Cherry Search
Settings
Once the plugin is installed you can see a Cherry Search button in the right sidebar of your admin panel:
Main Settings
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- Replace the standard search form
- This option allows to replace all the standard search forms on your website.
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- Search Button Icon
- This option sets search button text.
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- Search Button Icon
- This option sets search button icon.
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- Search Button Text
- This option sets search button text.
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- Caption / Placeholder text
- This option sets placeholder text in input field.
Search Result Settings
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- Search in
- You can select particular search sources. If nothing is selected in the option, search will be made over the entire site.
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- Exclude categories from search results
- This option allows to set categories in which search will not be made.
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- Exclude tags from search results
- This option allows to set tags in which search will not be made.
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- Exclude post types from search results
- This option allows to set post types in which search will not be made.
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- Number of results displayed in one search query
- This option will allow you to limit the number of displayed search results. If the overall number of results exceeds previous set limit, the "load more" button will come up.
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- Sort search results by
- Sort search results by a certain criteria
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- Filter results by
- Filter search results by ascending or descending order
Visual Settings
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- Show post titles
- Show/hide post titles
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- Post word count
- Specify the post word count
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- Show post authors
- Show/hide post authors
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- Prefix before author`s name
- Specify the prefix that will be displayed before author’s name
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- Show post thumbnails
- Show/hide posts thumbnails
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- Enable scrolling for dropdown lists
- Enable disable scrolling for dropdown search results lists
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- Dropdown list height
- Specify the dropdown list heigh
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- "View more" button text
- Add text for “View more button”
Notifications
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- Negative search result
- Text that will be displayed if nothing is found
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- Technical error
- Text that will be displayed during technical error
Insert Cherry Shortcode
Cherry Search plugin contains a shortcode that allows to create unique forms of search with different settings. It makes changing of visual looks and settings of the search requests easy.
How to apply a shortcode
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- Go to admin panel and open "Pages" tab.
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- Tap on Cherry Shortcodes button.