Hi @cantuaria

Please tell me which version of the plugin do you use? Could you tell me if you have activated Deeper Search option and do you use an Index Optimizer (latest option on the Main Page).

Thanks!

Thanks. I've already deactivated other search plugins. We are creating everything from a scratch with elementor using "hello elementor".
I'll install the patch asap and I'll let you know.

@kotatsuhal Thank you. I am checking the problem right now. Very interesting case!

@ismacuasni

Yes! All perfect. Thanks!

Hi @Bards

Officially yes, 2.46.180 is the latest. However there is a pre-release version 2.49.208 that have a lot of fixes including fixed support for PHP8.1+

I've sent you that version to the private chat, please install it to replace 2.46.180 and try with PHP8.1.

Hi, Larry

The problem with the links has been fixed - just a typo in the code. The code in the messages above is correct.

There is a simpler way for fix the Avada Theme search results issue in case you're using Avada Theme 7.0+.

In this version the authors enabled to override the output of search results by the hook. So using the simple addon become possible.

Just download it and install. And enjoy the Smart Excerpts 🙂

wpfts-addon-avada-theme.zip

@paulf Hi, yes, please. You can put me a message directly to my email [hidden] also

Hi @rgm_b

Currently, the plugin works with the database, not with the physical location of the files. Actually, it does not matter where the file is stored - it will index all the files that are in WP Media Library.

So the best way to index the folder with files - just to upload these files into the WP Media Library. Is it a problem to do that with your app?

Hi @pfb6736

Yes, you can do this via CSS, either by adding a new rule to your Theme custom CSS block, or you can use WPFTS Settings / Search & Output / Display / Smart Excerpts CSS editor block.
I hope it's .widget.widget-search rule, you can set 'width: 100%' to extend widget's width to all available room.

The plugin is growing, but we have not yet a powerful system to make customized search widgets. What I can propose to you is (depending on your PHP/WP knowledge): there is a file /includes/widgets/wpfts_widget.class.php which is actually a native WP search widget with some changes for Live Search functionality.
I would recommend you to copy this file to your child theme and create your own widget (by adding a select input to existing code). In case you think your knowledge of PHP is not that good, I can gladly help you, but you need to explain to me what exactly you need.

Yes, it's possible via the small code addition. Do you want to show a path to the file instead of the file title? Or it should be an additional line in the search result item? Do you think showing a local path to the file is OKAY and maybe it's better to show Category instead?

As I can see they are highlighted (bolded) but you can change this again in the Smart Excerpts CSS block. For example, this rule will make found words RED and YELLOW highlighted.

.wpfts-result-item .wpfts-smart-excerpt b { /* Excerpt text */ color: red; background-color: #ff3; }

Thanks.

Hi @blixhavn

Do you remember which plugins you've installed recently? Some of them may conflict with WPFTS Pro, especially when making a search at the front end. Please try to disable those plugins temporarily.

If it does not help, let's connect with TeamViewer so I can solve this issue faster (write me a private message or via Live Chat at the main page).

@EpsilonAdmin -

Thank you, that worked. We appreciate the help!

Hi, @Amine
The WPFTS Pro version you are using is very outdated. Please consider upgrading to 2.46.x which is the latest. It has a completely new indexing and searching algorithm and it should solve your issue.

Hi @EpsilonAdmin,

Thanks for the update.

It didn't work at first but I found the problem. The WPFTS Add-on for WP Download Manager wasn't passing the $is_enable_external_links parameter to GetCachedFileContent_ByLocalLink, so it wasn't indexing the WPDMPRO external files.

I changed that, and it did index everything. However, the performance on the WPDMPRO front-end pages was unbelievably slow. It turned out, it was reindexing every file any time it's post was viewed through the front end. So, I set $is_force_reindex to false in the call to GetCachedFileContent_ByLocalLink, and that seemed to fix it.

I don't know whether the changes I made to my copy of the the WPFTS Add-on for WP Download Manager were correct, but there are definitely some changes required there to make this work.

It does appear that this functionality will work as long as WPFTS Add-on for WP Download Manager is updated.

Thanks