Rate-Limit Site Searches
Limits how many searches one visitor can run per minute and answers the rest with "429 Too Many Requests", protecting your database from search floods.
Snippet Library
Search snippets for WordPress
Snippets that improve WordPress search: search custom fields and post types, exclude pages, redirect single results and highlight matching words. For content-heavy sites where visitors need to find things quickly.
Redirect Empty Searches to the Homepage
Sends visitors who submit the search form without typing anything back to the homepage instead of showing every post.
Rounded Pill Search Form (SCSS)
Restyles the theme search form and the Search block as a single rounded pill with an inline button and a clear focus ring.
Search Box in the Main Menu
Adds the search form as the last item of a classic theme's main navigation menu.
Search Form Shortcode With Post Type Filter
Adds a [search_form] shortcode that places a search box anywhere and can limit results to certain post types, such as a docs-only or products-only search.
Search Inside Custom Fields
Lets the site search also match text stored in custom fields, such as a subtitle, location or product code, not just titles and content.
Search Post Titles Only
Restricts the site search to titles, so results contain only posts whose title matches, which is useful for glossaries, directories and recipe sites.
Search Posts by Author Name
Makes the site search also return posts written by authors whose name matches the search, so "maria" finds everything by Maria Lopez.
Search Synonyms
Makes searches for one word also find posts that use another word with the same meaning, for example "sofa" also finds "couch", using groups you define.
Search Term Highlight Style (SCSS)
Gives highlighted search words a soft marker-pen look instead of the browser's default yellow box, matching the Highlight Search Terms snippet and any mark elements.
Search Within the Current Category
On category pages, adds an "Only in [category]" checkbox to the search form and Search block, ticked by default, so visitors can search just that section.
Search WooCommerce Products by SKU
Lets shoppers find products by typing their SKU into the store search, including SKUs of individual variations.
Search for the Whole Phrase
Makes multi-word searches match the exact phrase instead of any page that contains all the words somewhere, giving tighter results on large sites.
Send Certain Searches Straight to a Page
Opens a chosen page directly when someone searches for an exact word or phrase, for example "contact" goes to your contact page and "returns" to your returns policy.
Show Pages Before Posts in Search Results
Lists matching pages first in search results, then blog posts, then other content, so key pages like pricing or contact are not buried under older posts.
Show the Matching Text in Search Results
Replaces the usual opening-lines excerpt in search results with the passage of the post that actually contains the search words.
Show the Number of Search Results
Prints a line such as 12 results for "pricing" above the search results, so visitors know how much was found.
Sort Search Results by Newest First
Lists search results by publish date, newest first, instead of WordPress's relevance order, which suits news sites and blogs where freshness matters most.