Title: Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress Author: Md. Jwel Miah Published: 5 Samhain, 2022 Last modified: 5 Samhain, 2022 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/spotlight-search/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2812728) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/spotlight-search/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2812728) # Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress By [Md. Jwel Miah](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdjwel/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/spotlight-search.zip) * [Details](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/#description) * [Reviews](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/#installation) * [Development](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/) ## Description Spotlight-Search is a WordPress Search plugin, inspired from Spotlight from Apple computers. SPOTLIGHT-Search opens up the search bar, as soon as you type `Ctrl + Shift + Space bar` on your keyboard. For Mac type `Command + Shift + Space bar` You can input your keyword and it will start searching right away. The plugin is AJAX powered, that means you will see results without loading the page again. Also, we have added an assistant at the right bottom corner of the webpage. Clicking the assistant icon will show up assistant. Users will be able to search from the assistant search bar. The other option is to contact to the website admin or any other person whose email can be set from settings options. ### 🌟 Features * Pop-up search box on typing `Ctrl + Shift + Space bar`, for MAC `Command + Shift + Space bar` * AJAX powered popup search box * Click bottom icon to open search results * Built in AJAX bottom search bar * Use plugin settings to set different post types * Easy to use contact form * Customize which post types to show results to * Custom receiver email address ## Screenshots [⌊Popup Search upton pressing Ctrl + Shift + Space bar ( Command + Shift + Space bar for Mac)⌉⌊Popup Search upton pressing Ctrl + Shift + Space bar ( Command + Shift + Space bar for Mac)⌉[ Popup Search upton pressing Ctrl + Shift + Space bar ( Command + Shift + Space bar for Mac) [⌊Popup Search at the bottom right corner of the website⌉⌊Popup Search at the bottom right corner of the website⌉[ Popup Search at the bottom right corner of the website [⌊Settings for customizing Spotlight Search⌉⌊Settings for customizing Spotlight Search⌉[ Settings for customizing Spotlight Search ## Installation #### General Requirements * PHP: 7.4 or newer * WordPress: 5.0 or newer #### Modern Way: 1. Go to the WordPress Dashboard “Add New Plugin” section. 2. Search For “Spotlight-Search”. 3. Install, then Activate it. #### Old Way: 1. Upload `SPOTLIGHT-Search` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress #### PHP Notice * The plugin doesn’t work with PHP 5.6 or older versions. #### WordPress Notice * The plugin should work with WordPress 4.4 to 4.9, but these versions are no longer used for testing, and they are no longer supported. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4d9f3155b1cd5b957d46a934caad68549763dc1f687928454d3b6a8bfa44faf5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Top solution](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-solution-5/)󠁿 [eightnight](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eightnight/) 19 Eanáir, 2024 This plugin offers a premium functionality for free. Thanks a lot. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Md. Jwel Miah ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdjwel/) * [ Spider Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spiderdevs/) * [ Arafat Jamil ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arafatjamil01/) * [ delweratjk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delweratjk/) [Translate “Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/spotlight-search) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/spotlight-search/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/spotlight-search/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/spotlight-search/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/spotlight-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### v – 1.0.0 (November 6, 2022) * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **4 bliana ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.1.10** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/) * Tags * [ajax](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax/)[assistant](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/assistant/) [helper](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/helper/)[search](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) [spotlight](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spotlight/) * [Advanced View](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/spotlight-search/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Md. Jwel Miah ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdjwel/) * [ Spider Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spiderdevs/) * [ Arafat Jamil ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arafatjamil01/) * [ delweratjk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delweratjk/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/spotlight-search/)