WP Ultimate Search - ChoosePlugin.com

Advanced faceted auto completing AJAX search and filter utility.

Author:	Mindshare Studios, Inc. (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.0
WordPress version tested:	4.3
Plugin version:	2.0.3
Added to WordPress repository:	01-08-2012
Last updated:	27-08-2015 Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:	74
Rated by:	21
Plugin URI:	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-sea...
Total downloads:	58 998
Active installs:	600+
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A highly customizable AJAX-based WordPress search bar alternative with the ability to autocomplete faceted search queries. Users can quickly and dynamically browse through your site's taxonomies and post metadata to find exactly what they're looking for, and results can be loaded beneath the search bar instantly.

Features

Searches post title and body content
Can search by multiple keywords, and by full phrases
Highlights search terms in results
Option to send search queries as events to your Google Analytics account
Facets by post category
Can search in multiple categories (OR or AND search)
Category options are dynamically generated and autocompleted as you type
Attractive and lightweight interface based on jQuery, Backbone.js, and the VisualSearch.js library
Customizable results template using standard WordPress functions
Search through an unlimited number of user-specified taxonomies and meta fields (including data contained in Advanced Custom Fields).
Conduct radius searches against data stored in the ACF Map field (i.e. search for posts within x km of a user-specified location).

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FAQ

How do I customize the search results template?

When a search is executed, the plugin first looks in your current theme directory for the file wpus-results-template.php. If no file is found, it falls back to the default results template, located in /wp-ultimate-search/views/wpus-results-template.php.

To customize the template, first copy the wpus-results-template.php file into your theme directory. The code within this file is a standard WordPress loop, which you can modify in any way you choose. To learn more about WordPress loops, see the codex.

How do I stop my the viewport from zooming in when a user touches the search box on a mobile device?

If you have a mobile website and you want to disable autozooming on input fields (like the search bar), add the following code to your header.php file:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0" />

I’ve added a post with some meta fields I’d like to make searchable, but they’re not showing up under Post Meta Settings

Since WordPress uses post meta fields to track a lot of things you probably don’t care to know about, we’ve added a filter to WPUS to only show a meta field as an option if it occurs more than three times. If you’ve recently added a meta field to a post, try adding that meta field to two more posts and you should see it appear as an option under Post Meta Settings.

How do I show search results on a map?

See the tutorial here.

More Info

Help documents and support forums are available at Mindshare Labs.

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ChangeLog

2.0.3

Bugfix for Tags

2.0.1

Added all premium “Pro” features into free version, removed license activation
Added Spanish translation thanks to Andrew Kurtis andrewk@webhostinghub.com
Added Russian translation thanks to Andrijana Nikolic andrijanan@webhostinggeeks.com

1.6.1

Fixed missing argument bug in widget

1.6

Added built in custom results templates (post with thumbnail, title only, thumbnail only)
Added ability to override default settings via shortcode / template tag
Added support for ACF date field
Added support for ACF true/false field
Fixed bug with AND logic and hierarchical taxonomies
Fixed cursor not appearing on initial search bar focus in Square style
Fixed bug where clicking on placeholder text would prevent search
Changed “include” and “exclude” fields to require term IDs instead of names
Continuing style refinements

1.5.2

Added cancel button next to facets in single facet mode
Dropdown menu no longer appears in wrong location when facets are deleted
“AND” logic now works correctly again
Fixed bug where meta field options wouldn’t display properly
Fixed bug caused by using Single Facet Mode with a metadata facet

1.5.1

Values will no longer appear in dropdown if they’re already in use in the search bar
Fixed shortcode outputting contents at top of page
Value dropdown will no longer appear when navigating to results page via permalink

1.5

Added ability to search for posts by user
Added ability to confine all searches to a single facet
Added ability to only allow facets to be used once
Added option to disable permalink generation
Refactored database query for faster response times
Fixed bug where multiple parameters wouldn’t be received from permalinks
Fixed bug where URL wouldn’t reset when ‘clear search’ was clicked
Fixed broken “results page” dropdown
Misc. style fixes and normalizing

1.4.5

Fixed bug with text searches

1.4.4

Updated visualsearch.js to latest version
Can now specify remainder preface for text queries
Settings will now be set to defaults on first install
Fixed extra history state being added when navigating to results page from widget
Moved screenshots to /assets/ folder

1.4.3

Fixed bug that prevented radius searches from working properly
Fixed bug that broke in-page anchors on some sites
Misc. bugfixes

1.4.2

Updated options framework to work with new admin styles
Simplified pro upgrade process
Fixed typo in installation instructions
Fixed bug caused by ampersands in permalinks
Fixed PHP notices on multisite installations

1.4.1

Fixed PHP warnings

1.4

Added radius search capability based on ACF Map field
Added ability to confine taxonomy searches to given terms
Added ability to exclude specific post types from results
Added ability to search for addresses stored with an ACF Map field
Added ability to disable autocomplete per facet
Fixed bug where spaces in facet names would break permalinks
Fixed bug where permalinks weren’t updated when last facet was removed
Fixed bug where lowercase terms would appear after capitalized ones
Fixed bug where pressing backspace would sometimes cause the browser to navigate back
Fixed bugs that sometimes prevented premium upgrade

1.3

Added ability to choose either AND or OR logic for query components within the same taxonomy
Added the ability to search for posts based on their ACF checkboxes
Added support for ACF comboxboxes
Upgraded to EDD for licensing and upgrade
Added settings to plugin action links
Fixed bug where taxonomies created by plugins like Taxonomy Manager would generate notices

1.2.1

Misc. bugfixes to 1.2

1.2

Added an alternative square search bar style
Added option to disable built-in taxonomies and revert to a plain text search
Added option to restrict script loading to only pages with search bar
Improved iOS support
Fixed bug where tag search wouldn’t work for some users
Fixed “clear search” icon not clearing results
Fixed wpdb->prepare() notice appearing in WP 3.6
Fixed dropdown items appearing outside of search bar when a term was deleted
Added browser navigation history when moving from widget to results page
Minified visualsearch.js script

1.1.1

Misc. bugfixes to 1.1

1.1

Added support for special characters in facet values
Fixed permalinked searches rendering spaces as underscores
Fixed bug that would cause the “no results” message to not show
Removed iOS/Safari warning message. Update to Safari has fixed the bug.
Added Clear Search Results button option
Added option to disable the facet options popping up on first focus
Added option for placeholder text in the search bar
Fixed bug where search results page wouldn’t load on sites without pretty permalinks
Added option to disable search results highlighting
DB queries updated to support WordPress 3.6
Misc. style refinements and bugfixes

1.0.3

Updates to premium upgrade process
Removed premium ‘teasers’ from options page to comply with repository guidelines

1.0.2

WARNING: If you encounter any problems with this update, check the “Reset options” box and hit Save Changes to restore initial settings.

Sped up load times
Silenced PHP notices when wp_debug was turned on
Fixed bug that prevented option saving with some database configurations

1.0.1

Bugfix release:
Minified spin.js
Moved result highlighting out of php (buggy) and into JS
Fixed bug where warnings would be issued on sites with no eligible meta fields
Removed debugging function in visualsearch.js that occasionally caused conflicts with other scripts
Updated visualsearch.js to v0.4.0
Added default styling to search bar so bar will be displayed before scripts have loaded

1.0

Option to replace WordPress default search
Ability to search in custom taxonomies (with upgrade)
Ability to search in post meta fields (with upgrade)
Searches now generate permalinks
Supports user-created search results templates
Many more tweaks and optimizations

0.4

Can search post tags
Optimized database interaction

0.3

Added options page
Ability to search within shortcodes
Google Analytics integration
Can search by multiple categories (OR)
Option to put scripts in header or footer
Will throw an error if search results shortcode isn’t present on page
Loading animations
Fixed bug where widget wouldn’t display on home page
Misc. performance tweaks

0.2

First public release

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