{"id":20067,"date":"2018-11-20T10:43:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=20067"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:46:37","slug":"wordpress-autocomplete-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-autocomplete-search\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Autocomplete Search Setup Guide: No Code Required!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Want to add WordPress autocomplete search<\/strong> functionality to your website? You know – where visitors start typing in their query and your site automatically helps them finish their search and\/or suggests content that matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Google, Amazon, and tons of other sites use this approach because it offers visitors a helpful search experience. And with the right WordPress autocomplete search plugin, you can add the same functionality to your site. \ud83e\uddd1\ud83c\udffd\u200d\ud83d\udcbb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the end of this post, you’ll be able to add live search functionality to any WordPress site, including WooCommerce stores and many custom post type setups. \ud83c\udfac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\ude80 Quick setup:<\/strong> install Ajax Search Lite<\/a>, choose which post types to search, configure what appears in the live results, style the search box, and then add it using the block, shortcode, theme replacement option, or template code.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What you’ll use to add WordPress autocomplete search functionality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An example of the WordPress autocomplete functionality that you’ll be able to add to your site. You can see both the autocomplete and the content suggestions.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After having tested several plugins to help you add live search to WordPress, we settled on Ajax Search Lite<\/em> because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n