FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core) for WordPress Plugin Directory
FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core) is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by foundthisplugins.
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FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core) is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by foundthisplugins — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core) works
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Visitors are finding your website, but they are not finding your products and content.
FoundThis lets website visitors search your website, in their own language.
Users can type in any search term, in any language. It then auto-translates the search query to your site language.
It then expands your website’s search using AI, ensuring that your products and content is always found.
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.
Works with all WordPress e-Commerce plugins, including WooCommerce.
Lets international visitors find what they want on your website.
Allows for any searches in any language.
The plugin is designed to be:
Opt-in (you must enable optimization)
Fail-open (if the API is unavailable, WordPress search remains unchanged)
External services
This plugin connects to the FoundThis API to translate search queries.
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.
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:
It lets the FoundThis API associate requests with your store for quota and plan enforcement.
It is not used to access your WordPress admin or your customer data.
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.
Developers Filters:
– foundthis_core_api_base_url (string): Override the API base URL (advanced/dev use).
– foundthis_core_should_optimize_query (bool, WP_Query): Return false to skip optimization for a given query.
– foundthis_core_expanded_query (string, original, lang, WP_Query): Modify the optimized query before it is applied.
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)?
FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core) is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by foundthisplugins.