New Feature: Choose what fields to search in settings. By default, Admin Search searches post titles and bodies, searches can now be extended to any public custom fields
New Feature: Search by taxonomies
Extended natural language searches. More date options, including “between 01/01/20 and 01/01/26”, “before 01/01/26”, “after 01/01/20”, “last 2 weeks”. These can be combined with query searches such as “corgi facts between 01/01/20 and 01/01/26”
Tested on WordPress 7
1.4.2
Fixed an issue where pasting text from some sources may also paste the style
1.4.1
Tested up to 6.7
Added a filter hook to add taxonomies to the searchable fields. This can be hooked into using admin_search_taxonomies, this hook has two arguments: $taxonomies (a list of taxonomies being searched, this is empty initially) and $post_type (returns the current post type being searched so you can optionally apply the filter to a specific post type). Searching taxonomies significantly delays the return of results, it is not recommended you use this unless you’re willing to wait for your results.
Fixed issue with javascript function toggle instantly closing search box after opening
1.4.0
New Feature: Introducing search suggestions! Now, whenever you search using a term with 9 or more characters and it returns results, it will be added to a database. The more you search that term, the higher it will rank. When you start typing 3 or more characters into the search box, autocomplete will display if it matches a term in the database, hit the right arrow key to apply it. This feature is disabled by default, go to Settings > Admin Search to enable it
A new setting to enable or disable auto searching has been added. Typically, search results start displaying as you type, you can now disable this and only show results by hitting the enter key
Many UI updates and some improvements to the mobile interface
Fixed issues with hotkey handling. Navigating the results with the up and down keys is improved, hitting the right arrow key and the enter key behave better depending on what is in focus
The search input has been switched from a traditional HTML input field and form to a contenteditable div, this shouldn’t affect most users but may affect OS or browser settings and extensions that alter the way inputs work. Testing is ongoing
Added support for WP_Block post type
Removed the user display as setting. Users will be displayed using their username from now on
Reduced the default result count to 5. This can still be increased to show more results initially
Disabled Ctrl + S and Cmmd + S keyboard shortcut due to conflicts with WordPress and browser functionality
Fixed PHP8 related issues
Fixed an issue where default settings weren’t applied when first installing and activating the plugin
Fixed an issue where no message is displayed if there’re no results
Fixed an issue where multiple results are focussed initially
Fixed an issue with an undefined value displaying on the account setting page
Tested on WordPress up to version 6.5.3
1.3.3
Fixed visual issues with media results
Updated donation link
1.3.2
Tested on WordPress up to version 6.4.4a
Added Woocommerce SKU field as searchable field
1.3.1
Minor fixes to broken text styles
1.3.0
Results can be previewed from within the search box
Extended search to include post names (this is also known as the post slug, typically used in the post’s permalink)
Added the admin_search_fields filter to include or exclude searchable fields. Current searchable fields include: post_title, post_name, post_excerpt and post_content
Added the admin_search_meta_queries filter to include meta queries as searchable fields. This can be used to add custom fields to the list of searchable fields
These changes necessitated the addition of a custom WP_Query parameter, replacing s with as_s. If you have previously added a filter which references or modifies the s parameter, it will need to be updated to as_s (as simple as replacing old with new)
The Search Box is now moveable
1.2.3
Fixed an issue with alignment when viewing on the front end
Fixed an issue where admin menus with no sub menus were not working correctly in the search results
1.2.2
Fixed an issue that could cause results not to be displayed if no post types are selected in settings
1.2.1
Tested on WordPress 6.1.2
Pressing the escape key with search results open will now clear the search rather than closing the search box. Hitting the escape key with no results will close the search box completely
Fixed an issue that could cause an error to be displayed on the settings page if no post types are enabled
Fixed an issue that could throw a 500 error if a taxonomy did not have an associated post type
1.2.0
New Feature: Additional search results can now be loaded within the search box. If a source has more results for a query than the Result Count limit, a load more button will appear below those results
New Feature: An option has been added to the user profile page which allows users to hide their profile from searches. Admins and other users with the edit_user capability can toggle this option for other users
New Feature: Search for items by their ID by typing a hashtag followed by the ID. Eg. Searching #889 will list the item with that ID
New Feature: A link to the native WordPress admin search page is displayed at the top of each results group
New Feature: A shortcut to the Admin Search settings page now appears in the search box when hovering over the search bar
New Feature: Add status: followed by a post status such as published, draft or pending after your search term to only see results with that status. This is limited to post type results
Update: Tweaks to the design, including an increased width and height, larger typography and improvements to colors
Update: External websites can now be labelled using a new filter. For example: google.com appears as Google. To add a label, use: admin_search_website_titles, learn more about this filter on the plugin page on WordPress.org
Update: New filter hook admin_search_sources allows developers to add, modify or remove search sources
Update: New filter hook admin_search_{Post Type}_query allows developers to add, modify or remove arguments from the WP_Query arguments for a specific post type. This is a dynamic filter, replace {Post Type} with the name of the post type you wish to filter
Update: New filter hook admin_search_{Term}_query allows developers to add, modify or remove arguments from the WP_Query arguments for a specific term. This is a dynamic filter, replace {Term} with the name of the term you wish to filter
Update: New filter hook admin_search_pre_results and admin_search_post_results allows developers to add or modify items in the results array before or after other results are appended to the array respectively
Update: Links for plugin help and ways to support the plugin have been added to the footer on the plugin settings page
Update: The Result Count options have been changed and the unlimited option removed entirely. The default Result Count value is now 10, your current Result Limit is unchanged until you update it on the settings page
Update: The minimum query length has been decreased from 3 to 2 to accomodate ID searches
Update: Users are now searchable by ID
Fix: Addressed an issue causing post, page and attachment results to display in searches when all post types are disabled
Fix: Addressed inconsistencies in the accessibility of the search box
Fix: Started adding support for keyword highlighting on comments, users and admin page results. This is still WIP and may not show for every result, especially if the keyword is in the content but not in the title
Fix: Improved user access. Eg. now only users who have the capability to edit other users’ posts can use Admin Search
Fix: The query string has been added to all filter hooks allowing developers to reference the search query in the filter hook callback
1.1.4
Fix: Addressed an issue causing the search box to display when typing in an input
Fix: Addressed an issue causing result titles to be hidden when a forward slash was used in the search query
1.1.3
Update: Tested on version 5.9 of WordPress
1.1.2
Update: Tested on version 5.8 of WordPress
1.1.1
Update: The search UI is now centered and the scrim is removed. This makes it easier to access or view content on the page when the search UI is open
1.1.0
New Feature: Users are now searchable (by username, display name, email address or role)
New Feature: Posts can now be searched for by author
New Feature: Posts can now be searched for by date (year, month, or day posted, or posted before or after a date). This supports most date formats
New Feature: External websites can be added to search results. When performing a search, links to the external websites will be displayed, this is useful for including links to search results on other websites
New Feature: The Admin Search is now accessible on the front end of the website. This can be enabled or disabled in the Admin Search settings
Update: Taxonomies are now individually selectable
Update: Admin menu searches now search the actual admin menus rather than a static list. This is still in beta and is disabled by default, this does not currently work when searching from the front end of the website
Update: A new filter has been added to modify the search query string: admin_search_query
Update: A new filter has been added to modify the users query: admin_search_users_query
Update: The colors of the search UI have been updated to match the WordPress color update. Additionally, developers can customize the search UI colors using CSS variables
Update: The search UI colors now match the current admin color scheme (except for the Light scheme)
Update: General CSS updates (mostly for mobile and smaller browser sizes)
1.0.3
Fix: Addressed javascript error thrown when Admin Search is disabled
Update: Tested on version 5.7 of WordPress
1.0.2
Fix: Added correct version number to stylesheet and script URLs
Update: Tested on version 5.4 of WordPress
1.0.1
Fix: Limit is now applied to each post type, not the total number of posts returned
Update: Plugin has been tested back to WordPress 4.9.2
