WordPress Plugin
Instant, intelligent WordPress search
Live results, configurable relevance, and optional cited answers for WordPress. Choose search behavior, answer style, and placement together in Search & Answers.
Free and open source. Question understanding and cited excerpts work without AI. Meaning reranking and AI-written summaries are opt-in; provider charges may apply.
- Version
- 2.2.01
- Requires WP
- 6.2+
- Tested to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4+
- Index lives
- On your server
What it does
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Instant live search
Results appear as users type in a dropdown, with no page reloads. Visitors find content faster and stay engaged longer.
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Weighted relevance
Configurable weights for titles, excerpts, content, taxonomies, authors, custom fields, documents, freshness, and clicks.
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Fuzzy matching
Typo-tolerant search finds results even when users misspell words. “Computr” still finds “computer”.
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Search & Answers
Show cited answers in an Ask Site form or above submitted search results. Prepare optional embeddings with Analyze site content in the admin.
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Search analytics
Track queries, zero-result searches, impressions, click-through rates, promotions, synonym drafts, and Search ROI.
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Document indexing
Optionally search inside uploaded PDFs, Office documents, RTF, text, and OpenDocument files.
Every feature, in full
| Feature | What It Does for You |
|---|---|
| Instant Live Search | Results appear as users type with a sleek dropdown — no page reloads required. Your visitors find content faster and stay engaged longer. |
| Live Result Images | Optionally show featured-image thumbnails in instant dropdown results while keeping the list compact and scannable. |
| Weighted Relevance System | Configurable weights and boosts for titles, excerpts, content, taxonomies, authors, custom fields, documents, freshness, clicks, promotions, and audio signals. |
| Keyword Match Modes | Choose between “Match ANY” for broad discovery or “Match ALL” for precision searches. Perfect for different content types. |
| Fuzzy Matching | Typo-tolerant search finds results even when users misspell words. “Computr” still finds “computer.” |
| Synonym Support | Define equivalent terms so “car” also finds “automobile” and “vehicle.” Expand search coverage without extra content. |
| Phrase Boosting | Boost specific phrases like “Master System” so they rank higher than generic word matches. |
| Dynamic Trending | Automatically boost content that’s gaining traction in searches. Popular topics rise to the top. |
| Search & Answers | Configure search behavior, answer style, and placement together. Cited excerpts and question understanding work without an AI provider; AI writing is opt-in. |
| Ask Site + Search-Result Answers | Show a public question form or cited answer cards above submitted search results. Enabled cards display a no-answer notice when evidence is insufficient. |
| Meaning Reranking | Optionally use compatible embeddings to reorder a bounded set of existing keyword hits. Requires an eligible AI service and prepared content; it does not add pages outside those hits. |
| Analyze Site Content | Select an embedding model from the connector-aware list and prepare content from WordPress admin, with pause and resume controls. No WP-CLI required; provider charges may apply. |
| Search Analytics + Intelligence | Track queries, zero-result searches, impressions, click-through rates, CTR opportunities, query promotions, synonym drafts, remediation outcomes, Search ROI, and unanswered Ask Site questions. |
| Search Trends Widget + Block | Publish public trending or latest successful search lists with privacy-minded defaults for latest searches. |
| Search Highlighting | Matching terms are visually highlighted in results so users instantly see why content matched their query. |
| Filterable + Sortable Results | Let visitors narrow by content type, taxonomy, date range, relevance, newest first, or oldest first for faster content discovery. |
| Document Indexing | Optionally search inside uploaded PDFs, Office documents, RTF, text, and OpenDocument files. |
| ASP Migration Tools | Import Ajax Search Pro history, compare imported and native data, and clean up leftovers with guarded previews. |
| Automatic Reindexing | Keep large catalogs caught up with scheduled new-content partial reindexing, repaired overdue WP-Cron events, and clear run status. |
Who it’s for
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Content-heavy sites
Blogs, news sites, and documentation portals with hundreds or thousands of posts need search that scales.
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E-commerce stores
Help customers find products quickly with typo-tolerant, weighted search that prioritizes product names.
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Knowledge bases
Technical documentation sites benefit from phrase boosting and synonym support for industry terminology.
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Community sites
Forums and membership sites can track what users search for and improve content based on demand.
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Portfolio sites
Even smaller sites benefit from instant search that feels modern and professional.
Content analysis handles more PDF font formats, repairs unusable cached document text where possible, bounds passage sizes, and allows longer AI requests. Clearer errors identify sources to inspect, and Resume analysis reuses completed compatible work after a repair. Search-filter URLs, accessible filter controls and result highlighting also receive fixes.
Including PDFs? A PDF can look correct yet have damaged or missing extractable text. Readable PDFs with valid text mappings are supported; image-only scans need OCR. Read the PDF inspection and repair steps. Service errors can involve healthy files, so listed IDs alone are not proof of damage.
The combined Search & Answers settings introduced in 2.2.00 remain available. Existing settings and complete AI opt-ins are preserved; upgrading does not switch on additional answer placements or AI writing. Meaning reranking reorders existing search candidates, and AI requests may incur provider charges.