WP Search

WPSearch 2 is the missing site search for your WordPress installation. Install this plugin if you need a fast, relevant, google-like search.

Author:Kenny Katzgrau (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:3.2.1
Plugin version:2.0.4.0
Added to WordPress repository:08-07-2008
Last updated:25-10-2011
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, %:40
Rated by:1
Plugin URI:http://codefury.net/projects/wpSearch/
Total downloads:28 014
Active installs:60+
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WPSearch 2 is a major update to the highest rated search plug-in for WordPress, WPSearch. This plugin focuses on search relevancy and speed.

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The major features of WPSearch 2 are:

* Super-fast search speed
* Unmatched and customizable search relevancy
* Control over boosting the importance of title and content fields
* Instantly updated searching after a post has been written
* Searching of any type of post
* Wildcard and Boolean operator support
* Category searching

Requirements:

* WordPress 3
* The iconv library/multibyte support (Usually installed/enabled on a server by default. If not, have an admin compile PHP with --enable-mbstring).

Coming soon!: Exclude certain posts or categories (a long-standing feature request).

Note:

If you have a large site with over 10,000 posts, consider using WPSearch Premium, which has all the power of this free repository version, but can handle up to 500,000 posts under heavy load and faster speed with it's low-level backend driver. To learn more, email kenny@oconf.org.


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