Combined Search vs Search Everything

In today’s world, no WordPress Site Administrator should be without Combined Search. This uniquely formulated WordPress Plugin has been developed to allow Site Administrators like you to search for content that could not previously be searched for – like comments, category names, descriptions, custom taxonomies, and more. You can configure Combined Search to your heart’s content, enabling it to search pages, attachments, excerpts, drafts, tags, comments, metadata and (most) everything in-between. Need to exclude certain pages and posts? Done. Getting started is easy. Install via the WordPress dashboard or manually by downloading the plugin and adding it to your wp-content/plugins/ folder. Visit the Plugins page in your WordPress administration area, and click “activate”. Configure it to your liking, and you’re ready to start searching. PS: The only thing you can’t search is password-protected content, naturally. Combined Search can and will change the ability of the default WordPress Search; from highlighting to purely approved comments and so much more. Banner photo by Shane Hauser on Unsplash

Search Everything improves WordPress default search functionality without modifying any of the template pages. You can configure it to search pages, excerpts, attachments, drafts, comments, tags and custom fields (metadata) and you can specify your own search highlight style. It also offers the ability to exclude specific pages and posts. It does not search password-protected content. Simply install, configure… and search. Search Everything plugin now includes a writing helper called Research Everything that lets you search for your posts and link to them while writing. You can also enable Power Search to research posts from the wider web (for WP3.7 and above). Better WordPress search in three steps Activate Configure options Search! What it does Search Everything increases the ability of the default WordPress Search, options include: Search Highlighting Search Every Page Search Every Tag Search Custom Taxonomies ( new ) Search Every Category Search non-password protected pages only Search Every Comment Search only approved comments Search Every Draft Search Every Excerpt Search Every Attachment (post type, not the content itself – check FAQ) Search Every Custom Field (metadata) Exclude Posts from search Exclude Categories from search Update From Jan 24, 2014 Search Everything originaly developed by dancameron, sproutventure will be maintained and developed further by Zemanta. Terms of Service The plugin source code is released under GPLv2. Usage of our service is governed by Zemanta Terms of Service and Zemanta Privacy Policy.