Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin vs Ninoxa Live Search

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.

Ninoxa Live Search adds an accessible, real-time AJAX-powered live search to your WordPress site. It supports multilingual sites via Polylang and WPML. Use a standard WordPress search form; results appear below the input. Min query: 3 chars. Shows configurable number of results (defaults to 10) + a “More results…” link. Manage plugin options from the Ninoxa Live Search admin menu. The default shortcut is Ctrl + /, and you can replace it with your own key combination or disable it completely. Optional type-to-search: when enabled, typing two characters outside any input focuses the search field and inserts the text. Works in Firefox even when find-as-you-type is enabled. Features: * Real-time search results as you type * Frontend matching modes (keyword, any word, exact phrase, whole word, fuzzy) using the native WordPress search engine; fuzzy mode tolerates one-character typos via edit-distance-1 LIKE patterns * AJAX-powered with nonce security * Polylang and WPML compatible * Accessible (ARIA attributes) * Configurable keyboard shortcut * Optional type-to-search (focus search when typing two characters outside any input; disabled by default; works in Firefox) * Optional focus outline on the search field (can be turned off to keep the theme’s focus styles) * Lightweight and fast Keyboard Shortcuts Global: Ctrl + / by default: Focus the Ninoxa Live Search input Keyboard shortcut can be customized or disabled from the Ninoxa Live Search admin menu Type-to-search (opt-in): When enabled in settings, typing two printable characters in quick succession anywhere on the page (outside inputs, textareas, and contenteditable regions) focuses the search field and inserts the typed text Keys are captured before the browser, so this works in Firefox even when “Search for text when you start typing” is enabled A lone keypress is ignored, so accidental single-key bumps do not hijack focus Works alongside the keyboard shortcut above; disabled by default Inactive on touch-first devices Search results: Arrow Up/Down: Navigate through search results Enter: Select highlighted result Escape: Close search results Tab: Move focus into the matching mode bar (keeps results open) Matching modes (while the search field or results are focused): Alt+1, Alt+2, …: Select the matching mode in that position (shown as a number on each button) Arrow Left/Right: Move between matching modes when a mode button is focused Home/End: Jump to first / last mode Enter / Space: Activate the focused mode Escape: Return focus to the search input