Title: Ajaxy Instant Search
Author: Naji Amer
Published: <strong>July 29, 2024</strong>
Last modified: August 11, 2024

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Search plugins

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Ajaxy Instant Search

 By [Naji Amer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/n-for-all/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ajaxy-instant-search.6.0.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajaxy-instant-search/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajaxy-instant-search/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajaxy-instant-search/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajaxy-instant-search/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajaxy-instant-search/)

## Description

 * This plugin is a an ajax live search that uses the same theme as facebook search,
   it uses ajax to get results from wordpress.
 * 4 themes have been added one light and one dark to fit most blogs need and i 
   am also available to customise each theme to suit your blog.
 * this plugin can search categories, post tags, post types, taxonomies and supports
   woocommerce products search and more to go.

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 1. Go to plugin, click add new and search for ajax live search, Alternatively you 
    can upload `ajaxy-instant-search` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

-Styles are broken?

Each theme has its own styles and might conflict with the search form styles.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Ajaxy Instant Search” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Naji Amer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/n-for-all/)

[Translate “Ajaxy Instant Search” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ajaxy-instant-search)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajaxy-instant-search/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ajaxy-instant-search/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ajaxy-instant-search/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ajaxy-instant-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 3.1.0

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades
    ```

#### 3.0.8

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades
    ```

#### 3.0.8

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades, a new Light Theme added
    ```

#### 3.0.7

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades
    ```

#### 3.0.6

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades
    ```

#### 3.0.5

    ```
    minor fixes and upgrades
    ```

#### 3.0.4

    ```
    Code enhancemend, backend enhancments, speed, more quality code and much more
    Quick View of New Features:
        WooCommerce search
        Author Search
        Taxonomy Search
        Right to Left Languages Support for arabic and farsi
        Localization Support
        Shortcode Generator
        Enhanced Search and code
        Custom Fields Template tags are added
    ```

#### 3.0.0

New Features:

    ```
    Shortcode [ajaxy-live-search] added with parameters:
        label // search label
        width // input field width
        border // input field border
        credits // whether to show or hide author credits
        show_category // whether to show or hide category results in search box
        show_post_category // whether to show or hide post_category results in search box
        post_types // limit search to post_types ( comma seperated list of post_type names)
        searchUrl // customize the search url, (%s will be replaced with the search value)
        delay // delay time before searching
        iwidth // input width or the width of the input field
        width // width of the search results field
        ajaxUrl // ajax url to call plugin functions

    multiple shortcodes can be inserted on same page
    ```

#### 2.2.9

#### 2.2.8

Support for wordpress > 3.5, remove filter option to get_search_form is added

#### 2.2.7

blank theme added

#### 2.2.5

fix for WPML exclude results

#### 2.2.4

fix for WPML sorting results

#### 2.2.3

add dismiss option to remove promotion message from admin backend

#### 2.2.2

 * strip shortcodes
 * reset settings
 * errors and warning removal
 * fix for search content
 * fix for excluding pages
 * new filters and actions added

#### 2.2.1

Adding support for ajaxy search tracker to track search keywords

#### 2.2.0

 * bug fixes

#### 2.1.9

 * fix for content search

#### 2.1.6

 * specify the id of existing search box and ajaxy with implement the search there.
 * fixed custom scrollbars.
 * hide on page resize.
 * qtranslate with Live Search.

#### 2.1.5

 * display posts results under category, example if you search for category “cat”,
   all posts under this category will be shown under “cat” section, to enable this
   search mode, go to templates, edit the category template and set “Show “Posts
   under Category” to show.
 * added scrollbars for more results and less size.

#### 2.1.4

 * Basic support for WPML plugin
 * Fixed Excluding show posts under each template to show all posts
 * Fixed javascript bug that conflicts with other themes scripts

#### 2.1.3

 * Fixed search url for latin characters

#### 2.1.2

 * Fixed invalid url when clicking enter in the search form input box

#### 2.1.1

 * Added the ability customise the “see more results” box and to change the search
   url
 * Added the ability to sort out the results returned in the frontend

#### 2.1.0

 * Added the ability to remove specific categories/post types from the search

#### 2.0.2

 * fixed carriage return “on click”

#### 2.0.1

 * fixed styles for twentyeleven theme

#### 2.0.0

 * Added themes support
 * Added widget box
 * Added results box settings to be independent from the search form settings
 * Multiple search forms can work on the same page
 * Added cropping to images + fetching image from within content if there is no 
   featured image
 * Added a preview page so that the settings can be viewed on the admin page
 * Used wordpress default list table for a better usability

#### 1.0.5

 * fixed taxonomy search to return result for same taxonomy

#### 1.0.4

 * Added Search post tags and custom taxonomy

#### 1.0.3

 * fixed some bugs with css to be compatible with all blogs

#### 1.0.1

 * fixed some bugs with css
 * fixed some bugs with the script (show more button)

#### 1.0

 * First version. Basic stable version.

 1. Search categories
 2. Search custom post types
 3. Templates customisable from backend

## Meta

 *  Version **6.0.4**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [ajax search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax-search/)[category search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-search/)
   [facebook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/facebook/)[live search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-search/)
   [Predictive Search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/predictive-search/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajaxy-instant-search/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Naji Amer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/n-for-all/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ajaxy-instant-search/)

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