Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin vs Search in Place

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.

Search in Place features: » Performs real time search as you enter search criteria » Groups search results by post type (post, page) » Allows to limit the number of elements in the dynamic search results » Offers a different navigation option on the website » Use a friendly AJAX technology for searching » Suggests search terms based on the information typed by the user. Search in Place improves blog search by displaying query results in real time. Search in place displays a list with results dynamically as you enter the search criteria. Search in Place groups search results by their type, labeling them as post, page or the post type entered, and highlights the searched terms in search page and resulting pages. Search in Place advanced allows to search in metadata and author display name too. More about the Main Features: Performs real time search as you enter search criteria; Use a friendly AJAX technology for searching; Groups search results by post type (post, page); Allows to limit the number of elements in the dynamic search results; Allows to customize the box colors; Allows highlight the criteria for searching in results; Offers a different navigation option on the website. The plugin converts the website’s search boxes into search in places. Furthermore, the plugin allows to insert additional search boxes using the shortcode: [search-in-place-form] For searching in the current page only, insert the shortcode with the in_current_page attribute: [search-in-place-form in_current_page="1"] For inserting the shortcode in the website’s pages it is possible to use the specific integrations with the editors: Gutenberg, Elementor, or the widget for Page Builder by SiteOrigin. For the other editors, insert the shortcode. Frequently, while performing a search in a blog with terms we think are present in the blog’s pages and posts, after various search attempts and a slow/tedious process of page reloads, we feel frustration because we haven’t found the page/post being searched for. With Search in Place the search process is easier and seamless. The Search in Place makes the post search in real time, allowing the correction of the search criteria without reloading the website (The basic version of “Search in Place” makes the search in posts and pages). The plugin transforms all search boxes in the website into search in place boxes, furthermore, the plugin includes a shortcode allowing to insert additional “search boxes”, or “search in current page boxes”. Premium Features: Allows the searching in metadata, taxonomies, and author display name associated to the post, page or custom post type; Allows to define additional post_types to be considered for searching; Includes the integration with popular plugins like: WooCommerce, WP e-Commerce, Jigoshop, Ready! Ecommerce Shopping Cart and more; Include labels in the search results page; The plugin displays search results in a popup window by default. However, it is possible to show them in a div tag in the page content: Demo of Premium Version of Plugin https://demos.dwbooster.com/search-in-place/wp-login.php https://demos.dwbooster.com/search-in-place/ The usual WordPress behavior is searching in the posts, but the post’s search may not be sufficient if you are using plugins that includes custom post_types. The WordPress born as a blog manager, but this great platform has been evolved through its plugins until allow be used as a content management system, an eCommerce (WooCommerce, WP e-Commerce, etc.) or a social network, so the search feature require evolve too and allow searching by products, users and any custom post_types. Search in Place came to fill this empty in WordPress, Search in Place allow to search in custom post_types, taxonomies associated to the post_types, its metadata, or the authord display name.But Search in Place don’t stop there, with Search in Place is possible to format the results, set labels to identify the search results, and highlight the terms in the resulting pages. If you want more information about this plugin or another one don’t doubt to visit my website: https://searchinplace.dwbooster.com