Init Live Search – A Fast, Lightweight, and Smart Search Plugin for WordPress

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Changelog

• 1.8.7 – 404 Smart Redirect & Unified Resolver
  • New Auto Redirect 404 to Best Match option:
    • Automatically redirects 404 pages to the most relevant post using the Init Live Search relevance engine
    • SEO-safe: redirects only when a valid match is found, preventing loops or incorrect mappings
    • Theme-friendly: fully optional and toggleable via a checkbox in the settings panel
  • Multi-post-type support for smart redirect:
    • Respects the plugin’s Post Types to Include configuration
    • No longer locked to post; works seamlessly with custom post types
    • Redirects only to published posts that belong to the allowed post type list
  • Deep integration with the unified post type resolver:
    • 404 redirect now uses init_plugin_suite_live_search_resolve_post_types() for consistent behavior across features
    • Fully filterable via init_plugin_suite_live_search_post_types
    • Allows themes/plugins to enforce or modify post types without touching core code
  • Code quality improvements & PHPCS compliance:
    • Fully sanitized handling of $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] (unslash + sanitize + no raw usage)
    • Standardized function prefixes: init_plugin_suite_live_search_*
    • Eliminated InputNotSanitized warnings by separating raw and sanitized variables
• 1.8.6 – Shortcode Enhancements & Code Quality
  • Shortcode [init_live_search] upgraded:
    • New attributes added: width, max_width, align, id, name, aria_label, button (show/hide), improved radius handling
    • Users can now customize UI directly from the shortcode — no CSS required
    • Backward-compatible: existing shortcode setups continue working as before
  • Security & code quality improvements (PHPCS / SQL):
    • Escaped all dynamic attribute outputs (id, class, style, …)
    • Converted raw LIMIT $internal_limit to LIMIT %d inside SQL
    • Fixed placeholder warnings by passing correct parameter count to $wpdb->prepare()
    • Scoped PHPCS ignores — only where required, without bypassing the entire file
  • Developer experience improvements:
    • Cleaner handling of dynamic IN() placeholder lists
    • No changes in search logic or performance — just safer and cleaner code
• 1.8.5 – WooCommerce UX Consistency
  • Fixed issue with the .ils-cart-btn button in search results:
    • Previously, clicking the button for Simple Products triggered the wc-ajax=add_to_cart endpoint and returned a JSON response instead of redirecting
    • Now, all product types (Simple, Variable, Grouped, etc.) consistently redirect to the product page
    • Ensures unified behavior across all WooCommerce product types in live search results
  • Improved user experience (UX):
    • Maintains consistent “View Product” behavior across all items
    • Prevents JSON response or AJAX error pages when clicking “Add to Cart” inside live search
  • Acknowledgment: Special thanks to m0n0brands for reporting and helping confirm this issue!
• 1.8.4 – Dev Filter & Post Type Handling
  • New developer filter:
    • Added init_plugin_suite_live_search_post_types hook for themes/plugins to modify the post_type list
    • Allows extending, overriding, or enforcing specific post types as needed
    • Example: always include manga in search results without affecting plugin settings
  • Code quality improvements:
    • Standardized return values with array_values(array_unique()) to prevent duplicates
    • Ensured clean output without leftover array indexes
    • Maintained full backward compatibility with all existing APIs and shortcodes
• 1.8.3 – Stability & PHPCS Compliance
  • Critical bug fixes:
    • Fixed the /coupon REST endpoint that could cause 500 Internal Server Error when encountering expired or overused coupons
    • Ensures only valid, active coupons are returned, preventing crashes across the REST API
  • Code quality improvements:
    • Added explicit PHPCS ignores for complex SQL queries (placeholders, interpolated variables, and direct queries)
    • Logic remains unchanged for performance reasons, but static analysis false positives are now suppressed
    • Improved clarity and compliance with WordPress Coding Standards without requiring heavy refactors
  • Overall stability enhancements:
    • Improved parameter validation in dynamic queries to reduce edge-case errors
    • Lower risk of conflicts or unexpected crashes when running in strict environments (e.g. hosting with full PHPCS scans enabled)
    • Backward compatibility fully preserved for all existing APIs, shortcodes, and template overrides
• 1.8.2 – AI Related Posts Engine v2
  • Upgraded AI algorithm to algo version v2:
    • Replaced the single freshness signal with dual signals: recency (vs. now) and time_gap (vs. source post)
    • Introduced MMR (Max Marginal Relevance) diversification for a better balance between relevance and diversity
    • Automatically filtered and deduplicated candidates, ensuring only publish posts are included
  • Performance improvements:
    • Pre-cached post, meta, and term data to reduce N+1 queries
    • Safer weighted-random RNG for more stable and deterministic selections
    • Cache keys now include versioning for easier invalidation when the algorithm changes
  • Extended developer API:
    • Filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_half_life_recency to adjust the decay curve of the recency signal
    • Filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_half_life_gap to adjust the decay curve of the time_gap signal
    • Filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_mmr_lambda to fine-tune the relevance ↔ diversity tradeoff
    • Filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_selected to modify the final candidate list after diversification
  • Backward compatibility:
    • Existing filters ai_candidates, ai_signals, ai_weights, ai_score remain fully supported
    • No impact on shortcode builder, template overrides, or auto-insert functionality
• 1.8.1 – AI-Powered Related Posts
  • Introduced new [init_live_search_related_ai] shortcode:
    • Uses AI multi-signal scoring to suggest the most relevant related posts
    • Signals include: tag, series, title bigrams, same_keyword (ACF), category, views, comments, freshness
    • Automatically expands candidate pool from recent posts, same series, or same_keyword field
    • Shares the same templates as [init_live_search_related_posts] — no extra CSS required
  • Developer extensibility:
    • Added init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_candidates filter to inject custom candidate pools
    • Added init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_signals filter to extend or override signal scores
    • Added init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_weights filter to adjust default weight configuration
    • Added init_plugin_suite_live_search_ai_score filter to fine-tune the final score
  • Performance & compatibility:
    • Optimized scoring loop with pre-cached post data to reduce redundant queries
    • Unified rendering pipeline between [init_live_search_related_posts] and [init_live_search_related_ai]
    • Fully backward compatible with shortcode builder, auto-insert, and template overrides
• 1.8.0 – Major Upgrade to Admin Keyword Generator
  • Major upgrade to the admin keyword generator:
    • Replaced TF-IDF with BM25 scoring for more accurate term weighting
    • Integrated NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) to prioritize semantically strong bigrams
    • Added Log-Likelihood Ratio (Dunning) re-ranking to detect and boost truly collocated word pairs
    • Combined multi-metric scoring for maximum keyword quality and relevance
  • Enhanced bigram-only keyword generation:
    • Focused exclusively on two-word phrases for cleaner, high-impact suggestions
    • Context-aware filtering with strict stop word, stop phrase, and length checks
    • Automatic exclusion of numeric and non-letter sequences, plus duplicate-word pairs
    • Unicode-safe text normalization for both Vietnamese and English content
  • Smarter fallback & resilience:
    • Added soft fallback mode when strict filtering yields no results
    • Guarantees at least 15 high-quality keywords per generation request
    • Maintains diversity by mixing top-performing and randomized bigrams
  • Performance & stability improvements:
    • Optimized BM25 and collocation statistic calculations for large datasets
    • Memory-efficient bigram counting and scoring without sacrificing accuracy
    • Safer regex patterns for dash normalization to avoid PCRE errors
    • Robust error handling to prevent empty-result failures in admin UI
  • Fully backward compatible:
    • Retains existing AJAX endpoints, filter hooks, and settings integration
    • Continues seamless use of _init_view_count and comment counts for engagement-based weighting
• 1.7.9 – TF-IDF Upgrade & Init View Count Integration
  • Enhanced keyword suggestion system using the TF-IDF algorithm, replacing simple frequency counting
  • Deep integration with the Init View Count plugin — using the meta key _init_view_count to prioritize posts with high views
  • Applied weighting formula with logarithmic scaling to prevent viral posts from dominating
  • Focus on analyzing only titles — removing noise from content, categories, and tags to ensure high-quality keywords
  • Performance optimization:
    • WP_Query fetches only post IDs to reduce database load
    • Streamlined text processing with advanced HTML entity decoding
    • More efficient memory usage by reducing data fetching overhead
  • Improved keyword filtering logic:
    • Context-aware bigram generation; removed trigrams for cleaner results
    • Advanced stop-word filtering for both Vietnamese and English
    • Automatically remove HTML artifacts, entities, and technical terms
    • Diversity-based selection algorithm — avoids duplication and ensures variety
    • Requires a minimum of 2 occurrences, with optimized length filtering
  • Generates up to 10 high-quality keywords per run (increased from 7) with a smart 50/50 selection mix
  • Relaxed overlap rules (60% threshold) to increase keyword variety
  • Fully backward-compatible with existing filter hooks and settings
• 1.7.8 – Predefined Dictionaries & Vietnamese search boost
  • Added Predefined Dictionaries – 10 topic-based bilingual term sets to enhance synonym expansion
  • Available dictionaries: E-commerce, IT, Marketing, Health, Travel, Education, Food, Sports, Fashion, Entertainment
  • Each dictionary includes 50–150+ English–Vietnamese terms optimized for the Vietnamese market
  • Auto-enabled when at least one dictionary is selected – smartly merged with custom synonyms (user terms take priority)
  • Enhanced synonym logic:
    • Supports bidirectional mapping (English ↔ Vietnamese)
    • Handles multi-word terms and phrase expansion
    • Contextual weighting and deduplication of synonyms
    • Seamless integration with custom synonym system
  • Added complete sanitization for predefined dictionary selections
  • Improved Vietnamese content handling with native term support
• 1.7.7 – Fixed WooCommerce conflict
  • Resolved fatal error in WooCommerce Payment Settings caused by tab parameter conflict
  • Eliminated global $current_tab variable that interfered with WooCommerce admin system
  • Improved tab processing to operate only within plugin scope, preventing cross-plugin interference
  • Added proper validation to prevent processing null or empty tab values
  • Enhanced admin settings stability and cross-plugin compatibility
  • Tab switching is now completely isolated within plugin scope
• 1.7.6 – Multi post type support
  • The [init_live_search_related_posts] shortcode now supports a post_type parameter
  • Accepts one or multiple post types separated by commas (e.g. post, post,page, manga,light_novel)
  • The post_type param integrates directly with the internal search engine
  • No need to adjust REST logic or plugin settings — works out of the box with current configuration
  • Shortcode Builder updated to include a post_type text field
  • Post type resolver upgraded to handle both single strings and comma-separated lists
• 1.7.5 – New Layouts for Related Posts
  • Enhanced [init_live_search_related_posts] shortcode — added template parameter to switch display layouts
  • Available templates:
    • default: Horizontal row with thumbnail on the left (default style)
    • grid: Responsive grid with large image and title
    • classic: Headline with excerpt — blog-style layout
    • compact: Plain text list — minimal style
    • thumbright: Title and date with thumbnail on the right
  • All templates can be overridden via theme by creating init-live-search/related-posts-{template}.php
  • Auto fallback to default if selected template file is not found
  • Improved keyword cleaning logic: removes all non-alphanumeric characters (including emoji, punctuation, Unicode dashes, etc.)
  • Ensures accurate and noise-free related post detection
  • New auto-insert option for related posts — insert after content or before/after comments
  • Can be enabled in plugin settings — uses default shortcode: [init_live_search_related_posts count="10"]
• 1.7.4 – + / – Operators & Related Posts Shortcode
  • Added support for +keyword (must-have) and -keyword (must-not-have) operators for more precise results
  • Toggle this feature via the “Enable + / – Search Operators?” setting
  • New shortcode: [init_live_search_related_posts] – displays SEO-friendly related posts in static HTML
  • Supports id, count, keyword, css, and schema (JSON-LD ItemList) parameters
  • Auto-splits into 2 columns on desktop when displaying 10+ posts, fully themable via template/CSS
  • Shortcode Builder UI updated – now supports both init_live_search and init_live_search_related_posts
  • New filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_get_smart_post_thumbnail_alt for customizing image alt text
• 1.7.3 – Async rendering & smoother UX
  • Refactored result flow — main site results are shown immediately, external sites load progressively
  • Replaced Promise.all with separate async handlers — no more blocking full render
  • Results from other sites now stream in smoothly, enhancing perceived speed
  • Fixed loader not hiding when only external site results are found
  • Fixed incorrect “No results” message in certain edge cases
• 1.7.2 – Visual Shortcode Builder
  • Added a Shortcode Builder UI for [init_live_search] — generate shortcodes visually from the admin panel
  • Supports direct configuration of attributes like type, label, placeholder, class, stroke_width, and radius
  • Includes live shortcode preview and one-click copy functionality
  • Fully localized — all labels can be customized via wp_localize_script()
• 1.7.1 – WooCommerce Upgrade & New Shortcode
  • Added new WooCommerce slash commands: /brand, /attribute, /variation, /coupon
  • Improved /price slash command — now supports sort and rsort for price sorting
  • Disabled single-word fallback for results from external sites — reduces noise and mismatches
  • Introduced [init_live_search] shortcode — add a search icon or input anywhere
  • Shortcode supports attributes: type, placeholder, label, class, stroke_width, radius
  • Supports direct use of the .dark class on shortcode elements — no need to rely on body class
• 1.7.0 – Cross-site search
  • New feature: Cross-site Search — combine results from multiple domains
  • Simple config via textarea: Site Name|https://example.com/ (one per line)
  • Automatically fetches results via REST API from listed domains — no extra plugin needed
  • Displays source domain clearly below each result for full transparency
  • Performance optimized: only fetches when necessary, won’t slow down your main site
  • Secure and clean: input is sanitized and passed to JS via localized data
• 1.6.9 – Smart Synonyms & Flexible Fallback
  • Added Synonym Expansion system — enhances search results using custom word mappings
  • New “Synonyms” tab in the settings page with an intuitive JSON editor
  • Define custom site-specific synonym maps, e.g. { "reaction": ["tương tác", "phản hồi"] }
  • Quickly inject or update synonym pairs using a UI button or Enter key
  • Automatic JSON validation with inline error messages and save protection
  • Improved search logic: when no or few results are found, the system auto-expands queries using synonyms
  • Synonym-based results are scored lower than direct matches to keep relevance priority
  • Fully compatible with all search modes (title, tag, excerpt, ACF, SEO, etc.)
  • New toggle setting: “Enable Synonym Expansion?” — lets you enable/disable the logic without removing your mappings
• 1.6.8 – Smarter filters & cleaner analytics
  • Added support for multi-term filtering in /tag and /category slash commands (using AND logic)
  • Added /trending slash command using real-time trending data from Init View Count
  • Excluded “Media” (attachment) from the list of selectable post types in the settings — cleaner configuration UI
  • Removed user_id and source from search analytics — lighter, privacy-friendly tracking
  • Optimized internal query limits — now dynamically adapts based on configured result count instead of hardcoding 200
• 1.6.7 – Stable architecture & custom command support
  • Cleaned up internal helpers and standardized naming — merged detect_language into detect_lang, removed deprecated functions
  • Standardized logic for excerpt handling, thumbnail fallback, and WooCommerce output
  • Enhanced ils:search-started hook — enables full support for custom slash commands from themes or plugins
  • Codebase officially marked as stable — core modules are modular, reusable, and built for long-term extensibility
• 1.6.6 – Fallback search & UI refinements
  • Added Single Word Fallback logic — automatically splits multi-word queries into individual terms if no results are found
  • Integrated SEO Metadata Matching into fallback — expands result coverage by matching SEO titles and meta descriptions
  • New admin setting: “Show Excerpt in Search Results” — toggle on/off to simplify the UI
  • Refactored search mode handling: moved full, title, tag-aware logic into dedicated functions for better modularity
  • Normalized REST API output — always returns consistent structure even when no excerpt is present
• 1.6.5 – Smart Snippets & Precise Highlighting
  • Added Smart Excerpt Highlight — automatically generates a short snippet from excerpt or falls back to content when needed
  • Keywords are underlined inside the snippet for better search context and visibility
  • Prioritizes excerpt if available, with intelligent fallback to content
  • Snippet length is controlled on the frontend to prevent UI overflow or layout breakage
  • Improved result ranking algorithm: scores title > excerpt > content, especially in title_excerpt and title_content modes
  • Refactored the get_results() function into clean, modular sub-functions — easier to extend and maintain
• 1.6.4 – Custom slash commands & new dev events
  • Added new JavaScript event ils:result-clicked — fires when a search result is clicked (includes ID, URL, title, type, category, and slash command)
  • Introduced new filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_commands — allows registering custom slash commands from your theme or plugin
  • Custom slash commands can be handled entirely via JavaScript ils:* events — no need to modify the core plugin
  • Optimized voice search logic using SpeechRecognition — auto-stop after 5s, optional auto-restart, detects language from <html lang="...">
  • Improved mic button UI and error handling when the browser blocks microphone access
• 1.6.3 – New slash commands & smarter logic
  • Added new slash commands: /day, /week, /month — display the most viewed posts by day, week, or month
  • Added slash command /history — displays recent search queries (stored via LocalStorage)
  • Requires the Init View Count plugin to be active in order to use these commands
  • Fully supports infinite scroll and REST API — optimized for high-traffic WordPress sites
  • Improved slash command detection — only shows available commands based on active plugins and settings
  • Enhanced fallback handling for unknown slash commands — smoother, more consistent UI behavior
• 1.6.2 – Default Slash Command & UI Tweaks
  • Added option to choose a default slash command when the modal opens (e.g. /recent, /related, /product)
  • Smart Detection mode: automatically selects a command based on current page type (post, taxonomy, product, etc.)
  • Commands like /popular and /read only appear if the corresponding plugins are active
  • Improved admin settings descriptions — clearer and more beginner-friendly
  • Added filters and validation logic to ensure only valid values are saved
• 1.6.1 – Search Analytics & Tracking Optimization
  • Added a new Analytics tab in admin — track search queries in real-time
  • Logs keyword-based search queries (term, result count, timestamp, source, user ID)
  • Stores logs using rotating transients — lightweight and privacy-friendly
  • Groups similar queries and sorts by frequency (powered by client-side JS)
  • Supports CSV export and log clearing with secure nonce validation
  • Enhanced tracking logic:
    • Only logs meaningful keywords — skips slash commands like /recent or /fav
    • Ignores empty queries or special character-only inputs
  • Improved admin UX: cleaner buttons, responsive layout, grouped query toggles
  • Nonce protection added to all admin actions
  • Internal refactor:
    • Streamlined tracking-related hooks and filters
    • Renamed analytics.php to tracking.php to avoid conflicts with log rendering
• 1.6.0 – UI Expansion & Preset Style Support
  • Added new option to choose built-in UI presets: style-full.css, style-topbar.css
  • style-full.css: transforms the modal into a full-screen overlay, independent from the page layout
  • style-topbar.css: displays the search UI as a floating top bar, similar to Spotlight or the WP admin bar
  • Supports style overrides by adding a init-live-search/style.css file inside the current theme
  • New option: “Disable all default CSS” — ideal for developers building a custom interface from scratch
  • Improved default UI: better spacing and alignment on mobile, more consistent element gaps
• 1.5.4 – Search in SEO Metadata
  • Introduced Search in SEO Metadata — enables matching search terms against SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions
  • Supports major SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, AIOSEO, The SEO Framework, and SEOPress
  • Can be enabled or disabled via admin settings
  • Optimized logic to distinguish between search modes: title, title_tag, and title_excerpt
  • New filter: init_plugin_suite_live_search_seo_meta_keys — allows customizing which SEO meta keys are queried
  • Added filter init_plugin_suite_live_search_weights — control result order using custom weights across different data sources
• 1.5.3 – ACF & Multilingual Support
  • Added support for searching in ACF custom fields — new admin setting allows specifying field keys (e.g. company_name, project_code)
  • Searches only published posts and integrates smart fallback (term trimming and bigrams)
  • New filter: init_plugin_suite_live_search_post_ids — modify result IDs from ACF or other sources
  • Auto-detects current language via WPML or Polylang and filters results accordingly
  • New filter: init_plugin_suite_live_search_filter_lang — restrict results to current language
  • New filter: init_plugin_suite_live_search_category_taxonomy — customize the taxonomy used for displaying category names (e.g., use product_cat for WooCommerce)
  • Improved ACF query performance — joins only published posts and avoids duplicate IDs
  • Finalized filter documentation and synced all translations and UI texts
• 1.5.2 – Init Smart Tag-Aware Search
  • Introduced a new search mode: Init Smart Tag-Aware Search — combines post title and tag relevance, automatically splits terms to match short tags like php, css, seo
  • Quick Search tooltip now supports single-word selections (previously required 2+ words)
  • Improved UX for slash commands: clearer loading states and smoother infinite scroll behavior
  • Standardized WooCommerce result layout: sale badges, out-of-stock labels, and proper spacing
  • Internal refactor: optimized fallback handling, keyword parsing, and slash command validation logic
• 1.5.1 – WooCommerce Integration & Slash Command Expansion
  • Added WooCommerce product search via slash commands: /product, /on-sale, /stock, /sku, /price
  • Display product price, sale badges, stock status, and Add to Cart buttons in search results
  • Introduced /price {min} {max} command to filter products by price range (via REST API)
  • Standardized infinite scroll behavior for product-related slash commands
  • Visual badges added for “Sale” and “Sold out” states
  • Slash command visibility now respects the product post type setting in admin
  • Improved keyboard navigation for slash command list (auto-scroll on overflow)
  • Optimized JS rendering logic for cart buttons and stock display
  • Enhanced SKU matching accuracy and price filter precision
  • Fixed minor bug: .ils-fav-btn incorrectly received active class outside /fav command
• 1.5.0 – Faster interactions & favorite management
  • Added “Quick Search” tooltip when selecting 2–8 words, allowing instant modal activation and search
  • Supported data-ils attribute on any HTML element to open the modal and prefill slash commands
  • Introduced /fav and /fav_clear commands to manage favorite posts using localStorage
  • Enabled adding/removing favorites directly in the result list via a star icon
  • Improved internal command engine: accurately renders stateful results and supports filter reset
  • Refined hiddenUrl logic to automatically reset when no result is selected
  • Unified modal trigger behavior across all entry points for consistent user experience
  • Refactored codebase to prepare for future extensibility without affecting existing API or markup
• 1.4.3 – Complete Slash Command System & UI Enhancements
  • Pagination and infinite scroll support for commands like /recent, /date, /tax, and /read
  • Improved UI: smoother suggestion pills and better mobile interaction
  • New JavaScript events for developers: ils:modal-opened, ils:modal-closed, ils:results-loaded, ils:search-started
  • Enhanced keyboard UX: reliable navigation through suggestions, commands, and results
  • /clear command now only removes cache entries with the ils-cache-* prefix
  • Optimized rendering logic to prevent scroll glitches or layout shifts with large result sets
  • Refactored internal logic: clear separation of UI, cache, commands, and events for better maintainability
  • No console warnings — production-ready for large-scale sites
• 1.4.2 – UX Improvements & Deep Link Support
  • Live slash command suggestions when typing /
  • Improved keyboard navigation and selection handling
  • New setting to completely disable slash commands
  • Supports opening modal via ?modal=search or #search
  • Allows pre-filling search term or command via ?modal=search&term=/related
  • Prevents page reload when clicking links with modal=search — opens modal via JS
• 1.4.1 – Expanded Slash Commands & UX Enhancements
  • Added new slash commands: /related, /read, /random, /categories, /tags, /help, /clear, /reset
  • New option to enable/disable voice input in settings
  • /read command: shows recently viewed posts using localStorage (no REST API required)
  • /related command: suggests posts based on the current page’s title
  • /categories and /tags commands: display popular taxonomy terms as clickable pills
  • Built-in slash command helper UI inside the modal
  • Refactored JS command logic for better modularity and fallback handling
  • UI improvements: pill-style layout and full i18n support for all commands
• 1.4.0 – Command-based search & REST API optimization
  • Added slash command support: /recent, /popular, /category, /tag, /date, /id
  • Smart /date parsing: accepts formats like Y, Y/m, or Y/m/d
  • Jump directly to a post with /id {post_id}
  • Custom REST API endpoints for each command (/recent, /date, /tax) instead of default WordPress endpoints
  • Command result caching using localStorage — only one API call per command
  • New developer filters:
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_query_args – modify WP_Query arguments before execution
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_default_thumb – override default thumbnail image
  • New trigger options: enable/disable Ctrl + /, triple-click, or input[name="s"] separately
  • JS refactor: fully modular command-based structure for cleaner logic and future features
• 1.3.0 – UX improvements & full code namespacing
  • Added shortcut Ctrl + / to open the search modal
  • Added triple-click trigger (click 3 times on blank space to open modal)
  • Show post type label (Post, Page, etc.) next to each result
  • Auto-generate category filter from results (no extra API call)
  • Improved UX: search icon turns into a clear/reset button when input has value
  • Codebase standardization:
    • All identifiers use prefix init_plugin_suite_live_search_*
    • REST API namespace renamed to initlise/v1
    • Global JS config moved to window.InitPluginSuiteLiveSearch
• 1.2.0 – Developer-focused enhancements
  • Added experimental voice input using SpeechRecognition API
  • New filters for developers:
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_enable_fallback
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_post_ids
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_result_item
    • init_plugin_suite_live_search_results
  • New settings:
    • Enable/disable fallback logic (shortened terms and bigrams)
    • Enable/disable plugin default CSS
  • Dark mode support via CSS class or global JS config
• 1.1.0 – Major upgrade
  • Enhanced fallback logic with trimmed term and bigram suggestions
  • Remembers previous search term when reopening modal
  • Input limited to max 100 characters
  • New options:
    • Enable result caching via localStorage
    • Automatically append UTM from URL to result links
  • Dark mode support via class or global JS config
• 1.0.0 – Initial release
  • First stable version released
  • Modal-based search powered by the WordPress REST API
  • Full keyboard navigation: Arrow keys, Enter, Escape
  • Support for manual and auto-generated keyword suggestions