Title: Product Search Category Redirect Author: Kestrel Published: May 25, 2021 Last modified: January 29, 2025 --- 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. ![](https://ps.w.org/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=2968690) # Product Search Category Redirect By [Kestrel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kestrelwp/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect.1.4.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/) ## Description With this extension when someone searches for products and their search terms match a product category then they will be redirected to that product category instead of the search results. This is useful if you have products which do not contain the product category name in the title or description as those products wouldn’t appear in search results when someone searches for the product category name. #### Features * Redirects search terms to product categories when matched * Search term to category match can be in any order * Lightweight and no configuration required #### Usage There are no settings to configure with this extension, once it is activated just try a product search for a product category and you will get redirected to that product category instead of seeing the search results. For example, if you have a premium hoodies category then search for premium hoodies( or hoodies premium) and it will redirect you to the premium hoodies category instead of showing you the search results. Note that the redirect will only work if you are using the standard WooCommerce product search which has URLs like this: `?s=search-term&post_type=product`. ## Screenshots [⌊Before activation, no results for hoodies as no products have titles or descriptions with hoodies included, only hoodie⌉⌊Before activation, no results for hoodies as no products have titles or descriptions with hoodies included, only hoodie⌉[ Before activation, no results for hoodies as no products have titles or descriptions with hoodies included, only hoodie [⌊After activation, redirects to the hoodies product category⌉⌊After activation, redirects to the hoodies product category⌉[ After activation, redirects to the hoodies product category ## Installation Before using this product on a production website you should thoroughly test it on a staging/development environment, including all aspects of your website and potential data volumes, even if not directly related to the functionality the product provides. The same process should also be completed when updating any aspect of your website in future, such as performing installations/updates, making changes to any configuration, custom web development, etc. Always refer to the changelog before updating. #### Installation Please see [this documentation](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#installing-plugins-1). #### Updates Please see [this documentation](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/manage-plugins/#updating-plugins). #### Minimum Requirements * PHP 7.4.0 * WooCommerce 8.5.0 * WordPress 6.3.0 #### BETA Functionality We may occasionally include BETA functionality, this is highlighted with a `(BETA)` label. Functionality with this label should be used with caution and is only recommended to be tested on a staging/development environment. The functionality is included so users can test the functionality/provide feedback before it becomes stable, at which point the `(BETA)` label will be removed. Note that there may be occasions where BETA functionality is determined unsuitable for use and removed entirely. #### Caching If you are using any form of caching then it is recommended that the cache lifespan/ expiry should be set to 10 hours or less. This is recommended by most major caching solutions to avoid potential issues with WordPress nonces. #### Screen Sizes * Frontend: Where elements may be displayed on the frontend they will fit within the screen width * Backend: Where interfaces may be displayed it is recommended to use a desktop computer with a resolution of 1920×1080 or higher, for lower resolutions any interfaces will attempt to fit within the screen width but some elements may be close together and/or larger than the screen width #### Translation We generally recommend [Loco Translate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/loco-translate/) to translate and/or adapt text strings within this product. #### Works With Where we have explicitly stated this product works with another product, this should only be assumed accurate if you are using the version of the other product which was the latest at the time the latest version of this product was released. This is because, while usually unlikely, the other product may have changed functionality which effects this product. ## FAQ ### Nothing happened after activating? There are no settings to configure, see the usage section above to try out the redirects. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/69f0ca80cb352d4d5fe982dc9614e57490e1616982cf0f0cee10fb5730872ad7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great little plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-little-plugin-329/)󠁿 [broder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/broder/) December 20, 2022 2 replies Great little plugin to redirect exact match search queries to dedicated category pages (I always found the default behavior really stupid). Would be even more awesome if it would let you select synonyms for certain categories / queries. Paid version perhaps? Thanks to creator. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Product Search Category Redirect” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kestrel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kestrelwp/) [Translate “Product Search Category Redirect” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.4.2 – 2025-01-29 * Update: Author to Kestrel * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 9.6.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.7.1 #### 1.4.1 – 2024-11-02 * Update: Composer configuration * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 9.3.3 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.6.2 * Remove: Donate information #### 1.4.0 – 2024-08-23 * Add: .pot to languages folder * Add: Requires WooCommerce dependency header * Update: PHP requires at least 7.4.0 * Update: WooCommerce requires at least 8.5.0 * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 9.2.2 * Update: WordPress requires at least 6.3.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.6.1 #### 1.3.3 – 2024-07-09 * Update: composer.json and composer.lock to woocommerce/woocommerce-sniffs 1.0.0 * Update: Installation and updates information in readme.txt * Update: phpcs.xml codesniffs * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 9.0.2 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.5.5 #### 1.3.2 – 2024-04-10 * Add: Translation information in readme.txt * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 8.7.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.5.2 #### 1.3.1 – 2024-03-08 * Add: BETA functionality information to readme.txt * Add: Caching information to readme.txt * Add: Donation information to readme.txt * Add: Works with information to readme.txt * Update: Screen sizes information in readme.txt * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 8.6.1 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.4.3 #### 1.3.0 – 2024-01-16 * Add: WooCommerce Cart/Checkout blocks compatibility * Update: Changelog consistency #### 1.2.2 – 2023-12-18 * Update: Changelog keys * Update: Code consistency * Update: Development assets * Update: PHP requires at least 7.3.0 * Update: WooCommerce requires at least 7.9.0 * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 8.4.0 * Update: WordPress requires at least 6.1.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.4.2 #### 1.2.1 – 2023-09-19 * Update: Header assets * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 8.1.1 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.3.1 #### 1.2.0 – 2023-08-02 * Add: High Performance Order Storage (HPOS) compatibility if WooCommerce version is 8.0.0 or higher, note that this version includes several changes for HPOS compatibility, it is recommended you perform this update on a staging/development environment before updating the extension on a production website regardless of whether HPOS enabled, HPOS and the compatibility in this extension are very new, use with caution * Update: Development assets * Update: PHP requires at least 7.2.0 * Update: WooCommerce requires at least 7.3.0 * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 7.9.0 * Update: WordPress requires at least 5.9.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.2.2 #### 1.1.3 – 2022-12-23 * Update: Minor dashboard string changes * Update: WooCommerce tested up to 7.2.2 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.1.1 #### 1.1.2 – 2022-10-21 * Update: Redirect now uses wp_safe_redirect * Update: Code refactoring * Update: PHP requires at least 7.0.0 * Update: WooCommerce requires at least 5.0.0 * Update: WordPress requires at least 5.4.0 * Update: WordPress tested up to 6.0.3 #### 1.1.1 – 2022-04-23 * Update: Code refactoring * Update: WordPress tested up to 5.9.3 #### 1.1.0 – 2022-03-25 * Add: wcpscr_product_search_category_translation function * Add: WooCommerce not installed/activated notice * Update: WordPress tested up to 5.9.2 * Fix: Translations (if included in future) may not load due to load_plugin_textdomain not hooked on init #### 1.0.1 – 2021-05-27 * Add: Check for empty product categories before attempting redirect * Update: Plugin headers and readme #### 1.0.0 – 2021-05-25 * New: Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.4.2** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 6.3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * PHP version ** 7.4.0 or higher ** * Tags * [product search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-search/)[woocommerce search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce-search/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wcpscr-product-search-category-redirect/reviews/) ## 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