Title: Frontend File Search and Secured Lite
Author: haohunter
Published: <strong>July 9, 2025</strong>
Last modified: July 10, 2025

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Search plugins

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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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# Frontend File Search and Secured Lite

 By [haohunter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/haohunter/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite.1.0.7.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/)

## Description

Frontend File Search and Secured Lite lets you expose a real-time file search interface
on the front end of your WordPress site. Visitors can type a query and see matching
media library items instantly via AJAX, without page reloads.

Upgrade to the Pro version for advanced filters, previews, bulk downloads, statistics,
role-based access and more!

Buy PRO now  **[Upgrade to Frontend File Search and Secured Pro Today! ](https://antigymclub.gumroad.com/l/FrontendFileSearchandSecuredpro)**

### Shortcode

[ffssrd_file_search]

### Free Version Includes

 * Real-time AJAX search as you type
 * Configurable allowed image types (JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF)
 * Fixed maximum of 5 results
 * Optional direct download links

Buy the PRO version here 
 https://antigymclub.gumroad.com/l/FrontendFileSearchandSecuredpro

### PRO Version Includes

 * One-time purchase—lifetime license, no recurring fees
 * Configurable allowed types (JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, DOC, DOCX, ZIP, TXT)
 * In-browser previews for PDFs and images
 * Results Per Page
 * Gutenberg block and sidebar widget

## Screenshots

[⌊Front-end search box⌉⌊Front-end search box⌉[

Front-end search box

[⌊Live search results⌉⌊Live search results⌉[

Live search results

[⌊Pro date-range filter (Pro only)⌉⌊Pro date-range filter (Pro only)⌉[

Pro date-range filter (Pro only)

## Installation

 1. Upload the frontend-file-search-secured-lite folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Adjust Allowed File Types and Enable Download in Settings  File Search Lite.
 4. Insert the shortcode [ffssrd_file_search] into any post or page.

## FAQ

### Can I upgrade to the Pro version from Lite?

Yes! Purchase lifetime access to Pro here:
 https://antigymclub.gumroad.com/l/FrontendFileSearchandSecuredpro

### Can I limit search to a single file type?

Yes. Go to Settings  File Search and select only the extensions you wish to allow.

### How do I prevent visitors from downloading certain files?

Disable the “Enable Download” option in Settings  File Search.

### Does the plugin work without jQuery?

The Lite version uses jQuery for compatibility. The PRO version offer a vanilla-
JS option.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Frontend File Search and Secured Lite” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ haohunter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/haohunter/)

[Translate “Frontend File Search and Secured Lite” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release with core real-time search features.

**Ready to take your WordPress site to the next level?**
 **[Upgrade to Frontend File Search and Secured Pro Today! ](https://antigymclub.gumroad.com/l/FrontendFileSearchandSecuredpro)**

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.7**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [ajax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)[files](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/files/)
   [Frontend](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/frontend/)[media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)
   [search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-file-search-and-secured-lite/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ haohunter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/haohunter/)

## Support

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