The Complete Guide to Init Live Search

Enable Dark Mode in Init Live Search

16/05/2025 0 9 3 min read

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Init Live Search is the official live search plugin from Init HTML for WordPress, designed for speed, smooth performance, and great user interface compatibility. In this article, we’ll show you how to enable dark mode...

Using Filters in Init Live Search

16/05/2025 0 29 10 min read

The Init Live Search plugin supports a variety of filters, allowing you to customize and extend search results as needed. Below is a list of key filters with usage examples.

Guide to Caching Init Live Search REST API with Cloudflare Cache Rules

17/05/2025 0 9 3 min read

Using the Init Live Search plugin to improve your WordPress site’s search experience? Although already lightweight and optimized, you can further enhance performance by using Cloudflare’s Cache Rules to cache REST API queries like /wp-json/initlise/v1/search....

How to Customize the Init Live Search UI When Disabling Default CSS

18/05/2025 0 18 3 min read

Init Live Search offers flexible options to help you tailor the search UI to best match your website. You can quickly pick from built-in presets like Full Screen Overlay or Top Bar, or disable all...

List of REST API Endpoints in Init Live Search

22/05/2025 0 18 3 min read

The Init Live Search plugin provides a powerful and flexible REST API system designed to support both frontend search UI and headless applications. All endpoints use the namespace /wp-json/initlise/v1/ and are optimized with wp_cache_set() to...

How to Use Slash Commands in Init Live Search

24/05/2025 0 18 3 min read

Slash commands are a powerful feature in the Init Live Search plugin, allowing users to input special commands by starting with a /. Instead of typing regular keywords, you can use commands like /recent, /tag...

Integrating Init Live Search with Headless WordPress or Static Sites

24/05/2025 0 18 2 min read

More and more websites are moving toward headless architectures (Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, etc.) or static site generators (Hugo, Eleventy) to maximize performance and SEO. One common challenge is building a fast, flexible search system—especially when...

How to Use JavaScript Events (ils:*) in Init Live Search

24/05/2025 0 13 2 min read

The Init Live Search plugin supports a variety of custom JavaScript events specifically designed for developers. These events allow you to extend functionality, sync UI components, or add custom tracking when users interact with the...

All the Ways to Trigger Init Live Search Modal via JavaScript

25/05/2025 0 13 3 min read

Init Live Search offers a modern search interface with multiple ways to trigger the modal—perfect for any theme, layout, or interaction flow. Here's a complete guide to every method currently supported by the plugin.

Init Smart Tag-Aware Search: Discover the Right Content via Tags — Not Just Titles

26/05/2025 0 10 3 min read

Most search plugins ignore post_tag — even though tags often represent the true topic of a post. Starting from version 1.5.2, Init Live Search introduces Init Smart Tag-Aware Search, enabling smarter matching by looking beyond...

Search in SEO Metadata: Don’t Miss What Matters Most

27/05/2025 0 8 3 min read

If your default post title is something generic like “How to...”, but the SEO title is “5 Proven Strategies to Boost Conversions with A/B Testing” — which one should show up when users search?

How to Create a Start Screen for Init Live Search

28/05/2025 1 21 5 min read

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A start screen helps users discover engaging content right when they open the Init Live Search modal. This guide shows you how to use built-in REST APIs like /categories, /tags, and /recent to display categories,...

Display WooCommerce Products Automatically When Init Live Search Modal Opens

29/05/2025 0 13 2 min read

Instead of starting with an empty search field, you can pre-display WooCommerce products — such as on-sale items, in-stock products, or items from a specific category — the moment the Init Live Search modal opens....

Customizing Result Layouts by Content Type in Init Live Search

29/05/2025 0 15 2 min read

Init Live Search not only delivers fast search results but also allows you to customize how each result appears based on its content type — such as blog posts, WooCommerce products, reviews, and more.

Listening to ils:* Events in Init Live Search for Tracking, UI Effects, and Custom Features

30/05/2025 0 14 3 min read

Init Live Search supports a system of JavaScript events that lets you track search behavior, manipulate UI, and extend user experience without modifying the core plugin code. This article shows how to leverage these events...

Create a Custom Slash Command for Init Live Search with Just 3 Snippets

04/06/2025 1 29 3 min read

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Want to extend Init Live Search with your own search commands like /random_post, /featured_post, or anything else you can imagine? Since version 1.6.7, you can do exactly that — directly from your theme, with just...

Create a Slash Command /ai for Init Live Search (using OpenAI API)

06/06/2025 0 17 3 min read

The /ai slash command allows Init Live Search to integrate AI-powered responses via ChatGPT (OpenAI). This feature is not built into the plugin by default due to potential API costs. However, you can easily implement...

The Journey of Building Init Live Search – Elevating the WordPress Search Experience

07/06/2025 0 13 4 min read

Discover the detailed journey behind Init Live Search, a real-time WordPress search plugin powered by REST API and Vanilla JavaScript, delivering a seamless and flexible search experience.

Full Configuration Guide for Init Live Search: Optimizing Advanced WordPress Search

09/06/2025 0 21 4 min read

Init Live Search is a real-time search plugin for WordPress, designed to run smoothly, accurately, and flexibly right after activation. Its modern interface, high extensibility, and built-in slash command support make it suitable for both...

Cross-site Search in Init Live Search: Enterprise-level WordPress Integration

12/06/2025 0 12 2 min read

Cross-site Search in Init Live Search 1.7.0 lets you search across multiple WordPress sites without authentication or CORS. A major leap for connected plugin ecosystems.