Search Live vs Smart Search Chips

Search Live supplies effective integrated live search facilities and advanced search features. This plugins delivers a smooth interactive experience with immediate results for your site’s visitors, making it easier and more efficient to find the right results. It provides instant live search results with thumbnails where matches are found for one or multiple search keywords in titles, excerpts or content, allows to enhance the standard search form with this functionality, provides a flexible shortcode [search_live] that can be placed anywhere to provide an interactive search form and a widget for use in sidebars. The shortcode and widget can be fine-tuned with sensible options to improve the search experience for your visitors. Instant search results replace the standard WordPress search form. This is enabled by default but you can turn it off. You can use the shortcode [search_live] to place a search form anywhere. You can use the Search Live widget in your sidebars. Supports Custom Post Types. Full multilanguage support and compatible with WPML. Search Live can show instant search results including thumbnails and short descriptions or manual excerpts. Among other useful options, you can determine the number of results shown and whether to search in any combination of titles, excerpts or contents. These can be determined individually for each instance of Search Live’s shortcode or widget. Search Live supplies results from posts, pages and other public post types. Search Live fully supports multilanguage sites with WPML. We are working on an extended version that will provide enhanced features. If you would support our work using a premium version, we would love to hear from you. Please share your enthusiasm by leaving a comment on the Search Live page, follow @wpsearchlive and browse our Shop. Feedback Feedback is welcome! If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please do so here at the Search Live plugin page. Please try to solve problems there before you rate this plugin or say it doesn’t work. There goes a lot of work into providing you with quality plugins! Please help with your feedback and we’re also grateful if you help spread the word about this plugin. Thanks! Twitter Follow @wpsearchlive for updates on this plugin. Follow @itthinx on Twitter for updates on this and other plugins. Translations Brazilian Portuguese translation by Henrique Avila Vianna. Many thanks for your help! If you would like to have your translation added, please contact us.

Smart Search Chips adds dynamic filter chips to WordPress and WooCommerce search, so visitors can narrow search results by categories, tags, product attributes, and search context instead of getting a flat list of results. It is built for WooCommerce stores, product catalogs, documentation sites, directories, listing sites, and content-heavy WordPress sites where normal search is not enough. Use the included Search block or [sschp_search] shortcode for a reliable search UI, or enhance compatible theme AJAX searches when you want to keep an existing layout. Example: a visitor searches “lamp” and then narrows results with chips such as LED, outdoor, 12V, brand, category, or wattage. Unlike traditional faceted search plugins that require every filter to be designed up front, Smart Search Chips generates useful chips from the current matching results. It hides redundant chips, supports a local search index, and includes diagnostics that show which search path was used and why chips did or did not appear. How it works: A visitor searches through the Smart Search Chips block, shortcode, or a compatible enhanced theme search The plugin finds results through the local index, Relevanssi, or WordPress fallback search It analyzes the matching results, Search Chips Tags, and optional WooCommerce helper tags It displays clickable chips ranked by frequency and usefulness Redundant chips are hidden when they would not narrow the result set Clicking a chip filters the visible results without asking the visitor to rewrite the query Included in the WordPress.org/free edition: Search block and [sschp_search] shortcode for a guaranteed search UI Dynamic chip generation from Search Chips Tags on matching results Smart redundancy elimination so chips that do not narrow results stay hidden Admin Test Search tool showing search path, result counts, chips, warnings, and sample results “Why no chips?” explanations for empty results, missing tags, redundant tags, index readiness, and common WooCommerce setup issues Local search index with queue, rebuild, process next batch, pause, resume, and clear controls Works with Relevanssi (recommended) for relevance-based scoring WP_Query fallback when Relevanssi or the local index is not available Built-in Search Chips Tags field for posts, pages, and products Optional WooCommerce helper tags from product attributes, categories, and product tags Product category archive chips that compare the full category and appear above compatible product lists Live search endpoint with instant chip filtering Fully customizable colors, limits, and thresholds Safely enhance existing theme AJAX search handlers when compatible Theme template overrides for custom result rendering Available separately in Smart Search Chips Pro: Use existing ACF/custom fields as chip sources instead of manually tagging every item Add numeric range chips for values like 100 W, 200 W, dimensions, or mapped numeric fields Link paired numeric values with the inline ACF/text marker =>, for example 690 V => 63 A Normalize equivalent catalog terms with synonym rules Control chip labels, pinned chips, hidden chips, and display rules Track zero-result searches, chip clicks, result clicks, impressions, and search-to-result-click rates Send scheduled local analytics email digests to configured site recipients Build external AI tagging prompts and import/export chip rules as JSON Works best with: WooCommerce stores with many similar products Product catalogs using attributes such as size, color, wattage, voltage, brand, model, material, or use case Technical catalogs and parts/model-number sites Documentation sites and knowledge bases Directories, listing sites, resource libraries, and internal portals Agencies building search-heavy WordPress sites for clients Smart Search Chips Pro Smart Search Chips Pro is available separately from https://smartsearchchips.app/ for teams that need advanced catalog and reporting workflows: Reuse existing ACF/custom fields as chip sources Add numeric range chips for measurements and mapped numeric fields Normalize catalog language with synonym rules Pin, hide, rename, and control chip display rules Track zero-result searches, chip engagement, and result-click behavior Send scheduled local analytics digests to configured site recipients Import/export chip rules as JSON and use AI-assisted tagging workflows The WordPress.org plugin is fully functional with its built-in Search Chips Tags field and does not require accounts or payment. Privacy Policy Smart Search Chips processes search queries entered by visitors to generate dynamic filter chips. Search queries are processed on this server and are not stored or sent to any third-party service by this WordPress.org edition. Full policy: https://smartsearchchips.app/privacy-policy/