WP Extended Search

By Sumit Singh

Description

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.

This plugin allows you to search in selected meta keys, categories, tags, or custom taxonomies. You can also search in the post author name and include or exclude any public post type. Control whether to search in title, content, excerpt, or all. It is compatible with WooCommerce, allowing you to search in product SKU, attributes, variations, and custom fields.

Create unlimited search settings to use with custom search forms, and add search forms using a widget, shortcode, or PHP function. You can exclude old content from search results, customize the number of posts displayed, and adjust the SQL relation between search terms. Additionally, you can limit attachment results by mime type and ensure the plugin is translation ready and compatible with WPML.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free WP Extended Search plugin.

Advanced Search

Category Search

Tag Search

WooCommerce Search

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FAQ

Yes, It is. When WooCommerce is active you will see a new checkbox in setting “Optimize for Products Search” select it and then the search results will use the default WooCommerce template or the template from your theme.