Not by default, no. You can however teach SearchWP to index any content you would like (including Author information)

Yes! SearchWP has built-in support for Sources that store data in custom database tables. For more information please review this documentation: \SearchWP\Source

Yes! There is a bbPress Integration Extension that allows bbPress content to be indexed by SearchWP.

Yes! It tries its best. SearchWP will attempt to index all PDFs that contain plain text. It is impossible to guarantee that every PDF can be indexed. If you cannot highlight the text within your PDF, SearchWP cannot read it. Further, if your PDF is encrypted, SearchWP cannot read it. In all cases, you are provided a text field to manage or populate the content of your PDFs.

SearchWP is able to index Office documents (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx) and OpenOffice/LibreOffice documents as well as RTF rich text and plain text (.txt) files.

For more information please see this article Searching PDF, Office, and Text Documents

Yes! Users and User data can be added to any Supplemental Engine. Because WordPress does not natively facilitate User searching, a Supplemental Engine must be used.

SearchWP is based upon a search algorithm based on keyword matches. Upon activation the plugin builds its own index based on terms used in your content. Searches are based on weighted keyword matching. Certain extensions may enhance this behavior, but the foundational principle of SearchWP is keyword matching.

For more information please see How SearchWP Works

NO. SearchWP requires that PDFs & documents be uploaded to your WordPress Media library. In order for SearchWP to index and return results, each entry must have it’s own canonical, WordPress-provided object ID. This ID is assigned when files are uploaded to the Media library, and is essential for SearchWP.

If you are using a document management plugin that stores uploads outside of the Media library of your WordPress install, SearchWP will NOT be able to work with these files.

SearchWP both operates in a multisite environment and can perform cross-site searches. In order to activate your license for each site within the network, the license must accommodate the total number of sites within your multisite installation.

Yes! SearchWP will restrict search results to search phrases that have been wrapped in double quotes. There are some limitations however: find out more about exact match search results.

SearchWP’s indexer is not a crawler. That is to say it does not operate like many search engines (e.g. Google) and it does not load pages of your website to index content. The indexer pulls data directly from the database.

SearchWP was designed from the get-go to work best on small-to-midsize sites. It will work best on a site with anywhere from a few posts to a few thousand. If your website has tens of thousands of posts (e.g. Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types) or even hundreds of thousands I would not recommend using SearchWP.

For more information (including alternative solutions) please see this KB article https://searchwp.com/documentation/knowledge-base/can-searchwp-work-on-a-huge-site/

BuddyPress stores some content (e.g. Activity Stream) in a custom database table, so a custom Source is needed.

Yes, SearchWP can highlight search terms in results and generate excerpts surrounding highlights automatically. More info

Not by default, no. You can however teach SearchWP to index any content you would like (including Author information)

Yes! SearchWP has built-in support for Sources that store data in custom database tables. For more information please review this documentation: \SearchWP\Source

Yes! There is a bbPress Integration Extension that allows bbPress content to be indexed by SearchWP.

Yes! It tries its best. SearchWP will attempt to index all PDFs that contain plain text. It is impossible to guarantee that every PDF can be indexed. If you cannot highlight the text within your PDF, SearchWP cannot read it. Further, if your PDF is encrypted, SearchWP cannot read it. In all cases, you are provided a text field to manage or populate the content of your PDFs.

SearchWP is able to index Office documents (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx) and OpenOffice/LibreOffice documents as well as RTF rich text and plain text (.txt) files.

For more information please see this article Searching PDF, Office, and Text Documents

Yes! Users and User data can be added to any Supplemental Engine. Because WordPress does not natively facilitate User searching, a Supplemental Engine must be used.

SearchWP is based upon a search algorithm based on keyword matches. Upon activation the plugin builds its own index based on terms used in your content. Searches are based on weighted keyword matching. Certain extensions may enhance this behavior, but the foundational principle of SearchWP is keyword matching.

For more information please see How SearchWP Works

By default SearchWP takes over native WordPress search (no modifications are made to your existing search forms) so autocomplete is not implemented automatically. SearchWP Live Ajax Search can be installed and added to your search form to provide live search results.

By enabling partial matching SearchWP will apply partial word matching with can achieve the effect of predictive search.

NO. SearchWP requires that PDFs & documents be uploaded to your WordPress Media library. In order for SearchWP to index and return results, each entry must have it’s own canonical, WordPress-provided object ID. This ID is assigned when files are uploaded to the Media library, and is essential for SearchWP.

If you are using a document management plugin that stores uploads outside of the Media library of your WordPress install, SearchWP will NOT be able to work with these files.

Yes! SearchWP will restrict search results to search phrases that have been wrapped in double quotes. There are some limitations however: find out more about exact match search results.

SearchWP’s indexer is not a crawler. That is to say it does not operate like many search engines (e.g. Google) and it does not load pages of your website to index content. The indexer pulls data directly from the database.

Keyword stemming is much more advanced than chopping words into arbitrary chunks that match either the beginning or the end of a word. Stemming is an active process based on the language of the term itself. Terms are checked for a suffix (e.g. “ing”, “ed”, etc.) and the base of the word is determined and used as a proper stem.

For a detailed explanation of keyword stemming please see this Wikipedia article.

For example:

baseball does not have a stem of base (in fact it has no stem at all)

fishing does have a stem of fish

What about partial word matching?

SearchWP does support partial word matching that is not restricted to the rules of stemming.

SearchWP was designed from the get-go to work best on small-to-midsize sites. It will work best on a site with anywhere from a few posts to a few thousand. If your website has tens of thousands of posts (e.g. Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types) or even hundreds of thousands I would not recommend using SearchWP.

For more information (including alternative solutions) please see this KB article https://searchwp.com/documentation/knowledge-base/can-searchwp-work-on-a-huge-site/

SearchWP does not directly display search results, it only provides new results for your theme to display. SearchWP does not modify your existing search results template in any way.

Upon activating SearchWP, your search results will display in exactly the same way they did before activating SearchWP, but SearchWP tells WordPress which results to include.

To customize your search results you need to edit your theme’s search.php (or create search.php if it does not exist) and you can customize your search results in any way you would customize another template within your theme using The Loop.

Supplemental search engines are covered in depth here: Setting up a supplemental search engine: step by step

BuddyPress stores some content (e.g. Activity Stream) in a custom database table, so a custom Source is needed.

Yes! It tries its best. SearchWP will attempt to index all PDFs that contain plain text. It is impossible to guarantee that every PDF can be indexed. If you cannot highlight the text within your PDF, SearchWP cannot read it. Further, if your PDF is encrypted, SearchWP cannot read it. In all cases, you are provided a text field to manage or populate the content of your PDFs.

SearchWP is able to index Office documents (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx) and OpenOffice/LibreOffice documents as well as RTF rich text and plain text (.txt) files.

For more information please see this article Searching PDF, Office, and Text Documents

NO. SearchWP requires that PDFs & documents be uploaded to your WordPress Media library. In order for SearchWP to index and return results, each entry must have it’s own canonical, WordPress-provided object ID. This ID is assigned when files are uploaded to the Media library, and is essential for SearchWP.

If you are using a document management plugin that stores uploads outside of the Media library of your WordPress install, SearchWP will NOT be able to work with these files.

Please see Searching PDF, Office, and Text Documents

Yes, you may upgrade your license at any time. Simply click the link in your Account area to Upgrade and pay the difference in cost. This does not constitute a renewal, so your license will expire on the same date.

SearchWP licenses may not be resold. Licenses belong to the purchaser and can not be resold or repurposed unless explicitly approved in writing.

Absolutely not. SearchWP will continue to serve you well even after your license has expired. Inactive licenses simply will not receive automatic updates or access to SearchWP support.

No. Licenses remain active for one year from the date of purchase. SearchWP uses a subscription to renew the licenses automatically on a yearly basis.

When purchased, all licenses are active for one year from the date of purchase. When licenses expire, you will no longer receive access to updates or support.

SearchWP both operates in a multisite environment and can perform cross-site searches. In order to activate your license for each site within the network, the license must accommodate the total number of sites within your multisite installation.

Yes, please see the appropriate section in the Terms.

Development and staging sites are exempt from license activation limits. There are certain assumed TLDs and domain patterns that are automatically accounted for, but if your development/staging site cannot be activated because you have reached your site limit please open a support ticket requesting that your URL be added to the license.