Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter vs WP Extended Search

Ajax Search Lite is a live search plugin for WordPress. This responsive live search engine, which will boost your user experience by providing a user friendly ajax powered search form – a live search bar. You can filter the results with the category and post type filter boxes as well. Google autocomplete and keyword suggestions also included. Very smooth animations with mobile device support and regular updates. Use Ajax Search Lite as a replacement for the default WordPress search with a better looking, more efficient search engine. Fine-tune the user experience by providing a powerful ajax search plugin to your visitors. Supports custom post types and custom fields and more. Boost your site search engine with this custom built live search engine. Home | Features | Lite Docs | Pro Docs Ajax Search Lite and Ajax Search Pro does not require monthly subscriptions, does not store your data on external servers – everything is done locally, on your server. Features List Search in posts and pages Search in custom post types such as WooCommerce Products, Events, Portfolio items and more Search in title, description, excerpt, categories and tags and any custom fields Archive page live loader and filter Automatic search replacement as well as widget and shortcode availalbe Custom Filter boxes (checkbox filters) for categories and post types WPML, Polylang and QtranslateX compatible Live Search Statistics Super Fast Search Cache – instant cached results 10+ built in templates + options for color adjustments Retina ready vectorized SVG and CSS3 icons Category and post exclusions Frontend search settings boxes Images in search results Fully ajax powered 50+ options on the backend Caches images for faster response time Performance Options Google analytics integration – both as Events and Pageviews Primary and Secondary ordering options Highly compatible and responsive Support Feel free to contact us via the support forums. In Pro version Front-end demo | Back-end demo Create multiple search bars with different configurations All page builders supported (Elementor, Divi, Oxygen, Breakdance, Gutenberg, Beaver etc..) Search in Every custom post type Search in Media Attachments and contents (PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc..) Search in BuddyPress activity feed, users and group names Search in PeepSo Groups and Group Activities Search result grouping by categories or post types Search in custom fields including repeaters and special custom field taypes Predictive search results suggestions WooCommerce Shop search and filter Search and filter Elementor Loop Grid and JetEngine Listing Grid Advanced caching technology – image precaching, search phrase caching Category filters, custom field filters, post type filters, tag filters, taxonomy term filters and date filters Checkbox, Drop-down, Multiselect, Radio, Slider and Range slider filters Results grouping by category, post type or content type Load more and Inifinite scroll 100+ Themes – Fully configurable and editable – with theme customizer & preview window 4 layouts: Vertical, Horizontal, Polaroid and Isotopic (with pagination) 400+ Admin options Google keyword suggestions and autocomplete Compatibility options and features Caching options & Search statistics Keyword Highlighting & more… Highly compatible and responsive Full Features List Testimonials “Beyond the live search, it also makes your search much more complete. You’ll be able to include custom fields, comments, and more in your search index.” – Ben Pines – Elementor “Consider this plugin if you’re looking for a professional live search offering.” – Tom Ewer – WPMU Dev “Ajax Search Pro plugin gives you a live Ajax search, so much comfortable search experience” – Dragan Nikolic – Thematosoup “As the name suggests, the core value of Ajax Search Pro is the ability to add Ajax live search to WordPress.” – Colin Newcomer – aThemes

WP Extended Search is a lightweight and powerful search plugin. With this plugin you can customize WordPress search to search in Post Meta, Author names, Categories, Tags, or Custom Taxonomies via admin settings. You can control the default behavior of WordPress to search in the post title, post content, and post excerpt. Apart from customizing default search behavior, you can create multiple search settings, and then you can assign these settings to custom search forms. For custom search forms, you have the option to choose from a widget, shortcode, PHP function, or HTML. Features Search in selected meta keys Search in category, tags or custom taxonomies Search in the post author name Include or exclude any public post type Control whether to search in title or content or excerpt or all Compatible with WooCommerce. Search in product SKU, Attributes, variations, and custom fields, etc. Create unlimited search settings to use with custom search forms. Add search forms using a widget, shortcode or PHP function. Also works with custom searchform.php Exclude old content from search results (Older than admin specified date) Customize the number of posts to display on the search results page Customize SQL relation (AND/OR) between search terms Customize order of search results Control whether to match search query exactly or partially Limit attachment results by mime type e.g. display only pdf files in search results. Translation ready Compatible with WPML Links Documentation GitHub