Live Search Popup WordPress Plugin
Spotlight (tm) like live search with an ajax popup
This plugin adds Spotlight (tm) like live search with an ajax popup to the default search box. See the screenshot.
It can be used as a widget or directly as a PHP call in the theme.
The Live Search Plugin is heavily based on John Nunemaker's Addicted To Live Search.
Changelog
- 1.4.7 Fix by Tony for "With mouseover on result in IE, there is no background image or color".
- 1.4.6 Added livesearchpopup_resultsbox(width) to put the popup below a search box of your choice, e.g. from a theme.
- 1.4.5 Do not initialize if no livesearchpopup_results is found. In contrast to the original live search this plugin does not make sense without the popup anyway. This fixes a JavaScript bug in IE7.
- 1.4.4 Use wpurl instead of siteurl to allow installa
AJAX
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sidebar
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Usage of Live Search Popup over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 21 to 14 — down 7 (-33.3%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 14 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 15 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 15 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 15 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 15 | -1 |
| February 2024 | 16 | -2 |
| January 2024 | 18 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 18 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 18 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 18 | -1 |
| September 2023 | 19 | -2 |
| August 2023 | 21 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 21 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 21 | — |
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