{"id":64598,"date":"2015-01-20T06:52:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T06:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easy-search-box\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:50:31","slug":"easy-search-box","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easy-search-box\/","author":14238224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"2.0","stable_tag":"2.0","tested":"7.0.5","requires":"4.9","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Easy Search Box","header_author":"Neeraj Khatediya","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-08-05 10:50:31","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/example.com\/","header_plugin_uri":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easy-search-box\/","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/khatediya","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":429,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","changelog"],"tags":{"2.0":{"tag":"2.0","author":"khatediya","date":"2026-08-05 10:50:31"}},"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3635145,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128}},"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["2.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[4939,2109,5185,274504,13844],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[274505],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-64598","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-acf-search","plugin_tags-ajax-search","plugin_tags-live-search","plugin_tags-post-type-search","plugin_tags-search-box","plugin_contributors-khatediya","plugin_committers-khatediya"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/easy-search-box.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

Easy Search Box is a simple yet extremely powerful WordPress search utility. It provides a standard shortcode [nksearch]<\/code> or [easy_search_box]<\/code> to insert a search bar anywhere on your site.<\/p>\n\n

Major Features<\/h4>\n\n
    \n
  • AJAX Live Suggestions<\/strong>: Interactive dropdown showing matches as users type (with full keyboard navigation support: Up, Down, Enter, Escape).<\/li>\n
  • Post Type Targeting<\/strong>: Limit searches to specific post types (e.g. pages, posts, or custom post types like products).<\/li>\n
  • ACF & Custom Fields Search<\/strong>: Search custom post meta (including ACF fields) seamlessly.<\/li>\n
  • Settings Page<\/strong>: Premium admin settings dashboard to manage colors, placeholders, toggle features, and configure searchable fields.<\/li>\n
  • Search Analytics Log<\/strong>: Log and analyze user search terms directly in the admin panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Shortcodes<\/h3>\n\n
      \n
    • [nksearch]<\/code> - Basic search box.<\/li>\n
    • [easy_search_box placeholder=\"Find something...\"]<\/code> - Search box with custom placeholder.<\/li>\n
    • <?php echo do_shortcode('[nksearch]'); ?><\/code> - Place in theme template files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Upload the easy-search-box<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n
      2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n
      3. Configure your preferences under the Easy Search Box<\/strong> menu in the WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n
      4. Add the shortcode [nksearch]<\/code> to any post, page, or widget where you want the search bar to appear.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

        2.0<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Complete rewrite of the search engine.<\/li>\n
        • Added support for searching Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) and custom postmeta keys.<\/li>\n
        • Added live AJAX suggestions dropdown with keyboard navigation support.<\/li>\n
        • Added admin settings dashboard page.<\/li>\n
        • Added search logs and query analytics.<\/li>\n
        • Optimized search database queries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Initial release with basic [nksearch]<\/code> shortcode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Search posts, pages, CPTs, and ACF custom fields with a beautiful live AJAX suggestions dropdown. Includes admin search analytics logs.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/64598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64598"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/khatediya"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=64598"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=64598"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=64598"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=64598"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=64598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}