Yext Answers Site Search
This plugin is no longer being maintained. If you are looking to add Answers to your Wordpress site, please use our new plugin: https://wordpress.
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Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1407 days ago • 2 reviews
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Description
This plugin is no longer being maintained. If you are looking to add Answers to your WordPress site, please use our new plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/yext-ai-search/.
Installation
Installing from within WordPress:
- Visit Plugins > Add New.
- Search for Yext Answers Site Search.
- Install and activate the Yext Answers Site Search plugin.
Installing Manually:
- Download yext-answers.zip.
- Unzip yext-answers.zip and upload its content to your wp-content/plugins directory.
- Visit Plugins.
- Activate the Yext Answers Site Search plugin.
After Installation
To configure Answers on your WordPress site, click “Settings” and select “Yext Answers Site Search”. Fill out the following attributes on the Settings page:
* API Key
* Experience Key
* Business ID
* Locale
* Redirect URL – The URL of the search results page.
* Answers Javascript Version – The most recent version of the Yext Answers Javascript library.
* iFrame Script URL – Fill this out if provided by your administrator.
Once installed, use the following shortcodes to add the Answers experience to your page:
- Search bar:
[yext_searchbar placeholder_text = "Search..."] - Search results page:
[yext_results_page]
Frequently Asked Questions
Your administrator will help you obtain the needed information. You’ll need your API Key, Experience Key, Business ID, Locale, the URL of the search results page, and a version number for our javascript library
Search bar: Under the hood, this shortcode calls our Answers Javascript Library to create the search bar component using your provided configuration.
Search Results page: This shortcode creates a div and adds a script tag to place the iframe with your Answers search results.
No, you can still use our search bar shortcode, and link out to a different page for the search results page.