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Old Post Alert shows a banner in your comments form for posts more than a month old. The banner reminds the commentor that there may be newer information available later in the blog. This may cut down on comments that are irrelevant due to more recent developments.

Old Post Alert

Remind your visitors about the age of old posts in the comment area - might cut down in irrelevant comments.

foundthisplugins

Visitors are finding your website, but they are not finding your products and content.
<ul>
<li>FoundThis lets website visitors search your website, in their own language.</li>
<li>Users can type in any search term, in any language. It then auto-translates the search query to your site language.</li>
<li>It then expands your website’s search using AI, ensuring that your products and content is always found.</li>
<li>Searches are logged, so that you can gain intelligence on what your visitors are actually searching for, allowing you to optimize your products and content.</li>
<li>Works with all WordPress e-Commerce plugins, including WooCommerce.</li>
<li>Lets international visitors find what they want on your website.</li>
<li>Allows for any searches in any language.</li>
</ul>
The plugin is designed to be:
<ul>
<li>Opt-in (you must enable optimization)</li>
<li>Fail-open (if the API is unavailable, WordPress search remains unchanged)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<ul>
<li>This plugin connects to the FoundThis API to translate search queries.</li>
<li>Pro Version expands the search query using AI, ensuring your client always finds your products in your shop catalog as well as any content on your site.</li>
</ul>
Service: FoundThis API 
– Service URL: https://api.foundthis.us/
Endpoints used by this plugin: 
– API key registration: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/register 
– Connection diagnostics: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/status 
– Search optimization: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/query/interpret
Data sent: 
– Search query text 
– Site language 
– Store identifier
Why the store identifier is needed:
<ul>
<li>It lets the FoundThis API associate requests with your store for quota and plan enforcement.</li>
<li>It is not used to access your WordPress admin or your customer data.</li>
</ul>
When data is sent: 
– When you connect/register this site (to create an API key) 
– When optimization is enabled and the site receives front-end search requests 
– When you click the “Test Connection” button in the plugin settings
Purpose: 
– Improve search relevance by returning an optimized query
Privacy policy: 
– https://api.foundthis.us/privacy
Notes: 
– The API enforces plan gating and quota. 
– If the API is unavailable, the site search should continue to function.
<h3>Developers</h3>
Filters: 
– <code>foundthis_core_api_base_url</code> (string): Override the API base URL (advanced/dev use). 
– <code>foundthis_core_should_optimize_query</code> (bool, WP_Query): Return false to skip optimization for a given query. 
– <code>foundthis_core_expanded_query</code> (string, original, lang, WP_Query): Modify the optimized query before it is applied.

FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)

Improve and Translate WordPress site search queries using the FoundThis Search Intelligence API.

Old Post Alert vs FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)