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Most advice for a slow WordPress search treats it like a slow website, which is why it rarely helps. The delay usually sits in the database query that runs every time a visitor presses search. By default, WordPress turns each search word into a pattern like %word% and checks it against the title, excerpt, and […]

Quotation marks only narrow a search when the search tool knows how to read them. A shopper who types “waterproof hiking boots” into your store’s search bar wants that one product, not every boot that shares a word with it. WordPress’s default search does keep straight-quoted words together, but it only checks post titles, excerpts, […]

Letting readers filter blog posts by author is one of the easiest ways to keep them reading on a multi-author blog. When someone finds a writer they like, they can see everything that person has written in one click, instead of digging through your archive. WordPress gives each writer an author archive, but it shows […]

The WordPress Query Loop block already comes with a Filters panel, but none of it is meant for your visitors. Those taxonomies, authors, and keyword options live in the editor’s block settings, where they decide which posts the loop shows before anyone loads the page. That means a travel blog with a grid of 60 […]

WordPress search indexing issues come in two kinds, and each one lives in a different index. Either Google hasn’t added your pages to its index, or your own search bar can’t find content you’ve already published. The fixes don’t cross over. The WordPress setting that hides a site from Google has no effect on what […]

Creating a WordPress search form for custom post types is one of the most common requests we hear from site owners. If your site contains custom post types other than the default posts or pages, WordPress won’t search them the way you’d expect. Its built-in search looks at each post’s title, excerpt, and content, so […]

If you want visitors to narrow down your products or posts and you don’t have a developer on call, WPFilters gets you there faster. FacetWP is the deeper tool, and it’s the one to reach for if you need distance filtering or you’re running a catalog in the tens of thousands. That’s the whole WPFilters […]

Are you wondering how to exclude pages or posts from site search results in WordPress? By default, WordPress includes all published content in search results, which might not always be ideal. You may have technical pages like login, checkout, or even documentation posts that you don’t want to see in the search results. In this […]

Are you wondering how to search by SKU in WooCommerce? If you run a WooCommerce store, you likely know the importance of keeping your product search fast, accurate, and user-friendly.  While the default WooCommerce search does a decent job, it doesn’t allow customers to search by SKU (Stock Keeping Unit). This can be a problem, […]

Are you wondering how to include shortcode results in WordPress search? Shortcodes are quite popular among the WordPress community. They allow website owners to show dynamic content in any post, page, or sidebar with a few clicks. The shortcodes often contain a lot of useful search-oriented content. Unfortunately, the default WordPress search engine doesn’t consider […]