Description

The most powerful search and filter plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce. It replaces the standard WordPress search and adds autocomplete, spell correct, PDF search, and image search to your WordPress site or WooCommerce Store. It also adds a completely free voice search capability to your site. For more information visit Expertrec.com

This search plugin provides a highly customizable search engine and UI, and a lightning-fast search experience. It also adds search filters and a result page automatically. You can also search multiple websites (your own subdomains and/or other domains) from the same search bar. Expertrec is one of the best eCommerce searches which lets your users search in all languages as it supports multi-language.

You can build and configure your own WordPress search user interface without coding. Please note that this is a paid plugin (plans begin at $9 per month) and that you may try out a free demo for a duration of 14 days. However, you can continue using the voice search feature for free even after the trial period ends.

Features:

Superfast search results
WooCommerce product search
Custom fields search
Free voice search
Relevant search results
Search Filters and Facets
Image search
PDF search
Custom Search engine rules
No-code UI Customization
Quick and easy configuration
Fast typeahead autocomplete search suggestions
Popular queries in suggestions
Search Ranking control
Advanced word matching and typo correction
Natural Language Search
Personalized search
Search Analytics
Learning search algorithms that continuously gets better
Highlighting Search term
Responsive – works across mobile, tablet, desktop, and android app
Supports 30+ Languages
Search multiple websites or subdomains
Add to cart from search

About
ExpertRec helps create beautiful search experiences for WordPress sites and WooCommerce Stores. To take our search engine live, you can follow the instructions in this article: How to install expertrec’s WordPress search plugin

Screenshots

Installation

Install the plugin from within the Dashboard by navigating to ‘plugins’ -> ‘Add new’ menu in the Admin panel and searching “WP Fastest Site Search”. Or, upload the directory wp-fastest-site-search and all its contents to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin from the ‘Plugins’ menu.
Once the plugin is activated, go to the ‘Site Search’ menu in the Admin panel.
Leave ‘Site URL’ and ‘Indexing way’ as it is unless required to change and click on ‘Continue’.
Authenticate with your Google account to create Expertrec API.

That’s it! Your brand new WordPress search is up and running. Upgrade to a paid plan within 14 days for uninterrupted services from here.For detailed installation instructions, check this article.

Pricing
Price begins at 9 USD per month. For complete pricing details click here. Voice search is free to use.

FAQ

Knowledge Base

You can find solutions and answers at the ExpertRec Knowledge Base.

What is my API Key?

A common mistake is to think that your API key is the same as your email ID or web URL. API key is a unique identifier that you get when you make an account with ExpertRec. This key is used to identify and power your search. You can read more about getting your API key here.

Why is the search bar not appearing?

Have you activated the Site Search plugin?
Is your API Key correct? Get API key here.
Are you on a custom theme? Some themes may not have a search by default or may interfere with the plugin. In this case you may have to add code manually from here.
Contact Support

Does the search bar support live search / ajax search?

Yes, the ExpertRec site search plugin is a live search plugin and it will support AJAX search.

Do I need an account to make a Custom Search Engine

Yes, you will need to sign up with ExpertRec to get your API key. Once you have this, you will be able to add the custom search engine to your website.

Can I use this on my Woocommerce store?

Yes, ExpertRec site search does support Woocommerce search. The steps for installation are exactly the same. The search bar will intelligently detect Woocommerce and make the neccessary changes to get a better search experience suited to eCommerce.

Does it support voice search?

Voice search is supported by the ExpertRec site search widget on Chrome browser. Support for Firefox is in beta and can be made available on request.

Is voice search free to use?

Voice search is entirely free to use. During the 14-day free trial you can test out the full capability of the search engine. After that, you can continue using the voice search along with the default WordPress search. It is recommended that you take a paid plan for getting maximum performance.

Can I search multiple websites or multiple subdomains using this plugin?

Yes, you can do both. Using this plugin your search bar will give results from both your main domain and all subdomains. You can also selectively choose which of your subdomains should be included in the search results. If you wish to search a completely separate domain, then this can also be done by adding the new domain to the list of URLs to crawl.

Is there any addtional charges for searching multiple URLs?

No, all charges are based on the total number of pages in the search index. There is no limit on the number of domains that you can add.

Reviews

oyondo Mar 9, 2023

With a lot of content all search plugins we've tried becomes slower as more content we have. With this plugin the search is fast, reliable and user friendly. Very easy to setup without any hassle and a free trial. The Customer Support is excellent and very helpful. I highly recommend it!

sydneyguillaume Feb 9, 2023

I love that they give you the opportunity to try it first. I did and I loved it. I had some things I didn't want to come up in the search and contacted customer service about it - they were very helpful and responded quickly. I highly recommend this plug-in!

dcper Jan 20, 2023

I have nothing but good things to say about this company. I just moved to a new server and hosting company, I had a problem with my search. I went on live chat and immediately was greeted with a person that helped me get my search working again. But then I had a more complex issue on my end that a new person (Product Manager) came on line and helped me get through it. I love this plugin and their support is fantastic! A great combination you should try. Thanks guys.

Xandro Aug 30, 2022

Voice search is really a must have feature for modern websites for better UX. I hope the developer works on this project continuously to improve it. As I can see WP Hive Insights shows JavaScript issues, compatibility issue with PHP & WordPress.

paulschaeff Aug 8, 2022

I launched this search on my site and have been very pleased with the amount of customization of the search and the helpfulness of support. I do not know of a better search for the cost.

milosmili1234 Jun 30, 2022

Was looking for some time for a solution to keep my Woo theme's search bar, to enhance the look, as well as to speed the search which is slow using the theme's conventional ajax and js. The idea to crawl a site prior to displaying search results is not new, but this guy did a marvel: completely customized, keeping my theme's search bar without changing any code, just added a small js snippet in the <head>. AS a business manager it wasn't easy for me to do any customization, but these guys helped me and I recommend them!

Contributors & Developers

“WP Fastest Site Search” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Expertrec

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Interested in development?

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Change log

4.1.30

Optimized logging for crawl based integration.

4.1.29

Added capability to change default batch size for WP ECOM Customer
Ajaxified the selection of the Existing/New Search Bar option on the Dashboard Page.

4.1.28

Display message when indexing is in progress
Improve messaging in Home page

4.1.27

Added checkpoint for backend logs
Removed update button for Search Bar setting

4.1.26

Improved logging

4.1.25

Updated checkpoint for logs file

4.1.24

Added Search Results page customization support

4.1.23

Improved performance
Optimized scripts and flow

4.1.22

Improved scripts addition

4.1.21

Change feedback form
Improved home page
Resolved layout and Index option issue
Added logs

4.1.20

home page improvement
prioritising WooCommerce products
crawl status improvement

4.1.19

home page update
input batch size option

4.1.18

taxonomy improvement

4.1.17

plugin events updates
updated/improved logs
indexing improvement

4.1.16

Released on 26th Aug 2022.
Handled errors and warnings.

4.1.15

Released on 19th Aug 2022.
Improved post types counting

4.1.14

Released on 19th Aug 2022.
Improved shortcode removal.

4.1.13

Released on 11st Aug 2022.
Added support for indexing PDF in real time.

4.1.12

Released on 1st Aug 2022.
Improved error reporting of plugin.

4.1.11

Released on 13th July 2022.
Plugin version shown in UI.
Improved error reporting of plugin.
Improved progress of indexing in UI.
Improved feedback form.

4.1.10

Released on 30th June 2022.
Restricted plugin script’s scope to wordpress admin panel only.
Improved indexing of attributes having date.
Fixed custom fields indexing issue.

4.1.9

Released on 24th June 2022.
Auto detection of indexing option for woo-commerce.
Improved text labels in plugin UI.

4.1.8

Released on 17th June 2022.
Added feedback form to capture the user experience when the plugin is deactivated.

4.1.7

Released on 9th June 2022.
Fixed indexing issue for PHP version less than 7.2.
Removed “Only dropdown” support from the plugin’s layout tab. Users can still select that from Expertrec’s dashboard.
Removed excessive logging.

4.1.6

Released on 2nd June 2022.
Support for custom fields.
Addressed Empty content post issue in a page.

4.1.5

Released on 30th May 2022.
Adopted composer.
Improved error reporting of plugin.

4.1.4

Released on 12th May 2022.
Fixed advanced tab buttons issue.
Improved support for currency and WooCommerce brands.
Improved plugin activity for activation, deactivation and uninstallation.

4.1.3

Released on 5th May 2022.
Minor fix.

4.1.2

Released on 3rd May 2022.
Re-indexing products whose stock status changes from in-stock to out-of-stock and vice versa.

4.1.1

Released on 22nd April 2022.
Fixed issue with first time indexing.

4.1.0

Released on 20th April 2022.
Added support for Woocommerce.
Added Google sign-in.
Completly different UI from the older plugin.
Improved and faster search with database indexing.