WP Ultimate Search ================== Powerful AJAX-based search alternative which supports faceting queries by taxonomies, terms, and post meta data.

Description

WP Ultimate Search: a highly customizable WordPress search alternative with the ability to autocomplete [faceted search queries](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceted_search).

Features

* Searches post title and body content * Can search by multiple keywords, and by full phrases * Highlights search terms in results * Option to send search queries as events to your Google Analytics account * Facets by post category * Can search in multiple categories (OR or AND search) * Category options are dynamically generated and autocompleted as you type * Attractive and lightweight interface based on jQuery, Backbone.js, and the VisualSearch.js library * Customizable results template using standard WordPress functions * Search through an unlimited number of user-specified taxonomies and meta fields (including data contained in Advanced Custom Fields). * Conduct radius searches against data stored in the ACF Map field (i.e. search for posts within x km of a user-specified location).

Installation

1. Upload the `wp-ultimate-search` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 3. Add a shortcode to a post, use the template tag in your theme, or use the sidebar widget. For additional information, [visit our website](http://mindsharelabs.com/)

Changelog

2.0.3 ------------------------ * Bugfix for Tags 2.0.1 ------------------------ * Added all premium "Pro" features into free version, removed license activation * Added Spanish translation thanks to Andrew Kurtis * Added Russian translation thanks to Andrijana Nikolic 1.6.1 ------------------------ * Fixed missing argument bug in widget 1.6 ------------------------ * Added built in custom results templates (post with thumbnail, title only, thumbnail only) * Added ability to override default settings via shortcode / template tag * Added support for ACF date field * Added support for ACF true/false field * Fixed bug with AND logic and hierarchical taxonomies * Fixed cursor not appearing on initial search bar focus in Square style * Fixed bug where clicking on placeholder text would prevent search * Changed "include" and "exclude" fields to require term IDs instead of names * Continuing style refinements 1.5.2 ------------------------ * Added cancel button next to facets in single facet mode * Dropdown menu no longer appears in wrong location when facets are deleted * "AND" logic now works correctly again * Fixed bug where meta field options wouldn't display properly * Fixed bug caused by using Single Facet Mode with a metadata facet 1.5.1 ------------------------ * Values will no longer appear in dropdown if they're already in use in the search bar * Fixed shortcode outputting contents at top of page * Value dropdown will no longer appear when navigating to results page via permalink 1.5 ------------------------ * Added ability to search for posts by user * Added ability to confine all searches to a single facet * Added ability to only allow facets to be used once * Added option to disable permalink generation * Refactored database query for faster response times * Fixed bug where multiple parameters wouldn't be received from permalinks * Fixed bug where URL wouldn't reset when 'clear search' was clicked * Fixed broken "results page" dropdown * Misc. style fixes and normalizing 1.4.5 ------------------------ * Fixed bug with text searches 1.4.4 ------------------------ * Updated visualsearch.js to latest version * Can now specify remainder preface for text queries * Settings will now be set to defaults on first install * Fixed extra history state being added when navigating to results page from widget * Moved screenshots to /assets/ folder 1.4.3 ------------------------ * Fixed bug that prevented radius searches from working properly * Fixed bug that broke in-page anchors on some sites * Misc. bugfixes 1.4.2 ------------------------ * Updated options framework to work with new admin styles * Simplified pro upgrade process * Fixed typo in installation instructions * Fixed bug caused by ampersands in permalinks * Fixed PHP notices on multisite installations 1.4.1 ------------------------ * Fixed PHP warnings 1.4 ------------------------ * Added radius search capability based on ACF Map field * Added ability to confine taxonomy searches to given terms * Added ability to exclude specific post types from results * Added ability to search for addresses stored with an ACF Map field * Added ability to disable autocomplete per facet * Fixed bug where spaces in facet names would break permalinks * Fixed bug where permalinks weren't updated when last facet was removed * Fixed bug where lowercase terms would appear after capitalized ones * Fixed bug where pressing backspace would sometimes cause the browser to navigate back * Fixed bugs that sometimes prevented premium upgrade 1.3 ------------------------ * Added the ability to search for posts based on their ACF checkboxes * Added support for ACF comboxboxes * Upgraded to EDD for licensing and upgrade * Added settings to plugin action links 1.2.1 ------------------------ * Misc. bugfixes to 1.2 1.2 ------------------------ * Added an alternative square search bar style * Added option to disable built-in taxonomies and revert to a plain text search * Added option to restrict script loading to only pages with search bar * Improved iOS support * Fixed bug where tag search wouldn't work for some users * Fixed "clear search" icon not clearing results * Fixed wpdb->prepare() notice appearing in WP 3.6 * Fixed dropdown items appearing outside of search bar when a term was deleted * Added browser navigation history when moving from widget to results page * Minified visualsearch.js script 1.1 ------------------------ * Added support for special characters in facet values * Fixed permalinked searches rendering spaces as underscores * Fixed bug that would cause the "no results" message to not show * Removed iOS/Safari warning message. Update to Safari has fixed the bug. * Added Clear Search Results button option * Added option to disable the facet options popping up on first focus * Added option for placeholder text in the search bar * Fixed bug where search results page wouldn't load on sites without pretty permalinks * Added option to disable search results highlighting * DB queries updated to support Wordpress 3.6 * Misc. style refinements and bugfixes 1.0.3 ------------------------ * Updates to premium upgrade process * Removed premium 'teasers' from options page to comply with repository guidelines 1.0.2 ------------------------ WARNING: If you encounter any problems with this update, check the "Reset options" box and hit Save Changes to restore initial settings. * Increased load times * Silenced PHP notices when wp_debug was turned on * Fixed bug that prevented option saving with some database configurations 1.0.1 ------------------------ * Bugfix release: * Minified spin.js * Moved result highlighting out of php (buggy) and into JS * Fixed bug where warnings would be issued on sites with no eligible meta fields * Removed debugging function in visualsearch.js that occasionally caused conflicts with other scripts * Updated visualsearch.js to v0.4.0 * Added default styling to search bar so bar will be displayed before scripts have loaded 1.0 ------------------------ * Option to replace WordPress default search * Ability to search in custom taxonomies (with upgrade) * Ability to search in post meta fields (with upgrade) * Searches now generate permalinks * Supports user-created search results templates * Many more tweaks and optimizations 0.4 ------------------------ * Can search post tags * Optimized database interaction 0.3 ------------------------ * Added options page * Ability to search within shortcodes * Google Analytics integration * Can search by multiple categories (OR) * Option to put scripts in header or footer * Will throw an error if search results shortcode isn't present on page * Loading animations * Fixed bug where widget wouldn't display on home page * Misc. performance tweaks 0.2 ------------------------ * First public release