Title: Search Live Author: itthinx Published: October 8, 2015 Last modified: December 20, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/search-live/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1261897) ![](https://ps.w.org/search-live/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1261897) # Search Live By [itthinx](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-live.2.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/) ## Description **Search Live** supplies effective integrated live search facilities and advanced search features. This plugins delivers 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). We are working on an extended version that will provide enhanced features. If you would support our work using a premium version, we would love to hear from you. Please share your enthusiasm by leaving a comment on the [Search Live](https://www.itthinx.com/plugins/search-live/) page, follow [@wpsearchlive](https://twitter.com/wpsearchlive) and browse 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!** #### Twitter Follow [@wpsearchlive](https://twitter.com/wpsearchlive) for updates on this plugin. Follow [@itthinx](https://twitter.com/itthinx) on Twitter for updates on this and other plugins. ### 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. ## Screenshots * [[ * Search Live Example ## Installation You can install this plugin directly from your WordPress Dashboard. Go to **Plugins > Add New**, search for _Search Live_ 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. ## FAQ ### 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. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/267a589a2bc59b0abf90e8a8fd8a92602b038ff3c2db5cdd3277b631d29970fa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[OK](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ok-816/)󠁿 [edwin12345678](https://profiles.wordpress.org/edwin12345678/) August 7, 2022 OK ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e7c32dfaf8d7f68d332e600caa62f3a74465c7b8f01a563538ee58596c026536? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-2669/)󠁿 [wpashu3363](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpashu3363/) April 28, 2021 It works for me ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/44ef8efcc7758b87ddb249e13f1e3b9816127d5ce5bc0d9a149b04d0adac5ae3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works for me!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-for-me-340/)󠁿 [zelenka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zelenka/) May 16, 2019 I needed a search that’s not redirected to a classic search results page. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cb388e1900e8fee717953779e1a498cb5a0a1b228bca074f716a83272fd54f98? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-plugin-555/)󠁿 [merlind](https://profiles.wordpress.org/merlind/) July 18, 2018 Leicht zu handhaben – passt super. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f22fe6ae9f956d4383b50a23eb464228fb430326d4927cc5735a9341c8807b32? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[it is a great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-is-a-great-plugin-10/)󠁿 [isabelleroger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/isabelleroger/) June 2, 2018 Thanks for this wonderful and easy plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c58caa3889167abd2b860b5af20060eb079d733462156efdfa6db8b04f322b8d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Search Live is a very good and useful plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-live-is-a-very-good-and-useful-plugin/)󠁿 [ibrahimbyalli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ibrahimbyalli/) November 24, 2017 thanks to author [ Read all 29 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Search Live” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ itthinx ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) * [ Kento ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proaktion/) [Translate “Search Live” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-live) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-live/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-live/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-live/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-live/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog The full changelog is available in the [changelog.txt](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-live/trunk/changelog.txt). ## Meta * Version **2.0.0** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/) * Tags * [ajax](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)[ajax search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax-search/) [instant search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/instant-search/)[live search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-search/) [search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-live/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 29 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-live/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ itthinx ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itthinx/) * [ Kento ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/proaktion/) ## Support Got something to say? 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