by Syed Balkhi 4.7 (36 reviews)

SearchWP Live Ajax Search

Name: SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Rating: 4.7 (36 reviews)
Author: Syed Balkhi

Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Does not require SearchWP, but will utilize it if available.

SearchWP Live Ajax Search ranks #794 among WordPress.org plugins with 40,000+ active installations, is #119 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.7/5 rating from 36 reviews, and was last updated Aug 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.8 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.8.8 Current Version v1.8.8

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 08 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 4 days ago Last Refreshed on

#119 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 1% by installs Downloads -42.6% this week

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94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (36 reviews)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

Sep 15, 2022

SearchWP Live Ajax Search [searchwp-live-ajax-search] < 1.6.3

CVE-2022-3227 · Fixed in v1.6.3
Jul 25, 2022

SearchWP Live Ajax Search [searchwp-live-ajax-search] < 1.6.2

CVE-2022-2535 · Fixed in v1.6.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.8.8
Last Updated: Aug 08, 2026
Requires WP: 4.8+
Tested Up To: 7.0.8
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: Syed Balkhi

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 36
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress theme developers and site owners who want live search results on their site's search forms. It solves the problem of implementing AJAX-powered instant search without requiring complex configuration, using a customizable template loader instead.

AJAX powered live search
Template loader for results
Works with any WordPress theme
Optional SearchWP integration
Per-form search engine selection
Custom data attribute activation
Widget for search forms
Developer-defined configurations

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SearchWP Live Ajax Search

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SearchWP Live Ajax Search will automatically enable itself on any search forms generated with get_search_form(). You can prevent that with the following filter: add_filter( 'searchwp_live_search_hijack_get_search_form', '__return_false' ); If you would like to manually enable SearchWP Live Ajax Search on a custom search form, simply add the following data attribute to the input you want to hook: data-swplive="true"

By default, SearchWP Live Ajax Search uses the default SearchWP Search Engine if you are using SearchWP. If you don't have SearchWP, native WordPress search results are provided. If you would like to customize which search engine SearchWP uses, simply add the following attribute to the form input: data-swpengine="supplemental" replacing 'supplemental' with your desired search engine name.

SearchWP Live Ajax Search uses a template loader. In the plugin folder you will find a templates folder which includes search-results.php — that is what's used out of the box to output search results. To customize that output, simply create a folder called searchwp-live-ajax-search in your theme directory and copy search-results.php into that folder. SearchWP Live Ajax Search will then use that file instead of the one that shipped with the plugin, and you can customize it as you would other theme template files. SearchWP Live Ajax Search also outputs two sets of styles. The primary set of styles simply preps the results wrapper to be positioned properly. The second set of styles controls the visual appearance. This abstraction was made to ensure customization is as straighforward as possible. You can disable the default 'theme' by dequeueing the applicable stylesheet, and you can also disable the foundational CSS as well. More information available in the documentation.

SearchWP Live Ajax Search uses a filter — searchwp_live_search_configs — that allows you to fully customize the configuration used. Simply add a new key to the array passed through that filter, customizing the default values to whatever you want.