=== Search Live ===
Contributors: itthinx, proaktion
Tags: ajax, ajax search, instant search, live search, search
Requires at least: 6.5
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 3.0.0
License: GPLv3
Donate Link: https://www.itthinx.com

Help visitors find what they need faster with instant search results as they type, including excerpts and thumbnails.

== Description ==

Help visitors find what they need faster with instant search results as they type, including excerpts and thumbnails.

Search Live shows live matches from posts, pages, and other public content, with optional excerpts and thumbnails.

Help visitors find content faster with live search. Matching posts, pages, and other public content appear as people type. Add results to your site’s existing search, or place a search box where you need it. Optional excerpts and thumbnails help visitors spot the right result.

- Shows matching results while visitors type.
- Can search titles, excerpts, content, or a combination.
- Works with posts, pages, and custom post types.
- Lets you choose how many results appear and whether to show excerpts or thumbnails.
- Supports multilingual sites using WPML.
- Can be added through the usual search box, a sidebar widget, or a shortcode.

A smooth interactive experience with immediate results for your site's visitors, making it easier and more efficient to find the right results.

It provides instant **live search results** with thumbnails where matches are found for one or multiple search keywords in titles, excerpts or content, allows to enhance the standard search form with this functionality, provides a flexible shortcode `[search_live]` that can be placed anywhere to provide an interactive search form and a widget for use in sidebars.

The shortcode and widget can be fine-tuned with sensible options to improve the search experience for your visitors.

- Instant search results replace the standard WordPress search form. This is enabled by default but you can turn it off.
- You can use the **shortcode** `[search_live]` to place a search form anywhere.
- You can use the *Search Live* **widget** in your sidebars.
- Supports Custom Post Types.
- Full multilanguage support and compatible with [WPML](https://wpml.org/plugin/search-live/).

*Search Live* can show instant search results including thumbnails and short descriptions or manual excerpts.

Among other useful options, you can determine the number of results shown and whether to search in any combination of titles, excerpts or contents. These can be determined individually for each instance of *Search Live's* shortcode or widget.

*Search Live* supplies results from posts, pages and other public post types.

*Search Live* fully supports multilanguage sites with [WPML](https://wpml.org).

If you want to support our work, please visit our [Shop](https://www.itthinx.com/shop/).

### Feedback ###

Feedback is welcome!

If you need help, have problems, want to leave feedback or want to provide constructive criticism, please do so here at the [Search Live](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/) plugin page.

Please try to solve problems there before you rate this plugin or say it doesn't work. There goes a _lot_ of work into providing you with quality plugins!

Please help with your feedback and we're also grateful if you help spread the word about this plugin.

**Thanks!**

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Share your thoughts and ideas on this tool on the [Search Live](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/) page.

### Translations ###

Brazilian Portuguese translation by [Henrique Avila Vianna](http://henriquevianna.com/).

Many thanks for your help!

If you would like to have your translation added, please [contact](https://www.itthinx.com/contact/) us.

== Installation ==

You can install this plugin directly from your WordPress Dashboard. Go to **Plugins > Add New**, search for <em>Search Live</em> and install the plugin by *itthinx*. Alternatively, you can install the plugin manually:

1. Go to *Plugins > Add New > Upload* and choose the plugin's zip file, or extract the contents and copy the `search-live` folder to your site's `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
2. Enable the plugin from the *Plugins* menu in WordPress.
3. Review the settings under the *Search Live* menu. Please refer to the documentation on how to deploy the `[search_live]` shortcode or the *Search Live* widget.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where is the documentation? =

Please go to the [Documentation](https://docs.itthinx.com/document/search-live/) page.

= I have a question, where do I ask? =

Please ask on the [Search Live](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/) plugin page.

== Screenshots ==

Please visit [Search Live](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/) and its [documentation](https://docs.itthinx.com/document/search-live/) pages.

1. Search Live Example

== Changelog ==

The full changelog is available in the [changelog.txt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-live/trunk/changelog.txt).

== Upgrade Notice ==

Compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
