Ajax Search Pro

Ajax Search Pro is a paid WordPress search extension that displays results as users type. Search activity runs locally on your server, and the plugin does not require a monthly subscription. You can make multiple search bars and configure each for a different area of your site.

Choose what visitors can search

Search posts, pages, and custom post types such as WooCommerce products, events, and portfolio entries. Search sources can include titles, descriptions, excerpts, categories, tags, custom fields, comments, and other supported content. Ajax Search Pro can also search media attachments and the contents of PDF, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint documents. Custom field support includes repeaters and special field types.

For community content, it supports BuddyPress activity feeds, users, and group names, plus PeepSo groups and group activities. WooCommerce shop search and filtering are available, as are search and filtering for Elementor Loop Grid and JetEngine Listing Grid content.

Configure filters and results

Visitors can narrow results by category, custom field, post type, tag, taxonomy term, or date. Filter controls include checkboxes, drop-down menus, multiselect fields, radio buttons, sliders, and range sliders. Results can be grouped by category, post type, or content type.

Predictive result suggestions, Google keyword suggestions, and autocomplete help visitors formulate queries. Keyword highlighting marks matching terms in results. Depending on the configuration, visitors can use load more controls or infinite scroll.

Adjust the show and performance

Choose from more than 100 configurable themes, then adjust colors, layouts, icons, and result presentation. Search results can include pictures. Image precaching, search phrase caching, and other caching options support search performance; live search statistics are also available.

Ajax Search Pro supports page builders including Elementor, Divi, Oxygen, Breakdance, Gutenberg, and Beaver. It is responsive on mobile devices and includes options for automatic search replacement, widgets, shortcodes, archive page loading, and frontend search settings.

Set up a search bar

Install Ajax Search Pro on the WordPress site, create one or more search bars, and choose the content sources and filters for each. Adjust the layout, colors, result grouping, caching, and performance settings, then add a search interface with a widget or shortcode, or configure it to replace the default search.