WP Extended Search vs Search Everything

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.

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