Search Hero

Search Hero replaces the standard WordPress search with a better search engine. You’ll get faster more relevant results, and your users will thank you.
Your wordpress content will need to be indexed after plugin installation. Once the content is indexed, new and updated content will be kept up to date automatically.
The index process can be done from the plugin settings page, and also using wp-cli on the command line.
For large sites with many posts, using wp-cli is recommended. The command to index is <code>wp-cli search-hero index</code>

Search Hero replaces the default search with a better search that sorts by relevance.  Designed for fast performance, and large wordpress sites.

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.

Search Hero vs FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)