Title: WP Live Post Search
Author: saurav.rox
Published: <strong>March 11, 2019</strong>
Last modified: March 13, 2019

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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.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-live-post-search.svg)

# WP Live Post Search

 By [saurav.rox](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sauravrox/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-live-post-search.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-live-post-search/)

## Description

WP Live Post Search is a really handy plugin which provides live search functionality.
The plugin provides a search form and anything entered will be searched live through
all the posts/pages and page/post title with link is displayed as result.

## Installation

#### Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
 2. Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
 3. Select `wp-live-post-search.zip` from your computer
 4. Click ‘Install Now’
 5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

#### Using FTP

 1. Download `wp-live-post-search.zip`
 2. Extract the `wp-live-post-search` directory to your computer
 3. Upload the `wp-live-post-search` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

## FAQ

  How to use?

*Using Shortcode: Use

    ```
    [WPLS_SEARCH_FORM]
    ```

to display the search form any where in your site including posts/pages or widget.

  How to change what to search?

*Paste the below code to your theme’s functions.php file:

    ```
    <?php
    function change_the_search_post_type()
    {
        $posttype= 'post'; //change according to the requirement on what to search
        return $posttype;
    }
    add_filter('wpls_change_post_type_search','change_the_search_post_type');
    ?>
    ```

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Live Post Search” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ saurav.rox ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sauravrox/)
 *   [ Milan Hamal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mhamal/)
 *   [ Asmita Subedi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lilasmita/)
 *   [ bibeksth ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bibeksth/)
 *   [ Anup Shakya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anupshakya/)
 *   [ srextasagar32 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srextasagar32/)
 *   [ Nabin Jaiswal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nabinjaiswal/)
 *   [ sandeepregmi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sandeepregmi/)

[Translate “WP Live Post Search” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-live-post-search)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.1.22**
 * Tags
 * [ajax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)[ajax search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax-search/)
   [live](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live/)[live search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-search/)
   [search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-live-post-search/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ saurav.rox ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sauravrox/)
 *   [ Milan Hamal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mhamal/)
 *   [ Asmita Subedi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lilasmita/)
 *   [ bibeksth ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bibeksth/)
 *   [ Anup Shakya ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anupshakya/)
 *   [ srextasagar32 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srextasagar32/)
 *   [ Nabin Jaiswal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nabinjaiswal/)
 *   [ sandeepregmi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sandeepregmi/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-live-post-search/)