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<p><strong>Search Live</strong> supplies effective integrated live search facilities and advanced search features.</p>
<p>This plugins delivers a smooth interactive experience with immediate results for your site’s visitors, making it easier and more efficient to find the right results.</p>
<p>It provides instant <strong>live search results</strong> with thumbnails where matches are found for one or multiple search keywords in titles, excerpts or content, allows to enhance the standard search form with this functionality, provides a flexible shortcode <code>[search_live]</code> that can be placed anywhere to provide an interactive search form and a widget for use in sidebars.</p>
<p>The shortcode and widget can be fine-tuned with sensible options to improve the search experience for your visitors.</p>
<ul>
<li>Instant search results replace the standard WordPress search form. This is enabled by default but you can turn it off.</li>
<li>You can use the <strong>shortcode</strong> <code>[search_live]</code> to place a search form anywhere.</li>
<li>You can use the <em>Search Live</em> <strong>widget</strong> in your sidebars.</li>
<li>Supports Custom Post Types.</li>
<li>Full multilanguage support and compatible with <a href="https://wpml.org/plugin/search-live/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Search Live</em> can show instant search results including thumbnails and short descriptions or manual excerpts.</p>
<p>Among other useful options, you can determine the number of results shown and whether to search in any combination of titles, excerpts or contents. These can be determined individually for each instance of <em>Search Live’s</em> shortcode or widget.</p>
<p><em>Search Live</em> supplies results from posts, pages and other public post types.</p>
<p><em>Search Live</em> fully supports multilanguage sites with <a href="https://wpml.org" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a>.</p>
<p>We are working on an extended version that will provide enhanced features. If you would support our work using a premium version, we would love to hear from you. Please share your enthusiasm by leaving a comment on the <a href="https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/" rel="nofollow ugc">Search Live</a> page, follow <a href="https://twitter.com/wpsearchlive" rel="nofollow ugc">@wpsearchlive</a> and browse our <a href="https://www.itthinx.com/shop/" rel="nofollow ugc">Shop</a>.</p>
<h3>Feedback</h3>
<p>Feedback is welcome!</p>
<p>If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please do so here at the <a href="https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/" rel="nofollow ugc">Search Live</a> plugin page.</p>
<p>Please try to solve problems there before you rate this plugin or say it doesn’t work. There goes a <em>lot</em> of work into providing you with quality plugins!</p>
<p>Please help with your feedback and we’re also grateful if you help spread the word about this plugin.</p>
<p><strong>Thanks!</strong></p>
<h4>Twitter</h4>
<p>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/wpsearchlive" rel="nofollow ugc">@wpsearchlive</a> for updates on this plugin.<br />
Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/itthinx" rel="nofollow ugc">@itthinx</a> on Twitter for updates on this and other plugins.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>Brazilian Portuguese translation by <a href="http://henriquevianna.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Henrique Avila Vianna</a>.</p>
<p>Many thanks for your help!</p>
<p>If you would like to have your translation added, please <a href="https://www.itthinx.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">contact</a> us.</p>


Search Live

Search Live supplies integrated live search facilities and advanced search features.

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CelerSearch

<p>CelerSearch supercharges your WordPress search by integrating with MeiliSearch, providing instant, typo-tolerant search results that your users will love.</p>
<h4>Search Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lightning Fast</strong> – Search results in milliseconds powered by MeiliSearch</li>
<li><strong>Typo Tolerant</strong> – Find results even with spelling mistakes</li>
<li><strong>Search Highlighting</strong> – Matching terms highlighted in results</li>
<li><strong>Autocomplete</strong> – Instant search suggestions as users type</li>
<li><strong>Taxonomy Filtering</strong> – Filter by categories, tags, and custom taxonomies</li>
<li><strong>Fallback Support</strong> – Falls back to native WordPress search if needed</li>
</ul>
<h4>Index Types</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Posts Index</strong> – Index any post type (posts, pages, custom post types)</li>
<li><strong>Products Index</strong> – Full WooCommerce product support including variations</li>
<li><strong>Orders Index</strong> – Search WooCommerce orders by customer, email, or order details</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sync & Indexing</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Real-time Sync</strong> – Content changes automatically synced to search index</li>
<li><strong>Batch Indexing</strong> – Configurable batch size for large sites</li>
<li><strong>Meta Watching</strong> – Re-index when specific meta fields change</li>
<li><strong>Manual Rebuild</strong> – One-click index rebuild from admin</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search Areas</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Frontend Search</strong> – Replace main site search</li>
<li><strong>Admin Search</strong> – Enhance posts/products list search in wp-admin</li>
<li><strong>REST API Search</strong> – Power headless/decoupled WordPress setups</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>40+ Filter Hooks</strong> – Customize every aspect of indexing and search</li>
<li><strong>Configurable Attributes</strong> – Control searchable, filterable, and sortable fields</li>
<li><strong>Custom Index Types</strong> – Extend with your own index implementations</li>
<li><strong>Modern Admin UI</strong> – Built with Vue 3 and Tailwind CSS</li>
</ul>
<h4>Documentation</h4>
<p>Full documentation available at <a href="https://docs.celersearch.com" rel="nofollow ugc">docs.celersearch.com</a></p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 8.1 or higher</li>
<li>A MeiliSearch server (self-hosted or managed)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Getting Started</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to CelerSearch > Services and add your MeiliSearch server</li>
<li>Create an index under CelerSearch > Indices</li>
<li>Configure search areas in CelerSearch > Settings</li>
<li>Rebuild your index and start searching!</li>
</ol>


Extends WordPress search with a powerful MeiliSearch integration for lightning-fast, typo-tolerant search results.

Search Live vs CelerSearch