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4.14.4

Fixed: the search block now uses the current Gutenberg block API (v3), resolving the WordPress 6.9 deprecation notice and rendering correctly inside the new iframe block editor
Fixed: optimized taxonomy filtering in search queries (EXISTS / NOT EXISTS instead of nested IN/NOT IN sub-queries) to prevent oversized queries being killed on some managed hosts
Fixed: a possible fatal error during plugin updates caused by a stale class reference held in memory
Fixed: prevented theme-bundled jscolor scripts from hijacking the admin colour pickers and resetting values after save
Fixed: the admin menu icon is now a crisp vector (SVG) instead of a blurry raster image
Changed: upgraded the back-end colour picker (spectrum) from v1.1.1 to v2.0.10, fixing a Safari white-swatch bug

4.14.3

Fix: Taxonomy term exclusions incorrectly excluded posts not assigned to the filtered category
Fix: Admin font (Inter) not loading due to misplaced @import; body font-family no longer overrides the WordPress admin globally

4.14.2

New: Compatibility, Maintenance, and Help & Support settings submenus redesigned with a modern interface
New: Statistics page now includes area charts
New: Bulk delete option for recent search entries in the Statistics submenu
Improvement: Compatibility and Performance settings merged into a single submenu
Fix: Results pages are no longer limited to 50 items
Fix: A fatal error which was related to excluding hidden search/catalog WooCommerce products from the results

4.14.1

Fix: Multiple potential TypeError exceptions on PHP 8+ (charcount, posts_per_page, search override filter, query args type coercion)
Fix: Undefined array key notice in search helper filters

4.14.0

New: Search statistics — tracks searches, result counts, device types and cache hit rates via a new admin panel
New: Search results cache admin panel with real-time hit/miss chart and per-entry management (File, Database and Super File cache modes)
New: PSR-4 modern search layer (AbstractSearch, SearchQuery, SearchQueryArgs) as the foundation for future improvements
New: Detects when Ajax Search Pro is active and disables conflicting Lite features to prevent duplicate operation
Improvement: Shared code extracted into separate versioned repositories
Fix: Exact match prioritization for keyword suggestion auto-scroll (#94)
Fix: Possible undefined $_sdata variable warning (#95)

4.13.5

Added an option to control visibility for WPML non-translated content (display on main language, on all or off)
Greatly improved the image parser by allowing additional data attributes and divs with these data attributes as a potential image source
Fixed a deprecation warning in PHP 8.0+
Fixed an issue for a potential conflict where a null value could be returned in the get_posts hook
Fixed and issue with the WooCommerce advanced field handler

4.13.4

Added an option to limit the result title length (default 999 characters)
Fixed a potential security issue, see CVE-2025-48086

4.13.3

Fixed a type coercion issue which caused the auto complete to be enabled at all times even when it was turned off
Fixed an issue with WooCommerce related advanced fields, where it would cause an error when WooCommerce is not enabled but a product post type is used
Fixed an issue with WooCommerce catalog/hidden product exclusions, which caused an error in very rare cases due to an unspecified taxonomy argument

4.13.2

Fixed a security issue, where password protected posts were returned by default, see CVE-2025-7956
A full scale code review was performed, implementing additional sanitization and escaping of all output based on WP Codesniffs and recommendations
Removed a lot of unused code and some unused files
Fixed an issue with the results page live loader, where in some cases it was not working
Fixed an issue with the thumbnail generator where in some cases a notice was generated
Fixed an issue with the facet change trigger settings

4.13.1

Quickfix on 4.13 advanced title and field types, where a bug caused an error 500 in some cases

4.13

Added advanced title and content fields visual editor
WooCommerce Add To cart button is now available as content field
WooCommerce Price field is now available as content field
Keyword highligher scrolling now prioritizes exact matches
Fixed an issue where Polylang strings were not properly registered
Fixed an issue with Google Analytics integration
Fixed an issue with Divi Pop-ups, now the floating results window closes when pop-up is closed
Front-end scripts sources have been refactored to TypeScript for more stability

4.12.7

Fixed an issue when the plugin textdomain was registered too early
Fixed an issue with sorting parameters on the results page

4.12.6

Fixed an issue with the advanced title and content fields where HTML was not properly processed and validated
Plugin is now compatible with Search Exclude plugin exclusions

4.12.5

Further security improvements on the form inputs and labels
Changed some back-end labels for more clarity

4.12.4

Removed some unused code
Greatly improved security for the back-end UI against potential XSS attacks

4.12.3

Added the missing Menu ordering ASC/DESC for the secondary ordering as well
Corrected the previous fix for the low rist XSS issue

4.12.2

Fixed a possible XSS security issue – reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev from cleantalk

4.12.1

Fixed a dependency issue with the old widgets screen and the search bocks
Fixed the widget title output, so when it’s empty, it no longer outputs the widget title
Fixed a potential XSS vulnerability for the back-end options interface

4.12

Added support for Block Editor – the Ajax Search Lite block should be available for Gutenberg
WPML String translations updates
PHP 8.3 compatibility fixes
Fixed an issue with the post_parent shortcode attribute
Fixed an issue with form width/flex with some themes

4.11.5

Improved the results keyword highlighter – now does not need to use the local storage
Fixed a few PHP>8.2 deprecation issues
Removed some CSS files, which are no longer needed for the back-end
Fixed a potential CRSF & XSS issue identified by Le Ngoc Anh

4.11.4

Fixed a layout issue with the magnifier icon

4.11.3

New shortcode argument: post_parent=”1,2,3″ – where the search results can be restricted to the list of parent posts (or any other post type IDs). Ex: [wpdreams_ajaxsearchlite post_parent=\"1, 2, 3, 4\"]
Added tabindexes (tabindex=0) to the filters for better navigation
Moved the magnifier button in the DOM to after the input field
Greatly improved the custom field search logic and performance
Changed the default texts in some ARIA labels
Using the {_sale_price} pseudo variable in advanced title and content fields will check if the item is on sale
Changed the button inner div tag to a span for validation

4.11.2

Fixed an issue with duplicated filter checkbox IDs (label removed, replaced with aria-label) for accessibility
Changed the “more results” element from an anchor to a span for better compatibility with menu positions
Added an inline position correction script – when the plugin is placed within a menu, the parent is usually an anchor – in that case the plugin will automatically replace the anchor with a DIV so the layout is valid
Various cosmetic fixes for the back-end

4.11.1

Fixed styling for back-end advanced options tab
Improved security for custom field search handler and maintenance panel

4.11

Added options to change the accessibility “aria” form labels excplicitly
Changed the live results image containers and added loading=”lazy” attribute for native lazy loading support
Fixed an issue with the “More resulst” link
Fixed an issue with the google analitycs tracker script
Adjusted the tabindexes for better compatibility
Added a nonce for the custom field selector setting for better security
Removed a large chunk of unused and deprecated code
Removed the simplebar script
Removed all the old jQuery legacy scripts

4.10.3

Added a few lines of CSS to fix common layout override issues
Changed the autocomplete field for a negative tabindex, so it is excluded from keyboard navigation
For better compatibility, changed the javascript response delimiters to not include “!” characters
Fixed an issue with the japanese ideographic space character
Fixed an issue with the search box container width
Fixed an issue, where the plugin width would “jump” whenever placed in a dynamic width element

4.10.2

Fixed an issue with the script destructor for the init method
Updated core .pot translation file

4.10.1

Added a new option to change the results box snapping
Improved Init method – Using intersection observer for the init script instead of the “inViewPort” solution
Greatly improved the overall script loading method. Old (~8ms) vs. New (~0.5ms)
Now every existing installation is switched to the new, more powerful non-legacy scripts. The legacy scripts are now deprecated.
Improved the browser pushstate (back and forward) button behavior
Scrollbar script disabled and deprecated by default – using modern browser scrollbar styling instead
Greatly improved the loading of the single font asset
Fixed the keyboard navigation for the results
Fixed an issue with the thumbnail generator library
Fixed a z-index issue when the search was placed in a fixed container
Fixed an issue with accented characters in the keyword highlighter feature
Hovering results and settings box positioning – fixed an issue, where the body margin was incorrectly subtracted from the position, when body transformation was not present
Fixed an issue with accented characters in the keyword highlighter feature

4.10

The plugin no longer requires jQuery, it had been reworked to more efficient ES6 standards. By default, the old “legacy” scripts are still in use for existing installations – please see this documentation on how to change it. It will be automatically changed in a future release.
Added a results page live loader feature.
Added an option to change the results window width
It is now possible to change the date format manually for the live results
Fixed various minor issues

4.9.5

Image parser – now handles array (of images) values from custom field sources
Scrolling now does not trigger checkbox selection on mobile devices
Scrollbar script updated to a newer release (IE Edge only support)

4.9.4

wp_get_attachment_image_url instead of the wp_get_attachment_url is used for custom field images so the size argument is applied to them
Fixed the issues with the new widgets screen, the styling should now correctly appear
Polylang issue fixes – now the results page should respect when the polylang compatibility is turned off
Keyword suggestions now working correctly
Polylang – better compatibility when the site language is selected
Fixed an issue with the script registration process

4.9.3

Fixed: image parser now works correctly, when the result descriptions are turned off
Improved: the plugin script now tries to detect possible loading conflicts or timing issues and tries to resolve them

4.9.2

Fixed: Pagination on results page missing
Fixed: Some strings on the back-end incorrect
Fixed: Divi visual builder not working

4.9.1

Fixed: Category exclusions sometimes caused missing results

4.9

Added: Keyword highlighting and scrolling on the single results page
Added: JS hooks
Added: Options to change theme colors, result background, results box background, title fonts, description and other fonts
Added: Ordering – by menu order and by custom field added
Added: advanced title and content fields
Added: description context option
Added: exact match location option
Added: image options -> background cover
Added: Advanced Options -> Keyword exceptions tab
Added: image options -> image filename exclusions
Changed: Updated the engine and the API from the Pro version
Changed: jquery.gestures.js removed – not needed anymore
Compatibility checked against WP 5.7
Fixed: Posts per page option – changed to “auto” by default, parses the wordpress value if not set
Fixed: Results keyword highlighter now supports accented/non-accented keywords
Fixed: Context finder function – fixed an issue when the minimum word length is below the first phrase word lenght, the function returned the incorrect (long) string
Fixed: Context finder function – now accented and non-accented variations will also work
Fixed: Russian quotation marks for exact matches are now recognized: «»
Fixed: wp_localize_script – some uses of that function replaced with an internal solution, to prevent cache plugin incompatibilities
Fixed: Known possible jQuery.migrate deprecation warnings

4.8.6

Added: get_asl_result_field and the_get_asl_result_field functions
Reset/Wipe options now work correctly
Issue on multisite results pages
Fixed missing script files from previous commit

4.8.5

Option to exclude Password protected posts
Exact matching – Full exact matching added (mathing a field exactly, from start to the end)
asl_load_css, asl_load_js and asl_load_css_js hooks – when returns true, the JS, CSS or both are stopped from loading
WP 5.6 compatible
Image parsing on multisite – now automatically tries to fetch the images from across blogs on the results page

4.8.4

Option to exclude WooCommerce hidden catalog products
Fixed issues with the singleton class structures: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-requests-177/#post-13145770
Detection the search within dynamically loaded elements – like Elementor pop-ups and similar.
Removes [embed] shortcodes and embed Gutenberg blocks from the content

4.8.3

Better escaping method
Possible security issue fixed

4.8.2

Reworked Google Analytics integration – supporting Events tracking and both Universal and Gtag integration methods

4.8.1

Image parser – now the number of image to get from the content can be defined. The parser will check for alternative image attributes as well
Scrollbar script switched to simplebar
Results box now supports multiple, adjustable number of columns
Width options – now adjustable for desktop/mobile/tablet versions
Multiple jQuery version detection
WordPress 5.4 compatibility tested
Some language strings corrected

4.8

Basic RTL layout support
Duplication check – the script now detects and tries to fix duplicate output (ex. menus cloning the search bar) and fixing it’s functionality automatically
Removed some old MS CSS filters (alpha opacity)

4.7.26

Date format now follows the WP date format
Analytics is now correctly triggered only when the search is finished
Results page results are no longer limited to a maximum of 500
Polylang translated WooCommerce product variations are now display correctly in the correct language
New option: Results count per page (General->Behavior), to adjust the results count per page

4.7.25

Fixed an issue with the content image parser, that was introduced in the previous release by accident

4.7.24

Image parser – now correctly parsing images from post excerpt and contents, even if these fields are not in use

4.7.23

Exclude posts – input validation (to prevent extra commas at the end)
Image parser – now correctly gets the first image from post contents/excerpts, instead of the second

4.7.22

Fixed a rapid return key trigger prevention method

4.7.21

Added: Search By post/cpt ID
Added: Searching other post statuses is now possible
Fix: More robust https detection, as in some cases incorrectly configured site URLs resulted in wrong protocol urls
Fix: ‘Redirect to first result’ feature now correctly redirects on both cases

4.7.20

Custom CSS box
Pro and Lite version differences list
Analytics tracker fix
Protocolless resource URLs replaced with protocoled version for better compatibility

4.7.19

Added OR and AND logic with exact word matches + notice about word boundaries for clarification
Added a notice for the back-end, when choosing the Post override method, that the plugin may use Cookies to store the pagination and the filter states (functional cookies only)
Better stripping of CSS and script contents
Back-end override no longer triggers, when the Post method is enabled
Analytics tracker – support of 3rd party plugins and the __gaTracker function
domDocument and multibyte functions check before use

4.7.18

Fix – Minification issue causing a scrollbar malfunction fixed

4.7.17

Change – Main LIKE query re-worked: better cross-field (title, content etc..) matching, better relevance calculation and faster execution
Change – Words within double quotes will now be matched exactly (in order), and can be combined with other keywords. For example, entering phrase – “nobel prize” 2018 – will use keywords: “nobel prize” and “2018”
Change – The default keyword logic set to AND
Fix – Remaining form title labels moved to aria-label attributes
Fix – Other minor code bugfixes

4.7.16

Input font now can be changed
Additional theme options: search box background color, icon colors, icon background colors and border
Theme Chooser option moved to Layout Options -> Search box layout panel
Theme Chooser option now displays a static preview of the original themes
WCAG improvements: some title labels replaced with aria-labels instead
Some redundant options removed from the front-end script, fixing apostrophe related issues

4.7.15

New Option: to exclude out-of-stock WooCommerce results
New option: Exact match location – Starting with, Anywhere, Ending with
Post type option re-worked for a better layout, merged with the ‘Search in posts’ and ‘Search in pages’ options
By default, the front-end filters are disabled now
FixURL function now only accepts 2 parameters, for better compabitlity
jQuery 3+ compatibility
‘create_function’ notice fixed on widget creation (PHP 7 support)

4.7.14

Post type and Content type CSS classes to results output + new filter: asl_result_css_class
The close icon now displays on more occasions
.label and .option deprecated classes removed (announced in 4.7.12)
$post().fail(…) handler. Outputs errors to the results box if any.
The result max height option default value changed to the correct ‘none’ from ‘auto’

4.7.13

Redirection location now can be set to a new tab as well
Max-height attribute to results container (default: auto)
The magnifier and return redirection/action options have been merged
The main search input trigger method changed from ‘keyup’ to ‘input’ event
The main query now properly gets cancelled when the override query is executed.
Fixed container detection – The results and settings container no longer ‘jumps’ when the search bar is placed in a fixed container.

4.7.12

Results templating is available now as in the pro version
The plugin can remember the last keyword when hitting the browser back button (enable under the Compatibility settings menu)
.option and .label CSS classes deprecated, replaced by asl_option_inner and .asl_option_label classes (location: front-end drop-down settings)
Visibility exclusion for older WooCommerce versions (with post meta solution)
Result keyword highlighter now support unicode character sets on exact word matching

4.7.11

WPML compatibility fix, where links sometimes pointed to incorrect location
asl_print_search_query filter added to the search input text on the results page
Minification of all front-end CSS files, ~35% space saved
New CSS classes: asl_w, asl_m, asl_s, asl_r (global class, main box class, settings box class, results box class)

4.7.10

Category exclusions issue fixed, where excluded categories caused whole, not affected post types to get excluded
ACF image field gets parsed correctly when image custom field is selected as image source
Some more acessibility fixes

4.7.9

Added an option to open results in a new tab
Added accessibility switch for back-end configuration
Web accessibility fixes in HTML layout (forms, inputs, labels etc..)
Mobile checkbox trigger fix
Translation fix for ‘No results’ text

4.7.8

Compatibility settings: Fallback option for old IE (<=8) browsers
Compatibility settings: Option to disable loading google fonts
Assets are now loaded protocolless
:before and :after elements within the form are now forced to invisible (compatibility)
String translation function now supports qTranslatex

4.7.7

Checkbox labels are now clickable
Input focus and results opening now works if there is no search phrase entered
Back-end menu links were changed to a nicer URL
Context find bugfix – where with empty phrase the search might return the full text
Fixed a bug with WPML where product variations were displayed in incorrect language
Fixed 3 WooCommerce related error messages
IOS devices will no longer zoom unexpectedly
Function keys [F1-F12] will not trigger the search anymore
PHP Compatibility checker false positive fix: __sleep(), __clone() and __wakeup() magic method overrides removed

4.7.6

Nicer URLs on redirection in some cases
Typo fixes in CSS files
WooCommerce: Product variation title repetition fix
WooCommerce: Product variations now respect the parent product status
WooCommerce: Hidden products now can be excluded (enabled by default)
Added an exception filter to allow stop plugin loading completely: asl_stop_loading filter
Content image parser – now converts the content to UTF8 first

4.7.5

A category filtering bug fixed
Better compatibility with ACF

4.7.4

Clicking on the input or on empty character input the plugin will open the latest successful result list
Empty space bar trigger fix
Mobile submit issue fix
Phrases matching the start of titles have a much greater relevance now
Moved the search placeholder text option to the correct tab on the back-end

4.7.3

Better context finder
Custom field options updated to ajax, to prevent issues
Results page orderby and order query variables respect
WooCommerce results page price filter and ordering respect
Mobile device related fixes
Ajax page loading related fixes
Custom field based filtering optimizations

4.7.2

Featured image source size is adjustable
Shortcode now functions as menu item
WooCommerce catalog visibility is now respected
Mobile bugfix: double tap issue
WPML translation issue fix

4.7.1

Default character count to trigger set to 0
Node.js and Require.js module loading disabled, as not neccessary.
Curvy themes, background is white, changed to transparent

4.7.0

FROM action tag removed
qtranslateX comppatibility functions
Override bugfix, where it was enabled even if disabled
asl_results execution fix, where it was executed two times, instead of one
more results link override fix, where it redirected only, without override
New redirection options for Magnifier and Enter events
Custom redirection URI scheme option
Polylang string translations support
asl_custom_fonts filter to access font inclusions
asl_layout_in_form action to access form
GET method is now the default for override
Session is removed, using COOKIES instead, yumm
asl_active query variable removed for POST requests

4.6.6

Scroll script is now possible to turn off
Better scroll script compatibility and namespace
Polylang compatibility implemented
Image width and height issue solved
Permalinkg name search implemented
Fixed an issue with string encodings

4.6.5

Category exclusions for objects without assigned terms fix
WooCommerce form override is now possible (if supported)
Additional init method for redundancy (window.load)
Init data moved to div attributes instead of content
Scrollbar updated to latest version
Font import removed, using wp_enqueue_style() instead

4.6.4

Keyword logic option added (OR, AND)
Checkbox layout changed to flex
Allow search in all custom fields option
Settings no longer hide when search is triggered

4.6.3

Session related fixes and optimizations
Bakc-end script fixes

4.6.2

Keyword highlighting implemented
IE11 back-end fixes
Removed unused and deprecated files
W3C style validation related fix

4.6.1

Mobile close button fix
Mobile keyboard behavior fix
QtranslateX compatibility fix
Initialization fix
Better back-end script loading
Debug information fixed

4.6.0

Core reworked to a much better structure
Visual Composer bugfix
Better shortcode stripping algo
More performant context finder
imagecache.class.php file removal
Animations have been replaced with CSS3 animations
Primary and Secondary ordering implemented
Placeholder WPML string translation ready
Private custom fields are displayed on the back-end now
Option saving returns to the parent tab
Search box and results override
Ajax detection initializer
Javascript sources & initialization switch
Width and Margin option
Results position and width fix for low bar widths

4.5.5

New menu: Compatibility Options
Compatibility allowing to force case sensitive, insensitive, UTF8 and UNICODE queries
Excerpt search fixed
CSS fixes, including a placeholder fix
A new escaping method, supporting more characters

4.5.4

Autocomplete and Keyword suggestions introduced
Keyboard navigation fixes
3 new curvy styles
Animation and navigation fixes

4.5.1

Scripts are moved to the footer by default
Inline scripts removed, using JS files for initialization
Description context option introduced
A CSS fix for title display
An image parsing fix

4.5

New menus: Performance Options and Support
JSON responses transformed into HTML
Input focusing after clicking on close button
Added an option to control the facet change event
Custom Ajax Handler implemented
Image cropping disabled, added an option to control it
Debug data gathering for more effective support
Some scrolling issues fixes
A category and term related bug fixed

4.0

Major Query optimizations
Scrolling calculation and experience fixes
CSS fixes for older IE browsers
Input elements changed to flex layout
Bugs fixed where input would resize to 0 pixels
Term exclusion is now possible by ID
Mobile search and type fix
WooCommerce product variation Title and URL fixes

3.11

WPML compatibility fix
A possible security issue fix

3.1

Updated engine with full UTF8 charset support
Languages like chinese, persian are now searchable
Language files added

3.06

Fixed long label names in frontend settings dropdown
Title and description substrings at word endings
Removed an unneccessary CSS rule
Fixed a bug with custom post type names

3.05

Hotfix for disabled categories

3.0

Fully reworked from version 1.7
Added 30+ more options & much nicer options panel
Brand new themes: Simple, Classic and Underline
Google analytics integration
Now possible to search custom post types
Possible to search custom fields and excerpts
Possible to exclude categories and posts by ID-s
Possible to change image sources and set a default image
Possible to add custom field and category selectors to the frontend

1.7

Reworked the admin section
New template: metro blue

1.6

Removed an unnecessary link

1.5

Stripping shortcodes from results content

1.4

Security fix

1.3

2 brand new themes!
Very stable custom built javascript
Stabilised frontend and backend
All compatibility issues fixed

1.2

Search widget added
Multisite fix

1.1

Disappear bugfix
WordPress 3.5 compatible

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Ajax Search Lite is a live search plugin for WordPress. This responsive live search engine, which will boost your user experience by providing a user friendly ajax powered search form – a live search bar. You can filter the results with the category and post type filter boxes as well. Google autocomplete and keyword suggestions also included.

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Very smooth animations with mobile device support and regular updates. Use Ajax Search Lite as a replacement for the default WordPress search with a better looking, more efficient search engine.
\nFine-tune the user experience by providing a powerful ajax search plugin to your visitors. Supports custom post types and custom fields and more. Boost your site search engine with this custom built live search engine.

Home | Features | Lite Docs | Pro Docs

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Ajax Search Lite and Ajax Search Pro does not require monthly subscriptions, does not store your data on external servers – everything is done locally, on your server.

Features List

Search in posts and pages
Search in custom post types such as WooCommerce Products, Events, Portfolio items and more
Search in title, description, excerpt, categories and tags and any custom fields
Archive page live loader and filter
Automatic search replacement as well as widget and shortcode availalbe
Custom Filter boxes (checkbox filters) for categories and post types
WPML, Polylang and QtranslateX compatible
Live Search Statistics
Super Fast Search Cache – instant cached results
10+ built in templates + options for color adjustments
Retina ready vectorized SVG and CSS3 icons
Category and post exclusions
Frontend search settings boxes
Images in search results
Fully ajax powered
50+ options on the backend
Caches images for faster response time
Performance Options
Google analytics integration – both as Events and Pageviews
Primary and Secondary ordering options
Highly compatible and responsive

Support

Feel free to contact us via the support forums.

In Pro version

Front-end demo | Back-end demo
Create multiple search bars with different configurations
All page builders supported (Elementor, Divi, Oxygen, Breakdance, Gutenberg, Beaver etc..)
Search in Every custom post type
Search in Media Attachments and contents (PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc..)
Search in BuddyPress activity feed, users and group names
Search in PeepSo Groups and Group Activities
Search result grouping by categories or post types
Search in custom fields including repeaters and special custom field taypes
Predictive search results suggestions
WooCommerce Shop search and filter
Search and filter Elementor Loop Grid and JetEngine Listing Grid
Advanced caching technology – image precaching, search phrase caching
Category filters, custom field filters, post type filters, tag filters, taxonomy term filters and date filters
Checkbox, Drop-down, Multiselect, Radio, Slider and Range slider filters
Results grouping by category, post type or content type
Load more and Inifinite scroll
100+ Themes – Fully configurable and editable – with theme customizer & preview window
4 layouts: Vertical, Horizontal, Polaroid and Isotopic (with pagination)
400+ Admin options
Google keyword suggestions and autocomplete
Compatibility options and features
Caching options & Search statistics
Keyword Highlighting & more…
Highly compatible and responsive
Full Features List

Testimonials

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“Beyond the live search, it also makes your search much more complete. You’ll be able to include custom fields, comments, and more in your search index.” – Ben Pines – Elementor
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“Consider this plugin if you’re looking for a professional live search offering.” – Tom Ewer – WPMU Dev
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“Ajax Search Pro plugin gives you a live Ajax search, so much comfortable search experience” – Dragan Nikolic – Thematosoup
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“As the name suggests, the core value of Ajax Search Pro is the ability to add Ajax live search to WordPress.” – Colin Newcomer – aThemes
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\nAfter an update, the plugin stopped working or the layout is broken\n\n

It is most likely a cache related issue. Make sure to clear all website cache, including page, minify, browser and CDN as well.
\nAfter that, refresh your browser window by hitting CTRL + SHIFT + R buttons (CMD + SHIFT + R on Mac) a few times.

\nThe images are not showing, what is wrong?\n\n

The search parses the first image from the post/page content. Most likely there
\nis no image in post.

\nWhen I type in something, the search wheel is spinning, but nothing happens\n\n

It is most likely, that another plugin or the template is throwing errors while the
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\nI disabled all the plugins but the search wheel is still spinning to infinity, nothing happens\n\n

You should contact me on the support forum with your website url. I will check your website
\nand will let you know what to do.

\nWhere do I report security bugs found in this plugin?\n\n

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the
\nAjax Search Lite plugin through the Patchstack
\nVulnerability Disclosure Program. The
\nPatchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and
\nnotify the developers of this plugin.

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Upload ajax-search-lite to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Place the shortcode from the settings into your template or post-page

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$\"Ajax$
Ajax Search Lite in action – 2 themes
$\"Administrator$
Administrator area – nice and smooth

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