WP Remote Site Search

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Search any WordPress site's data using WP REST API.

Author:Brainstorm Force (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.4
WordPress version tested:6.3.1
Plugin version:1.0.5
Added to WordPress repository:27-12-2016
Last updated:21-09-2023
Rating, %:100
Rated by:1
Plugin URI:https://www.brainstormforce.com
Total downloads:5 017
Active installs:80+
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WP Remote Site Search is a search plugin for WordPress that returns any WordPress site’s data using WP REST API.

Basic Usage

Activate the WP Remote Site Search plugin
Add the shortcode [wp_remote_site_search] to a page or something

Options

Here’s a list of shortcodes currently available in the WP Remote Site Search plugin.

1.remote_url="https://example.com"

URL from where you want to fetch the information
The remote site should have WordPress 4.7 or higher or Rest API (v2) plugin installed to get the search results.

2.title="How can we help?"

Title for the search box

3.category_id="1,2"

You can also pass "category_id1,category_id2" to search multiple posts from multiple categories.

4.sub_categories="true"

You can also get all results from categories (category_id1, category_id2) and their respective subcategories by setting sub_categories="true".

5.placeholder="Enter a search term."

The text displayed in the search box placeholder. Default is "Search...".

6.type = "books"

Default type is posts,
You can add custom post type also.

7.max_results="50"

Total Number of results you want to display.
(default max_results is 30)

8.html_input = "<button> Get In Touch!</button>"

Append html after all results get displyed.

Example:

[wp_remote_site_search remote_url="https://example.com" category_id="1,2" sub_categories="true" type="books" title="How can we help?" placeholder="Have a question? Enter a search term." max_results="30" html_input="<button>Get In Touch!</button>"]

Credits

WP Live Search
Licenses: GNU GPL, Version 2 (or later)
Credits https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-search-live/


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