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For example, a search for <code>\u0627\u062d\u0645\u062f<\/code> can find a title containing <code>\u0623\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u064e\u062f<\/code>, and <code>\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0633\u0647<\/code> can find <code>\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0633\u0629<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The normalizer handles these common differences:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Alef forms: \u0627, \u0623, \u0625, \u0622, and \u0671.<\/li>\n<li>Ta marbuta and ha: \u0629 and \u0647.<\/li>\n<li>Ya and alef maqsura: \u064a and \u0649.<\/li>\n<li>Waw\/ya with hamza: \u0624 and \u0626.<\/li>\n<li>Common Arabic diacritics and tatweel.<\/li>\n<li>Common Persian keyboard forms for kaf and ya.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin works automatically with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and other post types when their front-end search uses WordPress's normal <code>WP_Query<\/code> search.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Performance boundaries<\/h3>\n\n<p>The plugin deliberately normalizes only the relatively short <code>post_title<\/code> and <code>post_excerpt<\/code> database columns. WordPress's original <code>post_content<\/code> search remains active, but the plugin does not wrap full content in repeated SQL transformations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Enhancement is skipped and the exact core search is preserved for admin, REST, Ajax, attachment, excluded-term, unusually long, or more than six-term searches. These are performance and compatibility boundaries, not paid limits.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin creates no index, custom table, option, cookie, analytics record, scheduled task, REST route, or external request.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Privacy<\/h3>\n\n<p>The plugin sends no data outside the site and stores no search terms, settings, cookies, analytics, or personal data.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin files to <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/aetos-arabic-search-normalizer\/<\/code>, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen.<\/li>\n<li>Use the normal front-end WordPress search. No setup or indexing is required.<\/li>\n<li>Test representative Arabic searches from your own content before relying on the results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20change%20my%20posts%20or%20create%20a%20search%20index%3F\"><h3>Does it change my posts or create a search index?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. It changes only eligible search SQL while the query runs. It does not alter stored content, create tables, or build an index.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20replace%20wordpress%20search%3F\"><h3>Does it replace WordPress search?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The original title, excerpt, and content conditions remain. The plugin adds normalized title and excerpt matching for eligible Arabic searches.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"why%20is%20full%20post%20content%20not%20normalized%3F\"><h3>Why is full post content not normalized?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Applying many text transformations to every full-content value can make database searches substantially slower. Exact WordPress content matching remains available, while normalized matching is limited to titles and excerpts.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20it%20work%20with%20woocommerce%3F\"><h3>Does it work with WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, when the product search uses the normal front-end WordPress query. 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