Custom Search by BestWebSoft – Advanced WordPress Search Bar Plugin Plugin
Add custom post types, taxonomies, and custom fields to WordPress website search results.
Custom Search plugin adds custom post types, taxonomies, and custom fields to WordPress website search results. A quick and easy way to search everything within custom post types, custom fields, and taxonomies. Improve your website user experience today!
Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.
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Installation
Upload the folder custom-search-plugin to the directory /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Plugin settings are available in “Custom Search”->”Settings”.
Go to the Settings page and select post types and taxonomies that you would like to add to the search. For editing the display order of search results, move the elements of the list in the necessary order.
I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?
Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description: – The link to the page where the problem occurs – The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number. – The version of your WordPress installation – Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status
Changelog
V1.50 – 23.05.2024
Bugfix : Small bugs fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.
V1.49 – 06.10.2023
Update : Settings page was updated.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.3.
V1.48 – 26.08.2021
PRO : Settings page was updated.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.
V1.47 – 28.09.2020
NEW : The “[cstmsrch_search]” shortcode is added.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : The bug with the display visible pictures has been fixed.
V1.46 – 30.06.2020
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.4.2.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : Settings page was updated.
V1.45 – 14.11.2019
Bugfix : The bug with wrong table prefix has been fixed.
V1.44 – 04.09.2019
Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.
V1.43 – 13.08.2019
NEW : Ability to search by categories translated using Multilanguage by BestWebSoft has been added.
Bugfix : The bug with the menu displaying on search page has been fixed.
V1.42 – 06.12.2018
NEW : Ability to change search results displaying has been added.
V1.41 – 12.11.2018
Update : The plugin settings page has been changed.
Pro : Abilty to disable search option for certain pages and/or post types has been added.
V1.40 – 09.04.2018
NEW : Ability to search by custom fields has been added.
V1.39 – 29.01.2018
Update : The plugin settings page has been changed.
V1.38 – 25.10.2017
Update : Code that is used to connect filters is added only on frontend.
V1.37 – 08.08.2017
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.8.
V1.36 – 14.04.2017
Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.
V1.35 – 12.01.2017
NEW : Ability to search by term name has been added.
V1.34 – 09.08.2016
Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.6 was updated.
V1.33 – 27.06.2016
Update : BWS panel section is updated.
V1.32 – 15.03.2016
NEW : The Czech language file is added.
Pro : Ability to add custom styles.
V1.31 – 30.11.2015
Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.
Pro : Drag&drop functionality on mobile was fixed.
V1.30 – 25.09.2015
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.1.
V1.29 – 06.07.2015
New : Ability to restore settings to defaults.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
V1.28 – 05.06.2015
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : The Ukrainian and Russian languages are updated in the plugin.
V1.27 – 15.05.2015
NEW : We added checkbox to mark all custom post types in the settings page.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.
V1.26 – 06.03.2015
Bugfix : Bugs with syntax error and undefined function were fixed.
V1.25 – 05.03.2015
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
V1.24 – 05.03.2015
Bugfix : Script file linking was fixed.
Bugfix : We added search variable checking to make sure it is not empty in order to avoid conflicts.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.1.
V1.23 – 26.12.2014
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.
V1.22 – 12.08.2014
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta3.
Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.
V1.21 – 23.05.2014
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
Update : The Ukrainian language is updated in the plugin.
V1.20 – 08.04.2014
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.1.
Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.
Bugfix : Problem with including nav_menu types to the search results is fixed.
Bugfix : Bug with displaying of custom types of deactiveted plugins is fixed.
V1.19 – 07.02.2014
Update : Screenshots are updated.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.1.
Budfix : Problem with search results in back-end is fixed.
V1.18 – 26.12.2013
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.
V1.17 – 25.11.2013
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Bugfix : The error with argument 2 in function array_merge() is fixed.
V1.16 – 31.10.2013
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.7.1.
Update : Activation of radio button or checkbox by clicking on its label.
NEW : Add checking installed wordpress version.
V1.15 – 02.10.2013
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6.1.
NEW : The Ukrainian language file is added to the plugin.
V1.14 – 04.09.2013
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6.
Update : Function for displaying BWS plugins section placed in a separate file and has own language files.
NEW : Added additional links on the plugin page.
V1.13 – 18.07.2013
NEW : Added an ability to view and send system information by mail.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.2.
V1.12 – 24.05.2013
Bugfix : The error related to undefined variable is fixed.
Changed : BWS plugins section.
V1.11 – 06.05.2013
Update : The Spanish language is updated in the plugin.
V1.10 – 17.04.2013
Update : The English language is updated in the plugin.
V1.09 – 20.02.2013
NEW : The Spanish language file is added to the plugin.
V1.08 – 31.01.2013
Bugfix : The admin menu bug is fixed.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.1.
V1.07 – 21.12.2012
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.
V1.06 – 24.07.2012
Bugfix : Cross Site Request Forgery bug is fixed.
V1.05 – 10.07.2012
NEW : The Hebrew language file is added to the plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.4.1.
V1.04 – 27.06.2012
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.4.
V1.03 – 12.03.2012
Changed : BWS plugins section.
V1.02 – 24.02.2012
Change : Code which includes styles and scripts is added to the plugin for correct SSL verification.