Searchly Documentation

Overview

Instant product search: suggestions with image, price and SKU while customers type, matching categories and a See all results link.

• Results while typing
• Images, prices and SKU
• Fast, no external service

Best for: Stores with many products, references or variations

Installation

1. Download searchly-live-search.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, WooCommerce 7.0+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• Results after two letters, with image, price, SKU and stock
• Search by product name, description and SKU (variations included)
• Matching categories and a See all results link
• Keyboard navigation (arrows, Enter, Escape) and accessible combobox
• Replaces the WooCommerce product search widget and block, optionally the WordPress search block
• Fast: lightweight REST endpoint, browser cache, no external service
• Shortcode [searchly] for any page

Shortcodes

Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.

• [searchly]

Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• searchly_categories
• searchly_product_visible
• searchly_query_args
• searchly_replace
• searchly_sanitize

add_filter( 'searchly_categories', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• searchly_admin_after_form
• searchly_admin_before_form
• searchly_admin_form_end

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions