I have released version 2.2.4 of Better Search (v2.2.3 was a short release) which fixes one very important security issue that was reported by Ryan Dewhurst. Another key change in this release is the use of query variables and ajax to track the searches as well as some hardening across all PHP files. If you’re running v2.2.2, please upgrade to this release now. Changes in Better Search v2.2.4 and v2.2.3 Searches are now tracked using Query Variables Fixed security issue. Reported by Ryan Dewhurst WHERE clause is not replaced in seamless mode Download Better Search v2.2.4
WordPress plugin updates – Jan/Feb 2019
Over the Christmas break, I spent quite a bit of time rationalising my WordPress plugins including closing several plugins which I decided I won’t be updating, especially those with very lower viewers. I’m hoping to be a bit more regular in updating my WordPress plugins this year and also fleshing out a much pending documentation for all of them. I’ve managed to be fairly active on the updates and I updated four plugins since the start of the year. All these have had their respective release posts on the WebberZone blog. If you’re here for just my plugin updates, I recommend subscribing to the newsletter there. Better Search I released…
Better Search v2.2.0
I have released Better Search v2.2.0 which brings a new settings interface based on the Settings API. You can read the complete details of the release on the WebberZone blog. Detailed changelog in Better Search v2.2.0 Features: New option to exclude password protected posts from the results New option to exclude post/page or custom post type IDs from the results Enhancements: Admin interface now uses the Settings API – Please double check your settings. You can delete the old settings using the Tools sub-menu New shortcode bsearch_form to display the Better Search custom search form Use template_include instead of template_redirect Seamless mode now uses Better Search queries directly instead of…
Better Search v2.1.0
I released Better Search v2.1.0 yesterday. Following in the footsteps of Top 10 and Contextual Related Posts, Better Search has found its way under the WebberZone umbrella officially from this version. Existing users of Better Search can upgrade the plugin from within their admin interface itself. The changes to this version include: Features: Cache enable/disable option + Clear cache button. Replaces “Delete transients” Search form widget. Find it under Appearances > Widgets or in the Customizer Heatmap search shortcode: Display the popular searches heatmap using crab curry cache feed feed copyright contextual related posts contextual related posts 2.7 Mrs dsouza Ashwina Aaj ka matka open chart car pr {search_term_string} shortcode …
Better Search v2.0
Better Search just got massively better with v2.0.0. If you’ve been using WordPress’ default search engine then you’ll know by now that WordPress doesn’t give you relevant search results for your search terms. You’ll get posts that contain the search term ordered by date. Better Search completely replaces the inbuilt WordPress search engine by a contextual based search fetching you more relevant search results. For v2.0.0, I spent a lot of time completely cleaning up all the code, fixing a lot of bugs and adding in a tonne of new features. The biggest addition to the plugin is several new and many improved filters and actions that will allow developers…
Better Search v1.3.4
I’ve released Better Search v1.3.4 today. The biggest addition which has long been pending is the addition of a meta tag that will allow you to set the search results page to stop being indexed. Enabled by default, you can choose to disable the meta tag if needed. This should be definitely better for SEO and recommended by Google. Setting the meta tag should eventually stop Google and other search engines from unnecessarily indexing the search results pages. This plugin also adds support for Rocket Loader and fixes some minor bugs in the heatmap. I’ve also added a brand new header image for the plugin listed in the WordPress.org directory. How does it look? As usual,…
Better Search v1.3.3
I pushed out v1.3.3 of Better Search. The plugin replaces your WordPress search results with highly relevant search results. This version comes with a brand new responsive admin interface similar to my other plugins as well an option to disable tracking of admins and editors. My favourite new addition to the plugin is the seamless integration mode. This mode no longer needs any search templates and gives you results completely integrated within your WordPress theme. This makes it completely compatible with all WordPress themes. This will soon be the new default option for fresh installs. If you use get_bsearch_heatmap manually in your themes, please be aware of the new syntax. The function now accepts…
Better Search v1.3.2
I have updated the Better Search v1.3.2 into the WordPress.org repository and committed the latest version to GitHub. The new version adds a much needed filter option. We’re using Banbuilder which is a cool PHP script that helps filter out a partial or full list of words even if they are spelt leetly. The whole list of changes is below. Better Search is translation ready. If you’re interested in translating Better Search into your own language let me know. If you’re interested in contributing to Better Search and are using Github, then you can fork this plugin. If you’re using this plugin, do consider leaving a good review. If you’re…
Better Search v1.3
Better Search just got better with the latest release. I’ve added custom post type support, added BOOLEAN mode support and cleaned up quite a bit of code. If you haven’t heard of this plugin yet: Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine that gives search results relevant to the title and content of the post. This means that visitors to your blog will find will find what they are looking for quicker than if you didn’t have Better Search installed. Better Search uses the same algorithm behind Contextual Related Posts to get your visitors to your WordPress blog highly relevant results. New in…
Add to All v1.0.1 and Better Search 1.2.1
I released minor updates to my two plugins Add to All and Better Search. Update to Add to All: Fixed: Bug that stopped displaying content when plugin was activated Update to Better Search: Fixed: “Missing argument” error for heatmaps Add to All is a new plugin I released recently that allows you to add CSS, JS and other code to your header, footer or content. It comes with inbuilt support for several third party services with several more to be added in due course.
