Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello world!
Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hello robot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hel bot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | help bot hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hello science |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | ## OR with exact word matches Similar to the simple OR, but at least one keyword must match a whole word. Partial results are not accepted. | Keyword | Fields | Match? | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hello robot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hel bot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
|NO
(whole word don't match)
| | help bot hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hello science |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | ## AND Every keyword must match at least partially the content. | Keyword | Fields | Match? | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| YES | | hello robot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| **YES** | | hel bot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| **YES** | | help bot hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | | hello science |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | ## AND with exact word matches The most strict search logic. Every keyword must match a whole word in the content. | Keyword | Fields | Match? | | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | | hello robot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| **YES** | | hel bot |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | | help bot hello |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | | hello science |Post Title:
Hello big world!
Post Content:
Robot here!
| NO | # Triggers and redirection to results page Live search trigger actions and the redirection to the results page actions  ### Live search triggers  * *Trigger search on facet change* - live search trigger, when the user changes an option on the settings drop-down * *Trigger search when typing* - triggers the live search during typing to the search input * *Character count* - only apply the triggers, when this number of characters were entered ### Redirection to the results page Redirection can be set for both the magnifier click and the return (enter) key events.  When using WooCommerce and searching for products use the *Redirect to: WooCommerce results page* value. #### Custom redirect URL When using a custom permalink structure for the search queries, you can adjust the redirection to the same destication via this option. The `{phrase}` pseudo-variable is replaced with the current search phrase. {% hint style="warning" %} This will not change the results page URL to a custom page URL - this option only redirects to the given location. If you want to change the results page URL slug, check out [online tutorials](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-change-the-default-search-url-slug-in-wordpress/). {% endhint %} ### Search results page override  When enabled, the plugin will try to override the search results page with the same results as on the live search list. {% hint style="warning" %} The plugin can not change the layout/design of the results page, that is a theme controlled feature. All it can do is send which items to display as results, the rest is up to the theme. {% endhint %} # Results page live loader When this feature is Enabled, the plugin will try to load the results - without reloading the results page. `General Options -> Results page live loader`  {% hint style="warning" %} **Disclaimer:** Live loading items to a page causes the script event handlers to detach on the affected elements - if there are interactive elements (pop-up buttons etc..) controlled by a script within the results, they will probably stop working after a live load. \ This cannot be prevented from this plugins perspective. There is **no guarantee** that this feature will work with any theme/website out there. It very highly depends on the actual website structure as well as the overall configuration. {% endhint %}  #### Results container jQuery element selector Default value: **#main** This is the selector that the script tries to match, when the new results page is loaded via AJAX. The script then replaces the old content within this selector with the new ones. {% hint style="warning" %} If you don't know what this means, then leave this options as it is by default {% endhint %} #### How can I find this selector for my theme? If you are not a developer, your best bet is to ask the author of your current theme, he might know how to get the selector to target the results page container. You can also contact us [via support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajax-search-lite/), we might be able to help - but please note that we cannot guarantee this feature to work correctly in every case. The only possible way is using the browser developer console or via the page source. Unfortunately there is no guide we could provide for this, as it would exceed the contents of this documentation. # Ordering Primary and secondary search results ordering  ### Primary ordering This is used first, when fetching the results. ### Secondary ordering When the primary ordering of matching results is the same, then the secondary ordering is used. Ex.: Primary -> Relevance, Secondary -> Date descending\ Result1 and Result2 has the same relevance, so the secondary ordering kicks in, and orders by the date published descending. # Autocomplete & Keyword Suggestions Google autocomplete and keyword suggestions  ### Autocomplete Autocomplete triggers whenever the user starts typing to the search input.  ### Keyword suggestions Keyword suggestions are displayed whenever there are no results matching the search criteria. # Image Settings Live search results images  ### Width, height and background position  Width and height should be numeric values, the pixel prefix is automatically appended. The display mode changes whether the image should cover the whole \[width x height] container, or should it be contained respecting the aspect ratio.  ### Image sources  The plugin parses through the primary, then the alternative image sources, until it finds an image to display. If no image is found, the default image URL is used. #### Image number for the parser  By default the first image is returned, whenever the parser finds an image within each source. This feature is useful, when for example there are multiple images within the post contents, and you want to skip the first *N* of them. #### Exclude images by file names  Comma separated list of strings, whenever any of these is found, the image is skipped and the parser proceeds to the next possible image. # Frontend search filters Generic and Post category filters  ### Generic Filters Exact match, search in title and content checkboxes can be turned on an off.  The exact match checkbox status (checked or unchecked) depends on if the exact matching is enabled on the [General Options -> Search logic](/general-options/search-logic) panel. The title and content checkbox statuses depend if the `Search in title` and `Search in content` options are enabled under the [General Options -> Sources](/general-options/sources-and-basics) panel. ### Custom Post Type Filters  Choose the post type filters from the left side, drag them to the right side to activate. The filter checkbox statuses (checked or unchecked) depend if the custom post type is selected under the [General Options ](/general-options/sources-and-basics)panel. ### Post category Filters  When enabled, all the categories are displayed within the filter. Drag the categories you want to exclude from the left side of the `Select which categories to exclude` selector to the right side. # Layout Options # Theme and Customization  ### Search theme  There are several themes available to choose from. Some of the aspects can be modified as well - such as the width, margin, font, background colors etc.. {% hint style="warning" %} After making changes to the search theme make sure to always clear all cache - including site cache, minify, asset, CDN, cloudflare and browser cache. {% endhint %} # Results layout and fields shown  ### Result coulumns The results can be divided into multiple columns (by default 1).  Setting multiple columns will yield the following layout.  ### Viewport size and scrolling The plugin dynamically adjusts the viewport size from the average results height (by default to 4 items). Changing this viewport size will increase/decrease the results drop-down overall height.  Setting the viewport to a very high number like 999 will result in a very long results box, without the scrollbar. ### Fields and context  #### Description context When enabled, the plugin will try displaying the results description from around the search phrase - instead of showing the description text from the beginning. It does it to a certain depth of characters.  # Results box behavior  * `Open the results in a new window?` - When enabled, clicking on the results will open them in a new browser window * `Scroll the window to the result list?` - When enabled, the plugin will scroll the browser window to the results list. * `Make the whole result area clickable?` - When disabled, only the live result titles are clickable * `Close result list on document click?` - When enabled, clicking anywhere on the page will close the search results container * `Show the close icon?` - When enabled, a close (X) icon is displayed within the search input - which closes the search results container when clicked. # Keyword highlighter Keyword highlighting in live results list and on single results pages ## Live results list highlighting  It is possible to highlight the search phrase in the **live results** list. Within these options you can change the: * Highlighter text color and background * and to highlight whole words or partial words as well ## Single result page keyword highlighting {% hint style="warning" %} The single result (clicking a result on the live results list) is not the same as the search results page. This feature does not work on the search results page. {% endhint %}  ### Scrolling to the first keyword match Whenever the `Scroll to the first keyword match if possible?` option is enabled, the plugin will try to scroll to the first keyword match, after redirecting to the single result. If you want to programatically specify a part of the result page to apply the highlighter and scroll feature on, then use the `Result page content jQuery element selector` option. This is useful when the search phrase might appear outside of the post body container (in a widget, footer or menu etc..), and you want to make sure those appearances are not highlighted. # Advanced Options # Title and Content fields During the search post-process, the plugin parses the Post/Page/CPT titles and the contents, as defined by these fields.  ## Examples ### Custom field content as Title or Description It is possible to define a single, text based custom field as the title or description field.  ### Yoast SEO title and meta description custom fields The Yoast SEO plugin uses the folling custom fields to store the custom title and meta desctiption fields: * \_yoast\_wpseo\_title * \_yoast\_wpseo\_metadesc ### All in one SEO plugin meta title and desctiption custom fields The All in One SEO plugin uses the following custom fields: * \_aioseop\_title * \_aioseop\_description # Advanced Title and Content fields Adding custom fields, taxonomy terms, WooCommerce add to cart, star rating, price to the results. This feature is identical to the Pro version, please check the documentation [here](https://documentation.ajaxsearchpro.com/advanced-options/advanced-title-and-description-fields). {% embed url="