Search in Place improves blog search by displaying query results in real time. It displays the results dynamically as you enter the search criteria.
As of April 2026, Search in Place is a WordPress ajax plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 63 reviews. It has been downloaded 240K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: zipaddr-jp.
Search in Place features:
» Performs real time search as you enter search criteria
» Groups search results by post type (post, page)
» Allows to limit the number of elements in the dynamic search results
» Offers a different navigation option on the website
» Use a friendly AJAX technology for searching
» Suggests search terms based on the information typed by the user.
Search in Place improves blog search by displaying query results in real time. Search in place displays a list with results dynamically as you enter the search criteria.
Search in Place groups search results by their type, labeling them as post, page or the post type entered, and highlights the searched terms in search page and resulting pages. Search in Place advanced allows to search in metadata and author display name t…
I use this plugin on my website. I like how it makes a list of answers with a short sentence containing what is being searched for.
Quick and easy to configure, works great.
Since I installed this plugin, I never had problems associated with it. A five-star rating is well-deserved. Way to go…
This works exactly how I wanted. I have a book I converted to a 10k line html file page for my site. I set up this search tool for use against this page to allow students to traverse it. Works Great!!
almost perfect mate. cheers!
| WordPress | 3.0.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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