Ajax Search Pro is a highly customizable, powerful ajax search engine for WordPress. It’s an all around search plugin, which supports posts, pages, custom post types and much more… The plugin provides a customizable frontend settings interface for users. By ticking a few checkboxes the user can change the behaviour of the plugin – like looking for exact matches, including/excluding certain post types, categories or custom taxonomies (like product categories)

Featured list:

  • 300+ possible options on admin panel
  • 60+ pre-defined fully customisable themes
  • Vertical / Horizontal / Polaroid and Isotopic styled results list
  • Multiple search plugins on one page – You can configure all of them separately!
  • Google Keyword Suggestions on no results, witch a language selector
  • Responsive width
  • Search caching & image precaching for better performace
  • Search in public custom fields
  • Results filtering by custom taxonomies, custom fields
  • Search relevance options with adjustable weight values
  • Retina ready SVG icons
  • WPML support
  • Google Analytics Integration module
  • Scroll-to-results option
  • Keyboard navigation for vertical results
  • Multiple instances of search boxes are now possible
  • Better preview
  • Shortcode buttons on the Post editor
  • Better image options and image handling
  • Hooks – Filters & Actions for developers
  • For the full list see the changelog down below!
  • Search statistics page
  • Default search text
  • Intelligent image parsing (possible from post featured image, post content, post excerpt, possible to set priorities as well)
  • Custom Post Types support – You can select which post types do you want to search! Tested with BBPress!
  • qTranslate compatible
  • Font, color, border, box shadow options
  • Keyword Highlighting in search results
  • Works in templates and in post and pages as well
  • WPBakery Page Builder addon included
  • Search widgets also included
  • Preview window on the admin page
  • Mobile support
  • Frontend Search options popup
  • Possible to search in Posts, Pages and Products (WooCommerce, Jigoshop, WP-ecommerce)
  • Image caching + TimThumb for alternative solution
  • Very easy installation and set up
  • Powerful api for controlling the search from other frontend applications
  • jQuery powered, for the best possible compatibility
  • Show more results link below the search box
  • WordPress 3.5+ compatibility!
  • Multisite support!
  • Search autocomplete with search statistics or google keywords!
  • Error checking module
  • Shortcodes can be executed in search results
  • Search result content HTML tag stripping is possible
  • Category selectors on the frontend – It’s possible to filter the posts by categories
  • You can select custom fields as post title and description
  • Post grouping by category or post type!
  • Search in comments
  • It’s possible to exclude categories or posts from the search!
  • Stable, custom built jQuery for maximum compatibility
  • Shortcodes strippable/executable in results
  • Supports pages with categories/taxonomies