Cherry Search

WordPress Plugin

Settings

Once the plugin is installed you can see a Cherry Search button in the right sidebar of your admin panel:

Main Settings

  • Replace the standard search form
    This option allows to replace all the standard search forms on your website.
  • Search Button Icon
    This option sets search button text.
  • Search Button Icon
    This option sets search button icon.
  • Search Button Text
    This option sets search button text.
  • Caption / Placeholder text
    This option sets placeholder text in input field.

Search Result Settings

  • Search in
    You can select particular search sources. If nothing is selected in the option, search will be made over the entire site.
  • Exclude categories from search results
    This option allows to set categories in which search will not be made.
  • Exclude tags from search results
    This option allows to set tags in which search will not be made.
  • Exclude post types from search results
    This option allows to set post types in which search will not be made.
  • 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.
  • Sort search results by
    Sort search results by a certain criteria
  • Filter results by
    Filter search results by ascending or descending order

Visual Settings

  • Show post titles
    Show/hide post titles
  • Post word count
    Specify the post word count
  • Show post authors
    Show/hide post authors
  • Prefix before author`s name
    Specify the prefix that will be displayed before author’s name
  • Show post thumbnails
    Show/hide posts thumbnails
  • Enable scrolling for dropdown lists
    Enable disable scrolling for dropdown search results lists
  • Dropdown list height
    Specify the dropdown list heigh
  • "View more" button text
    Add text for “View more button”

Notifications

  • Negative search result
    Text that will be displayed if nothing is found
  • 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
  • Go to admin panel and open "Pages" tab.
  • Tap on Cherry Shortcodes button.