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Custom Content Search

🔎 A lightweight, customizable WordPress plugin for implementing real-time search functionality using AJAX. Built with performance and simplicity in mind.

by Esteham H. Zihad Ansari · github.com/esteham/search-plugin · website

★ 8stars

Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/esteham/search-plugin/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/esteham/search-plugin ↗

🔎 WordPress Search Plugin

A lightweight, easy-to-use WordPress plugin that enables real-time search functionality on your site. Built with clean code and a modular structure, this plugin helps users find content instantly using AJAX-powered filtering.

🌟 Features

  • ✅ Live search with instant AJAX results
  • 🧩 Shortcode support for easy placement ([search_plugin])
  • 🔧 Clean admin configuration (if applicable)
  • 🎨 Minimal styling to fit any theme
  • 📄 Works with posts, pages, or custom post types

🛠️ Installation

  1. Download or clone this repository:

    
git clone https://github.com/esteham/search-plugin.git

 Upload the plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

 Activate the plugin via the WordPress admin panel.

 Use the shortcode [search_plugin] anywhere in your posts/pages.

📦 Usage

Place [search_plugin] where you want the search box to appear.

The plugin will fetch results via AJAX as users type.

You can customize post types, result layout, and more (if settings provided).

📁 File Structure

search-plugin/ ├── includes/ │ ├── class-search-plugin.php │ └── ajax-handler.php ├── assets/ │ ├── css/ │ └── js/ ├── search-plugin.php └── readme.txt

🚀 Customization Ideas

Add filters for post types or categories

Support for WooCommerce products

Highlight matched keywords in results

Multilingual support (WPML/Polylang)

👤 Author

Esteham H. Zihad Ansari 📍 Dhaka, Bangladesh 🔗 GitHub: @esteham 🧪 Compatibility

✅ WordPress 5.0+

✅ PHP 7.0+

✅ Compatible with most themes and builders

📜 License

Licensed under the MIT License. 🙌 Contribute

Have suggestions or improvements? Feel free to fork this repo and open a pull request!

Developed with ❤️ by @esteham Email : eshasan1287005@gmail.ocm