Build search forms for different parts of a WordPress site

Ivory Search Premium lets you create unlimited search forms and configure each one separately. Add a form to a header, footer, sidebar, widget area, navigation menu, page, post, or custom post type using a shortcode or another supported placement. Choose a standard search or AJAX results that appear as users enter a query. The inverted index-based search engine is designed for faster search.

Use the WordPress customizer to adjust form colors, text, and styles. The active theme also affects how a search form looks.

Choose what each form searches

Forms can search posts, pages, WooCommerce products, images, files, attachments, and other custom post types. Select fields such as titles, content, excerpts, categories, taxonomy terms and descriptions, custom fields, metadata, and WooCommerce product SKUs. Search can also include shortcode content, TablePress shortcode content, and approved comments.

Premium controls include WooCommerce product variations; posts by selected authors or author show names; post statuses; comment counts; and posts created on a specified date. For media, configure searches for selected files or MIME types, including images, audio, video, PDFs, and documents. Forms can target password-protected posts, posts without passwords, or both.

Refine matching and results

Set exclusions for specific content, post types, or taxonomy terms, and pick which content sources a form uses. Premium settings include keyword stemming, which also searches the base word, and filters for specific files and MIME types. Fuzzy matching can find a complete search term or words that begin or end with it.

Search activity is available in search analytics. Ivory Search also integrates with WooCommerce, bbPress, and TablePress, and works with multilingual search integrations including Weglot, Polylang, and WPML.

Set up a form

Install and activate Ivory Search Premium on a WordPress site, create a form, then choose its content sources, filters, and search behavior. Place it where visitors need it using a shortcode, widget, menu, or another supported site area.