Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin vs Instant Search – Turn Search Into Sales

Ivory Search is a simple to use advanced WordPress search plugin. It enhances the default WordPress search and also allows you to create new custom search forms. With Ivory Search, you can create an unlimited number of search forms and configure each search form individually to customize WordPress search and perform different types of searches on site content. Display the custom search forms on site header, footer, sidebar or widget area, navigation or menu, on pages, posts, custom post types or anywhere on the site using its shortcodes. Note: The styling of the search form highly depends on how your theme styles it. If your theme does not style search form correctly then to style it get free support from Ivory Search Support. Have any doubt or question? Feel free to ask it using Contact Form. Links Website Documentation Support Contact Us Key Features Perform faster search with inverted index-based search engine. Index and search shortcode contents. Search WooCommerce products. Search images, files and attachments. Customize search form using customizer. Search using AJAX search. Track searches in search analytics. Index and search TablePress shortcode contents. Create unlimited number of search forms. Configure each search forms separately. Configure search form to search specific content. Exclude specific content from search results. Display Search Forms anywhere on your site. Supports multilingual search. Multilingual Search supported by Weglot Integrates with popular plugins such as WooCommerce, Weglot, Polylang, bbPress, WPML etc. AJAX Search or Live Search Convert any search form including default search form to AJAX search form. Search posts, pages, WooCommerce products, images, files or any custom post type using AJAX search. Exclude any specific content from AJAX search. Search Form Customizer Use customizer to change search form colors and its text. Choose any search form style from various search forms. Search Specific Content Search specific post types such as post, page, product, attachment, forum etc. Search in post title. Search in post content. Search in post excerpt. Search posts having specific category or taxonomy terms. Search in category or taxonomy terms title. Search in category or taxonomy terms description. Search posts having specific custom fields or metadata. Search WooCommerce products SKU. [Premium] Search WooCommerce products variation. [Premium] Search posts created by specific authors. [Premium] Search in author Display name and display the posts created by that author. Search posts having specific statuses. [Premium] Search posts having specific number of comments. [Premium] Search in approved comments content. Search posts created in specific date. Search only password protected posts. Search only posts without passwords. Search all posts with and without passwords. Search specific files, MIME type or media attachments such as images, audio, videos, PDF, documents etc. [Premium] Search in the title, caption and description of images, attachments and media. Search in multiple languages as the plugin supports multilingual plugins such as Polylang, WPML etc. Exclude Specific Content From Search Exclude specific post types from search. Exclude specific posts, pages, WooCommerce Products, Media Attachments, forums or any custom post type from search. Do not search in the post title. Configure to not search in post content. Configure to not search in post excerpt. Exclude posts from search having specific category or taxonomy terms. Exclude posts from search having specific custom fields or metadata. [Premium] Exclude ‘out of stock’ WooCommerce products from search. [Premium] Exclude posts from search created by specific authors. [Premium] Exclude posts from search having specific statuses. [Premium] Exclude sticky posts from search. Exclude posts from search having specific number of comments. Exclude posts from search created before or after specific dates. Exclude password protected posts from search. Exclude posts from search without passwords. Exclude images, audios, videos, PDF, documents, attachments, files, media, file type or MIME type from search. [Premium] Control and Extend Search Display search form in navigation menu and configure its functionality. Configure the number of posts to display in search results. Highlight search terms on the search results page. Order posts in ascending or descending order of date, relevance, id, author, title, type, name, comment count, menu order or entirely random. [Premium] Display or hide sticky posts at the top of the search results page. Display an error page or list all posts for empty search queries. Display search forms only to site administrators while testing, before going live. Disable an individual search form or disable searching site wide. Configure stop words which are excluded from search. Option to add word synonyms to provide more relevant search results. Display post_type argument in the search query URL and restrict search to it. Search posts having all or any of the selected category or taxonomy terms. Display content having any or all the searched terms. Fuzzy Matching – Search posts that include the whole search term or search words in the posts that begins or ends with the search term. Keyword Stemming – Also searches base word of searched keyword. [Premium] Note: some of the features are Premium marked as [Premium]. To have access to those features you will need Ivory Search Premium. You can get Ivory Search Premium here! We enhanced and re-wrote old Add Search To Menu plugin from the ground up and Add Search To Menu has renamed to Ivory Search. Help Need Help? Get Ivory Search support. Feedback Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Feel free to contact us using this Contact form.

Instant Search adds a search form to your WordPress site. Visitors see results the moment they start typing. No waiting, no page reloads. They can also search by voice: just tap the microphone and speak. Works with any theme and WooCommerce out of the box: shops, blogs, portfolios, directories. Add [instant_search] to any page, post, widget, or header to display the search form. 👉 Instant Search Pro is here. Add to Cart in search results, direct checkout, Quick View modal, zero-results rescue, conversion analytics and more. See Pro » Features Live search: results appear instantly as visitors type, no page reload Voice search: tap the microphone and speak instead of typing Five layouts: List, Grid, Compact, Big Cards, and Masonry Inline or overlay mode: show results under the search bar or in a full overlay WooCommerce ready: search products by title, content, excerpt, and SKU. Add to cart and direct checkout from search results. Show product details: price, sale badge, stock status, and star ratings right in the results Add to Cart & Buy Now: visitors can buy directly from the search dropdown Quick View: product gallery, description, and variations in a popup Wishlist & Compare: save products or compare up to 4 side by side, no extra plugins Variation selector: pick size, color, etc. right inside search results Zero-results rescue: “Did you mean?” suggestions, best-seller fallback, or a custom message Pinned results & boost rules: pin products to specific keywords, boost best-sellers, newest, or featured items Search everywhere: taxonomies, product attributes, custom fields, and ACF Synonyms & typo tolerance: “laptop” finds “notebook,” and “shooes” still finds shoes Exclude & filter: hide out-of-stock, hide parent products, restrict to logged-in users, exclude by taxonomy Recently viewed: show the visitor’s last viewed products when search is empty Search analytics: top search terms, click-through rate, cart conversions, zero-results report Searches-per-day chart: daily volume with CTR overlay for the last 30 days Weekly email report: top searches summary delivered every Monday CSV export: download all search data for external analysis Floating search button: always-visible search on every page Keyboard shortcut: Cmd/Ctrl+K opens search from anywhere Search history: shows the visitor’s recent queries Auto-focus: cursor jumps to search on page load Brand colors: tint the UI to match your brand Dark mode: Light, Dark, or Auto theme preset Open animations: smooth motion when results appear Custom CSS: full control for pixel-perfect tweaks Responsive: separate width controls for desktop, tablet, and phone Works with any theme: tested with Divi, Elementor, Rey, Astra, GeneratePress, Kadence, and block themes Self-hosted & private: no external services, no data leaves your server Voice Search for WordPress Voice search is no longer a nice-to-have. Mobile shoppers expect it, and visitors with disabilities depend on it. Instant Search is one of the only WordPress plugins that includes voice search for free. Visitors tap the microphone, speak, and see results instantly. It works on Chrome, Edge, Safari, and all modern mobile browsers. No setup, no accounts, no data leaves your server. Why Instant Search? Your default WordPress search is losing you sales. A visitor searches for something, the whole page reloads, they get a list of blue links, and half the time they just leave. Instant Search fixes that. Results appear the moment they type, with product images, prices, Add to cart, direct checkout and more. Misspell something? They still get results. Don’t want to type at all? They tap the mic and speak. Stores using live search see more products found, more pages visited, and fewer visitors bouncing from a dead-end search result. If your site has a search bar, this is what it should be doing. Contributors Marincas Marius Mugurel – www.marincas.net