Plugin info

Total downloads: 6,292
Active installs: 400
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 3.7
Support threads opened: 1
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 5/11/2023 (964 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/1/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.2.3
Minimum PHP version: 5.2.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 964 days ago • Support resolved 0% • 3 reviews

12/100

Is Advanced Search abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 964 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.2.3
Requires PHP: 5.2.4

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Description

Advanced Search is a powerful, flexible, and convinient WordPress plugin designed with advanced features to make user search experience more lucrative by providing a user friendly ajax powered search form. Advance search plugin replaces the standard WordPress search and adds autocomplete, spell correct, PDF search, image search, and voice search capabilities to your WordPress site. Advance Search would make you able to customize the implementation of search from to a higher degree using number of configurations. Woocommerce search form can also be customized using this plugin.

With Advanced Search, you can create number of search forms. It can cater you with voice search for posts, categories, tags, users and attachments.

Have any doubt or question?
Feel free to contact us.

Free Features in Advanced Search Plugin

  • 3 search Form
  • Search in all post Types
  • Search in Title and Content of post
  • Search by Post Meta key and Value
  • Search in all Taxonomies
  • Search in Title and Content of Taxonomies
  • Attachment type to include in the search by their extension like jpg,png,gif
  • Search by partial or Full/Exact word
  • Live Ajax Search
  • Replace default theme search
  • Gutenberg editor element
  • Classic editor element
  • Shortcode

Premium Features in Advanced Search Plugin

  • All Free Features
  • Create unlimited number of search forms
  • Exclude posts from search result
  • Attachment type to include in the search by their extension like jpg, png, gif, PDF, Word, Excel, Zip, CSV, audio, video
  • User search by First Name, Last Name, Login Name, Display Name, Email and Bio
  • User search by specific role
  • Exclude user from search result
  • Voice Search
  • Replace woocommerce search
  • Theme/styling to customize look of your search form
  • Search Statistics
  • Export & Import
  • Custom Visual Composer element
  • Custom Beaver Builder element
  • Custom Elementor builder element
  • Widget support to add search in sidebar

Buy Pro Version with various features & support.
Contact us for Support Only Pro Version Users.

Installation

Advance Search – Performing a new installation

Using The WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the Plugins Dashboard
  2. Search for ‘Advance Search’
  3. Click ‘Install Now’
  4. Activate the Plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the Plugins Dashboard
  2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
  3. Select advance-search.zip from your computer
  4. Click ‘Install Now’
  5. Activate the Plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the plugin provide search shortcodes?

Yes, Advance Search provides a shortcode for each search form which you can use to embed it on your WordPress site using our powerful and easy to use shortcode editing tool. We provide integration with Gutenburg and classic editor.

For integration with most widely used editors like Visual Composer, Elementor and BB builder, you have to upgrade to our premium version.

Is the plugin compatible with WooCommerce?

Yes, Advance Search plugin cater you integration with WooCommerce to provide a powerful and advanced woocommerce search. Not only you can use Fuzzy searching, you can exclude/include specific WooCommerce products from search and much more.

Does the plugin provide search widgets?

No. Search widgets is a premium feature. You have to upgrade to our Pro Version to enable this feature.

Will the advance search work with my theme?

Yes. Advance Search, has been tested and works perfectly with a range of themes, including popular themes like Divi, Avada, Impreza, OceanWP and many more.

Does plugin provide voice search?

No. Voice search is a premium feature. You have to upgrade to our premium version to enable this feature.

When I type in something, the search wheel is spinning, but nothing happens.

It is most likely, that another plugin or the template is throwing errors while the ajax request is generated. Try disabling all the plugins one by one can help you figure out which plugin is creating the issue.

I disabled all the plugins but the search wheel is still spinning to infinity, nothing happens.

You should contact us on the support forum with your website url. We will check your website and will let you know what to do.

Do You Offer Customization Support?

Yes, we offer free/premium customization to our customers. Contact us now.

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Screenshots

  1. Free: Search Forms Dashboard.

    Free: Search Forms Dashboard.

  2. Free: Search Form Settings.

    Free: Search Form Settings.

  3. Free: Post Type Settings.

    Free: Post Type Settings.

  4. Free: Taxonomies Settings.

    Free: Taxonomies Settings.

  5. Free: Attachments Settings.

    Free: Attachments Settings.

  6. Free: User Setting.

    Free: User Setting.

  7. Free: Voice Search Settings.

    Free: Voice Search Settings.

  8. Theme and Styling 1.

    Theme and Styling 1.

  9. Theme and Styling 2.

    Theme and Styling 2.

  10. Theme and Styling 3.

    Theme and Styling 3.

  11. Fuzzy Setting.

    Fuzzy Setting.

  12. PRO: Beaver Builder Element.

    PRO: Beaver Builder Element.

  13. PRO: Beaver Builder Element Settings.

    PRO: Beaver Builder Element Settings.

  14. PRO: Elementor Element.

    PRO: Elementor Element.

  15. PRO: Elementor Element Settings.

    PRO: Elementor Element Settings.

  16. PRO: Custom Widget Settings.

    PRO: Custom Widget Settings.

  17. Wp Editor Widget.

    Wp Editor Widget.

  18. Gutnburg Editor Widget.

    Gutnburg Editor Widget.

  19. PRO: Visual Composer Element.

    PRO: Visual Composer Element.

  20. PRO: Visual Composer Eelement Settings.

    PRO: Visual Composer Eelement Settings.

  21. PRO: Search Statistics.

    PRO: Search Statistics.

  22. PRO: Export Import.

    PRO: Export Import.

Changelog

1.1.6 (11th May, 2023)

  • Fixed compatibility issues till wordpress 6.2 version.
  • Fixed onload success message hide and search form UI
  • Fixed Special character issue on search.

1.1.5 (27th Jan, 2022)

  • Checked compatibility with wordpress v5.9

1.1.4 (7th Oct, 2021)

  • Bug Fixes

1.1.3 (7th Sep, 2021)

  • Fixed Security issue
  • Fixed code sanitization as per wordpress standards

1.1.2 (20th July, 2021)

  • Fixed compatibility issues with wordpress 5.8 version.

1.1.1 (22th Mar, 2021)

  • Security bug fixes

1.1 (19th Mar, 2021)

  • Tested upto wordpress v5.7
  • Bug fixes

1.0

  • Initial release!