Changelog
Ajax Search Pro changes and updates
Last updated
Ajax Search Pro changes and updates
Last updated
Even though this is a minor release, it follows up on the previous improvements in 4.27. Most noteable new features are the Block Editor Query Loop and the GeneratePress Query filtering support.
For the full changelog, check out the on the development repository.
Build 5069
Fixes
Advanced Title and Content fields now detect Post Type objects and Post Type object arrays automatically. When objects are detected the title is fetched by the ID field.
Improved the asset loader with a common interface to make sure to avoid known issues with certain ajax requests
Fixed some missing translations
Added a new option to to enable/disable parent/child checkboxes to be automatically checked or unchecked in taxonomy term filters
Fixed an issue where the search block was not present in the Full Site Editor
Added an option for taxonomy term filters: Filtering by parent terms should also include the results from children? If a post from child category is not directly assigned to the parent category as well, this will force the filter to still apply if the parent category is selected.
Added support for Advanced Custom Fields Repeater/Theme Builder fields index and search
Fixed an issue with the PDF thumbnail generator, where the thumbnail was not generated when the default image was selected.
PDF thumbnail generator now also checks for pre-generated thumbnails from WordPress, and use those if available and will also respect the selected image size
Fixed a conflict with WooCommerce ajax cart feature
Fixed an issue with the number range custom field filter - where redirecting to the results page with the empty filter range would end up with "0" values filled in with potential no results.
Fixed an bug with index table taxonomy and custom field search
Fixed a bug where the random ordering was not applied in some cases
Possibly final preparation/bugfix update before 4.27
Post tag filters now allow 10 000 items in the filter box instead of the previous 400
vtt (subtitle) files are now supported for the media search
Fixed an issue with the post type and user meta field search logic
Minor fixes is the internal file manager
Fixed an issue in the CSS generator, where in a specific configuration some assets were not picked up
Fixed an issue where the index table tokenizer looped and took too long to respond
Fixed an issue with the archive page live filter
Divi live pagination will work correctly for custom shop pages
Fixed an issue where some elementor items were duplicated in the container
Fixed a sorting issue with the media search
Fixed an issue where the variation would not show up on the WooCommerce results page
Fixed an accessibility issue with the Isotopic results navigation
Fixed various PHP 8.3 deprecation warnings
Added shortcode output minification, so when using the plugin shortcode in a Shortcode Block the line breaks added by WordPress autop() should be ommited
Many other minor fixes
The advanced content fields now will respect the maximum content length (each field is trimmed to the set length)
Slightly improved the media indexing search
Fixed a directory permission related error
Fixed an issue with the ACF relationship filter parser to account for WPML languages
Fixed an issue with the vertical results scrolling
Fixed an issue with the title autocomplete
Fixed an issue with the WooCommerce results page results count
More efficient nag notices removal from the plugin back-end section
Vertical and Horizontal scrollbars are now displayed as overlay for a nicer output
Changed the results groups output - each group has a separate DIV container with distinctible CSS classes for easier customizations
Added a warning message for the index table settings to not close the browser tab when the indexing is active
Fixed an issue with the date filters
Fixed an issue with some shortcodes for the Index Table
Most cache related files are now moved from asp_upload to asp_cache folder
PDF results text preview length is now correct
asp_perse_filters() memory related issue fixes
Changed the magnifier button inner elements from DIV to SPAN (validation error fix)
The search bar now renders in Gutenberg editor on the back-end under certain conditions
Updated the sidebar on the back-end
Update the font family on the back-end to Roboto and made a few visbility changes
Reverted to a more robust json data parsing method for the frontend
Fixed an issue with an array index for the index table cron jobs
Changed the asp_comact HTML attribute to data-asp-compact so it no longer triggers a HTML validation error
Fixed a file cleanup method for the asset generator
Support for ordering by ID for posts and user results
Synonyms and Additional keywords now support multiple keyword phrases (separated by comma)
Custom field filters - Now properly support ACF Relationship fields
Fixed an issue with the index table search and The events calendar plugin
Fixed an issue with the media file search, where the content field was not correctly fetched when the PDF contents were present
Arabic diacritic recognition for index table engine has been improved
Fixed an issue with the Elementor "load more results" feature
Added an accessibility menu under the Advanced option to control some of the aria-labels, which were not possible to change until now
Keyword highlighter - now works for the search results page too
Keyword highlighter - now instead of using local storage, the asp_highlight query argument is used. This better determines where to use the highlighter, and can be used even globally.
Delete button on the back-end fixed
Added a missing aria-label to the search button
Added an CSS unset for min and max height for the input fields
Fixed an issue with the index table search, where in some cases the results vanished due to a query argument issue with WP_Query
Fixed an issu with the stylesheet loading by forcing the correct protocol
Index Table: better taxonomy term indexing, short taxonomy term names are indexed as whole words as well for more accurate matches
Moved the aggregated asset location to the wp-content/cache/asp/ folder for better server compatibility
Further script size and loading queue optimizations ~12% savings on default configuration
Fixed an issue with the index table search and the generic filters
Filtering of Post Type Archive pages is not supported
Hook for output font CSS: asp_fonts_css
Auto-scroll: When clicking on a results and then the browser back button, then the plugin will automatically scroll back to the clicked result element
Added 3 new themes Rounded Dark Blue, Rounded Light Blue and Rounded Lilac
Removed the input[type=submit] from the search form and changed the magnifier element to a button so it is better targetable with the tab key.
Changed the checkbox "tick" elements from labels to divs for better SEO
Fixed an issue where the plugin would appear "abandoned" in WordFence, when the update information is not available
When using the Media Service for PDF indexing, the plugin now can display the description (from the PDF content) in the live results list. Keyword highlighter can will work with this text.
Fixed an issue with ACF multiselect value indexing
Fixed an issue with SG Optimizer - where the plugin CSS was not parsed by the CSS combine feature
Fixed an issue with the search box alignment
Corrected the search query order according to the actual results order set on the plugin back-end.
Fixed an issue with the "try this" keywords - they no longer trigger the live search, when the trigger is turned off
Fixed an issue where the results container was not initialized in time
OutputBuffer class - isolate OB from the CSS manager code, add hooks to allow access to ob output
Improved asset loader - now the plugin auto-detects where the Fonts/Styles/Scripts should be added. This will save a lot of overhead on pages where the plugin shortcode is not present.
Permanently removed the old legacy scripts - reducing the plugin size greatly
Further improved script loading method
Index Table - now indexes the post type singular and plural names (at title priority). Ex. the user types in "products" then items from the products post type are prioritized
Advanced title and content fields - Made them bigger for convenient editing
Removed some unused image assets
WCAG Improvements - Checkbox filters "label" tag changed to "DIV" instad, so the WCAG readers don't get confused. Search form now also has a role=search added
Fixed an issue with the index table attachment search - where the post type search settings have affected the attachment search settings
Improved some string conversion methods
Fixed a potential bug with the CSS loader
Fixed an issue with the index table, when non-scalar ACF values triggered a warning during the index
Corrected the compact box width calculation
Corrected the compact layout container floating, when using the "absolute" position
Corrected the changelog URL
Fixed some namespace related issues
Fixed an issue which triggered an 500 error message when using Visual Composer (or WPBakery page builder)
Fixed an issue with the Image Parser
Better CSS style loading method selection - Optimal (Inline + File) | Everything File | Everything inline
The live search filter now works on the WooCommerce shop page
The live search filter now works on the Category, Tag and any other Taxonomy archive pages
Greatly improved the title keyword suggestions and autocomplete algorithm
Removed the deprecated old scrollbar script
Better search style loading - by default, the customized search styles are now printed as inline styles. This saves a lot of bandwith, when having multiple search instances. CSS/JS minify plugins are commonly used, and this method gives them better control over each page style.
Changed the autocomplete field for a negative tabindex, so it is excluded from keyboard navigation
Removed the Async CSS loader - it was not effective for proper pageview scores and CDN/Cache plugin providers have far superior solutions
Reorganized Compatibility Panel
For better compatibility, changed the javascript response delimiters to not include "!" characters
Self-hosted all the images - there was an issue reported with slow loading.
"Show more results" text now supporting the {phrase} variable
Major refactoring and reorganizing of the core server side code to meet higher PHP coding standards
Horizontal layout - now correctly displays the result descriptions, whenever images are not available
Fixed an issue with the japanese ideographic space character
Improved the inline script loader for the search instances, so that cache plugins better recognize the difference of the ouptut by pages
Fixed an issue with the BuddyPress xprofie field otpion
The post type filter now allows a "select all/any" option for drop-down and radio values
Compact box layout - can be separately enabled for each device type
Improved the vertical scrollbar visibility
Fixed an issue with the visual keyword highlighter
Fixed an issue with the vertical navigation events not loading properly
The advanced title and content fields are now registered to string translations
Fixed an issue with the elementor products filter, when the initial pagination would not work correctly
Index table - Improved the HTML parser
Added some missing translations - Thank you Domi for pointing them out
Index Table: Improved custom field tokenization process
Synonyms - import from CSV files is now possible
Improved the global event handler script
The updates message now includes a link to the license activation page
Scrollbar script disabled by default - using modern browser scrollbar styling instead
Greatly improved the loading of the single font asset
Removed some CSS overhead on default options
Fixed an issue with the ajax mutation detector for the init script
Fixed an issue with the REST API search results count
Fixed an issue with the auto updater script
Fixed an issue with the compact box closing script, when the search text was also visible
Fixed an issue with the isotopic results URL recognition
Fixed an issue with fixed layouts for the compact box layout
Init method - Using intersection observer for the init script instead of the more costly viewport check feature
Hovering results and settings box positioning - fixed an issue, where the body margin was incorrectly subtracted from the position, when body transformation was not present
Reduced the size of the inline scripts printed
Fixed an issue where the suggested keywords did not trigger the search
Improved the browser pushstate (back and forward) button behavior
Now every existing installation is switched to the new, more powerful non-legacy scripts. The legacy scripts are now deprecated, and will be removed in the next major release.
Changed the main menu slug to asp_main_menu, as it was missing from a specific installation (maybe a conflict with another plugin?)
Fixed a PHP 7 compatibility issue with the REST api
Fixed a few Elementor filtering related issues
Fixed an issue with the search bar width calculation
Fixed an issue with accented characters in the keyword highlighter feature, now accented and non-accented versions should be highlighted correctly
Added an option to update the current URL in the address bar according to the filter states.
Fixed an issue with the index table HTML extractor
Fixed an issue with the DOM manipulator script
Fixed an index table issue, where the results page would be slower, due to incorrect processing of large result sets
Fixed an issue with the attachment search with the regular engine
The index table now properly indexes attachments when uploaded
Fixed an issue with the results width for mobile and tablet devices
PDF parser - fixed an issue with possible HTML tag recognition
Fixed the font loader, now only loads them when needed
Fixed an issue with ACF select filters, where the numeric field keys may not be correctly fetched
Improved the conditional script loader
Fixed an issue with the results auto scroll feature
z-index issue fix for fixed search layouts
Fixed an issue with the google analytics pageview tracker integration
The results information box text container is now a DIV instead of P tagh, because then some HTML is not supported in P tags
Update the live results URL and do a push state for both Elementor and Results page live loaders
Removed an old deprecated IE compatibility code
Fixed an issue with the taxonomy term filters, when the shortcode is used, and the filters are set to invisible
Select2 (select and multiselect filters with search feature) script issue fix - Now allows empty values, when nothing is selected
Index table shortcode parser improvements
Fixed an issue with the offset calculation, when the document body has transformation on it
Added an argument for WP_Query queries named "asp_override" - when set to false, the WP_Query will be explicity excluded from the search override
Added better support for ACF post_object type fields for the frontend filters
Preparations for a future version 4.22 feature - Media Service Subscription - an external document parser feature for the index table engine with a free subscription tear.
Fixed an issue with the visibility detection on the new scripts
Fixed an issue with automatic scrolling feature (to the results, when the search is finished)
Fixed an offset calculation issue
Fixed an issue with saving Divi builder posts when the plugin is active
Fixed an issue with the index table for some custom fields
Fixed an issue with the legacy script and isotopic results
Fixed an issue with the automatic hiding option
Fixed the results page handler - now the post-process script only affects the currently viewed items, instead of all of them, improving the loading time greatly.
Post dates filter - Latest/Earliest post dates not respect attachment dates as well Add an item
Inline script loader - now tries to prevent reloading of inline scripts when the theme uses ajax loaders
Removed the live Changelog/Knowledge Base/Support page links to save bandwidth as well as unneccessary requests
Fixed a container width issue when using multiple search bars
Fixed an issue with results ordering, when accented characters were present
Better Tabless shortcode parsing
Isotopic overlay effects changed to pure CSS animations
Magnifier trigger live search - now respects the minimum character count
Index table and generic filters fix
Index Table - ACF custom field indexing improved for drop-down, checkbox, radio and other select type fields
Increased the modifier by 100 for the "more results" feature to allow displaying 1000x more results from the original 10x (of the results limit)
Fixed an issue with the image parser
Fixed an script issue, where removing the animations would casue sometimes problems on some browsers
Ordering - The ordering of the results (both live and results page) are now correct when using the primary and secondary logic
Fixed a results live loader script issue
Image parser - now gets the product parent image when the product variation has no image
Added an option to focus the search bar on initial page load
Hidden filter labels now does not include the text
Substring creation on live results - now the " ..." suffix is displayed correctly in all cases.
Index Table - Hebrew un-vocalization is now applied when Hebrew text is detected
Index Table - Fixed inline script and style removal from the indexing process, improving the indexing of contents from block editors (like Elementor, Oxygen builder etc..)
Search order is now correct when using index table post type and attachment results
Isotopic results - Now work correctly with top and bottom navigation present at the same time
Custom field date filters - now shows correct value when used using a selected date
Index Table engine - correction for previous release for some special character exclusions
Index Table engine - improved title matching mechanism
The get_asp_result_field(..) function now returns the same exact title, description and link fields as in the live results list in every case
Compact box layout - auto focus is now enabled when the search icon is clicked (can be turned off)
Elementor - load more button and infinite scroll now works on Elementor Posts widget filters
Browser back button - now the plugin tries to scroll back after displaying the results to the last clicked item.
Fixed the load more feature for the non-legacy scripts
Added a missing post tags logic
Fixed an issue with BuddyPress content search on multisite environments
Image parser - now handles array (of images) values from custom field sources
The close (X) button click now triggers the input focus
Statistics - now logging non-live queries correctly
Index Table - Improvements in lower/upper case conversions of multibyte characters
Index Table - Better junk removal in tokenization process
Input autocomlete - now correctly scrolls when the input field is scrolling (long text input)
Search override - now sets the post__in argument in case the results being further filtered by other plugins on the results page
Divi results page filter - now should properly trigger and work together with ajax search pro
Safari browsers - Fixed a "bleeding" corner issue on the input, where a single pixel from the border radius was visible over the parent element
Mobile Safari on IOS 15.1+ - Fixed an issue where a white "blob" is hovered over the input field
Attachment search settings - wrong items shown when regular/index table selected
Result container position issue fixed with the new scripts, when a % value was used in the results container width
Excel and Smalot PHP parser libraries updated to support PHP 8+
Improved Excel Table indexing
Now the image size argument applies to search results images from custom fields
Now the search results and settings position is correct when contained in an element with transition properties
Polylang compatibility fix
Index table attachment search issue fixed
Date filters - now possible to select the earliest and the latest post dates as the default filter values
Ajax Pagination on Elementor widgets
Browser back button - now works with Elementor results
Index table - fixed an issue with title indexing, where the post title was 0 characters long
Fixed the auto populate with the legacy scripts
"use strict" on all javascript files
Eleminated all inline CSS and moved to a separate file instead
Eleminated all jQUery direct handler calls and replaced with .on(..) and trigger(..) on the back-end scripts.
Auto-populate duplicates (when using random order) + more results feature are no longer present
Default search cache interval changed to 30 days instead of 1 day
Fixed an issue with the slider and range sliders init script when used in a cloned pop-up
Datepicker now correctly sets the value when clicked the back button on mobile safari browsers
Keyword exceptions now properly work on multisite setups with index table search
Improved post author name indexing (first, last, nickname and display names)
Improved index table relevance on post titles containing apostrophe type characters
Google Lighthouse optimizations - greatly optimized script loading method, vital CSS optimizations, and font loading optimizations
Corrected the conditional asset loader
Polylang issue fixes - now the results page should respect when the polylang compatibility is turned off
Index Table - added option to update index when post meta is changed (OFF by default)
Elementor - Magnifier & Return actions - Now redirect to first result with elementor
Elementor - when hitting the "reset" button on clearing the search bar or the filters, it should reset back to the original state.
Browser back button - now works without entering a phrase
Removed very old browser compatibility option, which was causing issues
Many of the legacy scripts also reduced in size
PHP 8 Compatibility tests and fixes
Term meta image parser corrected
Fixed a potential security issue with the search import/export feature (CVE-2021-29654 by Synacktiv, Jérôme Mampianinazakason and Julien Egloff)
Custom field filters - checkbox values are now set correctly when redirected to the results page
Keyword highlighter - now works with accented characters as well
Importing from lite - updated to the latest version
Fixed a possible XSS vulnerability
Random results order now works with the index table engine
Fixed an issue with elementor widget paginations
Fixed an issue with Divi builder loading
The swipe handler script has been changed to a much better one
Mobile IOS issue fixes - isotopic results now working properly
Autocomplete - trigger after N characters option
Mobile options - menu auto focus on opening (jQuery selector)
Keyword highligher - now works with live results loader and elementor widgets
Support for Excel 5 (.xls) documents for the index table parser
Mobile - Hiding the search settings is now possible on mobile screens without forcing the "hover" layout
Magnifier and Enter "do nothing" action when Elementor filter
Regular engine - exact title relevance fixes for matches where the search phrase completely matches the title
Index table engine - filtering with a certain configuration with an empty phrase now works correctly
String translation management with polylang - now registers the all strings correctly via the ajax requests
WPML link fixes - bypassing the faulty wpml_permalink hook
Auto updater - now uses a different method to fetch the updates, should work on more installations correctly
Isotopic results - now correctly open on IOS devices
Multisite - Matching post ID issues fixed
Fixed an issue where isotopic results not redirecting correctly
Improved the scroll feature for result page keyword highlighter
Fixed an issue with the aspFilter->add method
Scroll to results feature -> an offset value (+/-) in pixels can be set
Custom field string translations - now the custom field values can be also translated via WPML and Polylang string translations
Single result page keyword highlighter -> an offset value (+/-) in pixels can be set
asp_result_groups filter hook - to access grouped result items and group titles
wp_localize_script - some uses of that function replaced with an internal solution, to prevent cache plugin incompatibilities
Custom field filters - automatic field storage type detection - to avoid issues, where fields are stored as serialized array, and the values may need to be surronded by quote. This mostly affects Checkbox & Select type filters with an exact matching field logic - these should work as expected now.
Index table - exact title query now works correctly with all keyword logics
Fixed any known possible jQuery.migrate deprication warnings
More results feature - Redirecting to elementor results page now works correctly
Results page -> correct URL for attachment results
Index table optimization - removed unused columns, and changed some column sizes for much smaller ones
Context finder function - fixed an issue when the minimum word length is below the first phrase word lenght, the function returned the incorrect (long) string
Better backwards compatibility version detection feature
Scroll to results - a brief viewport check before scrolling to the results was implemented
Russian quotation marks for exact matches are now recognized: «»
Result title CSS - changed the layout to block so the line-height attributes are no longer inherent
Search and Reset button filter CSS fixes
Advanced title and content fields: maxlength attribute now works on {titlefield} and {descriptionfield} as well
Category exclusion/inclusion options - Now double checks for removed taxonomies before saving
Synonyms - Export now generates .json files instead of .txt for better compatibility
Statistics dashboard now working correctly
Visual bug: a debug query was removed from the earlier release
Ordering - by menu order
Individual Priorities - now work with attachment results
Index table - JSON encoded custom field values are now better indexed (objects, arrays etc..)
wp.hooks support in plugin script - allows using filter and action hooks for many javascript variables within the search script
Option to exclude password protected posts (both regular and index table)
asp_query_cpt, asp_query_indextable, asp_query_attachments, asp_query_users, asp_query_comments, asp_query_terms hooks to access the query text [documentation]
"maxlength" attribute for advanced title and content fields
WordPress 5.6 compatible
Exact matching - Full exact matching added (mathing a field exactly, from start to the end)
Index Table - Exact title matches have better relevance
Preparation code for 5.0 update
Custom field filters - {get_values checked} pseudo now works with dropdown and radio filters as well
Image parsing on multisite - now automatically tries to fetch the images from across blogs on the results page
Styling issues on index table panel fixed
asp_load_js & asp_load_css hooks - allows turning off the JS and CSS asset loading programatically
Horizontal results - scrollbar can be disabled
Reset button now properly resets the input field
Oxygen builder compatibility - now the plugin detects the page builder editor, and when it's active, the plugin scripts are not loaded to preserve performance.
Polylang - Now the search redirection URL is correct, when the homepage URL is set to a static page
The search will scroll to the first "This field is required" section when it is not visible on the screen.
Reset button now correctly sets the default state of the checkbox filters (previously unchecked)
Statistics database keyword suggestions - now the correct number of suggestions are returned
Elementor live search - Now can be logged as a pageview in the google analytics tracker.
Fixed an Issue with the statistics dashboard
Removes [embed] shortcodes and embed Gutenberg blocks from live results content
Custom field filter - {get_values checked} pseudo code working properly now
Custom field filter - drop-down filters AND logic now works if the values are stored in separate fields with the same field name
Updater - The "View info" and the "Changelog" links working now
Duplication check and fix script now working correctly
Description missing from grouped results issue fix
Option to display taxonomy term result descriptions Layout -> Results layout >> Results fields
Highlight search keyword on the result pageafter clicking on the result
Layout -> Results layout >> Results fieldsAdded separate fieldset for CPT, Terms, Attachment and User results
Advanced Title and Content fields -> Now all versions moved to the advanced options panel
Custom User resutls URLSuports nicknames as well
aspFilter->add method now supports adding a filter value to a specific position
Results page Live loader issue fixes
asp_show_more_url hook now applies on mobile as well
Elementor sticky menu issues fixed
WordPress 5.5 Compatibility tests
Security fix: Potential XSS issue fixed on the back-end
Security fix: Potential frontend SQL injection fixed
WPML permalinks - now forced to get the correct one in very rare cases
JS - elementor live filter applies jetpackLazyImagesModule() to fix JetPack lazy loaded images
Autocomplete and keyword suggestion improvements when using post titles and taxonomy terms
Image Parser - Now tries to fetch from more image attributes, as well as div elements with thumbnail and other attributes
Polylang String Translations fixed
Hidden search box & Elementor filter conflict fixed, the results box no longer appears
Elementor product filter (displaying product categories) - now correctly only displays products and nothing else
Search statistics trigger & Elementor live search are working correctly now
Conditional CSS loader - Singular post types are now correctly excluded/included
Autocomplete fix, when response body is bloated with emtpy lines
Filtering for is now supported ()
Similarly, filtering for the is also supported ()
Grouping by Taxonomy Terms now applies to Media Files as well ()
Autocomplete is now triggered by the "Tab" key ()
Keyword highlighting now works on live loaded features ()
Added an additional key to the index table "doc" column to make lookups faster ()
Added a warning message to the index table trigger by meta feature ()
Added aria label and role to the checkbox container of front-end filters ()
Fixed an issue where the reset button did not properly reset the autocomplete input ()
Fixed an issue with auto-populate and quoted search queries, where quotes would cause a decoder failure ()
Fixed an issue with the add-to-cart handler in the new , where in repeated queries the add-to-cart would execute multiple times ()
Fixed an issue with the taxonomy "Select all" checkboxes, where in some cases it applies to all taxonomy filters ()
Fixed an issue where on PHP 7.4 the analytics may not load properly due to a type coercion ()
Fixed an issue where the "asp_option_checked" class will not apply to the checked/unchecked checkbox parent option classes ()
Fixed advanced fields on indexed queries ()
This release is focused on greatly improving the , which is an often overlooked feature because of it's complexity. With the new visual tag editor, it should be much more intuitive even for beginner users.
For the full changelog, check out the .
Added a visual tag editor for the Advanced Title and Description fields ()
Added support for Divi Blogs module Live filtering ()
Added an option for result group headers to be clickable links, leading to the group archive page ()
Added automated Singularization/Pluralization feature to the index table engine ()
Improved ACF relationship field indexing ()
Greatly improved predictive keyword suggestions ()
When the Lite version shortcode is used, then Pro will output the first existing search instance after the Lite version is deactivated ()
HTML results output is now filtered through wp_kses_post variation to greatly improve security ()
Added support for plugin ()
Development has moved to PHP 8.4 to ensure compatibility ()
Added wp_cache_get() to some repetitive queries to greatly improve loading performances ()
Improved SEO for the "Load more results.." link ()
Fixed capability checks from newer code recommendations ()
Fixed an issue with the index table, where on large datasets and not using relevance ordering the results would differ from the results page and the live results list ()
Fixed an issue where if the reset button was used along with either an input or range input filter, then hitting "Return" would trigger the reset due to the button being treated as a "submit" type ()
Fixed an issue with Elementor Loop grid and archive page filtering ()
Fixed an issue where the results page override would not trigger on Divi ()
Fixed an issue with user exclusion parameters ()
Fixed an issue with the autocomplete feature, where it would not clear properly ()
Fixed an issue with the keyword highlighter, where quote characters were not properly ignored and the highlighting was not executed ()
Fixed an issue where some data was not correctly wiped during plugin wipe ()
Fixed an issue with a query argument ()
Fixed the duplicated ID resolver script, where in some cases it was not working correctly ()
Fixed an issue with double quoted search phrases ()
Fixed an issue with the REST API where post type filters would affect the results incorrectly ()
Greatly improved Index Table transliteration ()
The preview window is now resizable and responsive ()
Cloudflare Rocket Loader is now fully supported ()
Improved archive page live loaders ()
Fixed some warnings when certain grouping options were enabled ()
Fixed an issue with ACF repeater indexing ()
Fixed an issue with with archive page live loaders ()
Fixed an issue where Cloudflare would block the save request for a false positive match ()
Fixed an issue with the Elementor widget infinite loading ()
Fixed an issue with an override attribute ()
Fixed an issue with Bricks builder, where the plugin was not rendering in live view ()
Fixed a conflict with Yoast SEO sitemap generator ()
Fixed a multisite search issue ()
Added support for GTranslate plugin so results are definitely translated ()
Fixed an issue with BuddyPress search ()
Fixed an issue with WP Rocket integration () - Special thanks to and from WP Rocket team for help
Fixed an issue where multiple search bars using isotopic results layout in a custom position would cause the second bar not to work correctly ()
Image lazy loading is now utilized from the browser loading="lazy" attribute instead of using a custom script ()
Fixed an issue where some cache plugin minifiers would not correctly recognize the output and minify incorrectly ()
Fixed a chmod mask and recursive directory creation issue during activation ()
Added an OpenAPI compatible swagger.yaml file in the plugin root directory for REST endpoint ()
The plugin script output had been greatly optimized by exchanging the current build engine to . The overall package build script had been rebuilt to node.js and npm. ()
Greatly improved Media File Search and fixed an issue where the context and images would not show up on PDF results ()
Fixed an issue where incorrectly set post limits would cause an issue on the back-end ()
Fixed an issue where post tag filters threw an error ()
Fixed an issue where the back-end options post type search was not working correctly ()
Fixed an issue with exact matches ()
User search avatar images source size can be adjusted now ()
Predicted search results can be enabled for the search results page now ()
The is converted to a type safe object with array access for better type hinting for developers ()
Fixed an issue where incorrect column width would cause a crash ()
Added backticks to avoid possible conflicts with reserved keywords within the query ()
Fixed a dependency for the block editor scripts ()
Fixed an issue with custom templating path for multisites ()
Fixed an issue with the index table and the "EXACT AND" keyword logic ()
Fixed minor issue with the input form for some themes ()
Fixed an issue where the asp_option_checked CSS class was not added to the checked checkboxes for the post type filters ()
Fixed a notice which triggers when the search bar was previewed before saving the first time ()
Fixed an issue with the newest IOS Safari and the custom field labels ()
Fixed an issue with the secondary custom field ordering, when used in combination with the primary custom field ordering ()
Fixed an issue with the wp-cache directory mask and creation ()
Updated the API endpoints and methods for the automatic update script ()
Fixed an issue with the index table negative and stop-words ()
Added asp_option_selected CSS Class to parent label elements on Checkbox and Radio filters for better style targeting for developers ()
WPML String Translation compatibility fixes ()
Index table negative keywords now exclude even partial matches to the keyword ()
Advanced Title and Content fields HTML tag improvement updated ()
Fixed an issue with the secondary ordering interface ()
Fixed an issue with the tag filters when using the radio button layout )
Fixed an issue with the random ordering parameter ()
All fixes and issues for 4.26.9 can be found .
Ordering results by Post Modified date asc/desc is possible ()
The index table custom field object indexing has been improved ()
The meta boxes compatibility option now affects the Classic Editor buttons - they are hidden for non-selected post types ()
Fixed a potential with Breakdance editor
Fixed with an option inconsistency
Fixed with the Advanced Title & Content fields HTML tag handler - now the tags should be correctly stripped
Fixed with the taxonomy term checkboxes - where the checkboxes does not get unchecked when they are hidden - regarless if this is enforced.
All issues regarding 4.26.8 .
in Advanced Title and Description fields
Search integration into the native menu system - now it is possible to use the search as a
Added a new argument for the "separator", which is used in joining the values, when the custom field value is an array
Added a new query argument to when using the site language
When using the WooCommerce {_sale_price} in , it will only appear if the item is on sale
Added a few security measures for back-end ajax handlers as well as some page forms ( & )
Added a few new
Check the version for more details about the new features.
Predictive search
(GTM, gtm.js) support for analytics integration
feature now works with
PDF results thumbnail generator with ImageMagick. Please check for configuration.
Changed the theme function signature, now it allows adding the $post argument as second parameter
Please check post for 4.24 feature showcase.
Custom field filters - "range inputs" filter type. Two numeric input fields for price etc.. (see )
Number format for advanced title/content fields, with arguments "type=number", "decimals=0", "decimal_separator='.'", "thousand_separator=',' (see )
Custom Field Filters - Added "is_post_id" argument to the {get_fields} feature, so that custom fields holding post IDs as values can now display the post title as the filter label. Useful with ex.: The Event Calendar Venues etc.. (see )
"is_post_id" as adavnced title/field argument - custom fields holding post IDs as values can now display the post title as the filter label. Useful with ex.: The Event Calendar Venues etc.. (see )
Fixed an issue with the search style when displayed in an Elementor pop-up. In case of style issues please check the documentation for a solution
The URL override faute now works with the Elementor live results as well - until now, the browser address URL always changed, now it does not,
Now each search bar is only initialized when visible on the main window, to improve processing performance. This feature can be turned off .
Massively improved the scripts initial execution time by about 70%. This is a major improvement for google pagespeed insights. Example and .
- the pseudo-variables like {phrase} now can be used multiple times in the text.
Added a basic to access results in a JSON format ()
- An external File Indexing service for the index table engine with a . The Media Service is an external feature to handle very accurate file content indexing for text type, PDF, Office Word, Office Excel and Office Powerpoint files.
The media attachment mime type selection has been reworked to a much simpler option, with a fallback to enter the
Custom field filters - {get_values} now accepts "order", "exclude", "post_type", and "post_status" attributes - to only fetch existing values from given post types, and also allowing exceptions. Check for more information.
The plugin core scripts were completely reworked to work without jQuery dependency (YAY for maximum Google Pagespeed insight scores). Only the select2 and the datepicker scripts require jQuery. The legacy scripts will be maintained until 2022/Q1. If you had the plugin installed previously, the legacy scripts are still remain in use. More information about switching can be found in the documentation.
Fixed issues with the singleton class structures:
Options to