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<p>Improved Search is a AJAX search interface you can place anywhere on your WordPress site and get instant search results as soon as you beginning typing. Improved Search delivers the most relevant results first. It also separates results by post type to help you quickly identify the post you are trying to find. Improved search allows you to customize the experience to fit the needs of your WordPress site. Improved Search comes with a shortcode as well as a widget for you to control its location.</p>


Improved Quick Search

Improved Search is a AJAX search interface you can place anywhere on your site and get instant search results as soon as you beginning typing.

Mindshare Labs, Inc.

<p>A highly customizable AJAX-based WordPress search bar alternative with the ability to autocomplete <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search" rel="nofollow ugc">faceted search queries</a>. Users can quickly and dynamically browse through your site’s taxonomies and post metadata to find exactly what they’re looking for, and results can be loaded beneath the search bar instantly.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Searches post title and body content</li>
<li>Can search by multiple keywords, and by full phrases</li>
<li>Highlights search terms in results</li>
<li>Option to send search queries as events to your Google Analytics account</li>
<li>Facets by post category</li>
<li>Can search in multiple categories (OR or AND search)</li>
<li>Category options are dynamically generated and autocompleted as you type</li>
<li>Attractive and lightweight interface based on jQuery, Backbone.js, and the VisualSearch.js library</li>
<li>Customizable results template using standard WordPress functions</li>
<li>Search through an unlimited number of user-specified taxonomies and meta fields (including data contained in Advanced Custom Fields).</li>
<li>Conduct radius searches against data stored in the ACF Map field (i.e. search for posts within x km of a user-specified location).</li>
</ul>


WP Ultimate Search

Powerful AJAX-based search alternative which supports faceting queries by taxonomies, terms, location, and post metadata.

Improved Quick Search vs WP Ultimate Search