Add more features and more control over default WordPress search. Search Everything, a WordPress plugin increases default search functionality of your WordPress site in three easy steps.
- Install and activate this plugin.
- Visit your Dashboard->Settings-> Search Everything.
- Set the simple configuration settings. Click Save and that’s all.
It also offers a preview search button that you can use before saving your settings. It also offers a reset button. Following are the search features that you can add using Search Everything:
Basic Configuration Features:
- Search every draft (YES/NO)
- Search every author (YES/NO)
- Search every excerpt (YES/NO)
- Search every tag name (YES/NO)
- Highlight Search Terms (YES/NO)
- Search every comment (YES/NO)
- Search every attachment (YES/NO)
- Search comment authors (YES/NO)
- Search every custom field (YES/NO)
- Search custom taxonomies (YES/NO)
- Highlight Background Color (YES/NO)
- Search approved comments only (YES/NO)
- Search every category name and description (YES/NO)
Advanced Configuration – Exclusion:
- You can exclude Categories from search results.
- You can add Full Highlight Style from search results.
- You can exclude some post or page IDs from search results.