMPORTANT: Unless you know what you’re doing, it’s recommended to disable internal search when reindexing contents and, after the indexing process is finished, re-enable it. If you switch the order, your site may return no results until something is indexed.
IMPORTANT: Don’t leave the Index Posts screen until the process finished or your data won’t be fully indexed.

This plugin integrates the Doofinder search service with your WordPress site.

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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