Findstr is an open-source WordPress extension built on the Meilisearch open API, offering a fast, accurate and flexible search and filtering experience. This extension stands out for its ease of use, performance and minimal impact on your database. Findstr also offers a powerful, lighter and more customizable solution than major players like Algolia.
With Findstr, discover features that enhance the user experience, such as autocomplete, instant search (in less than 100ms), search suggestions, automatic indexing, field weighting, relevance criteria customization, and an administrative interface for filtering your catalogs, directories, and dynamic lists.
Autocomplete
Findstr’s built-in autocomplete tool speeds up query entry by suggesting terms and phrases as soon as you start typing, reducing the effort required to find information.
The extension also corrects spelling and typing errors and excludes stop words (the, a, or…), helping users formulate more precise and relevant queries.
Filtration
Findstr doesn’t just provide a simple search engine for your WordPress site; it also integrates faceted filters. These offer your users an intuitive and effective way to refine their online searches, allowing them to quickly target the most relevant results.
Faceted filters simplify navigation through vast sets of data by segmenting information according to multiple criteria such as category, price, or brand. By improving the accuracy of results, they optimize the user experience and reduce the time spent searching.
Customization
Findstr offers a powerful administrative interface that allows you to customize the tool to meet your business needs. You can manage synonyms and stop words, create and index a dictionary, index the content of PDFs, and define rules to improve the relevance of search results, among other advanced features.
Moreover, with Findstr, you have the ability to index search results from other sites or APIs directly into your WordPress structure. Consult our technical documentation to discover all the advantages of this solution.
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Gutenberg Blocks
Findstr natively includes Gutenberg blocks, making it effortless to add a search bar to any page of your WordPress site or even in your navigation.
Integrations and compatibility
Findstr is compatible with WordPress versions 6.2 and higher, as well as with PHP 7.4 and later versions, and allows the creation of bilingual sites.
In addition, the extension is integrated with other popular market solutions such as Advanced Custom Fields, WPML, WooCommerce, and the WordPress Gutenberg content editor.
