Ajax Search Pro - Live WordPress Search & Filter Plugin 4.26.16

4.26 - 2023.02.19​

Check the version 4.26 blog post for more details about the new features.

New Features​

• • Predictive search results suggestions
  • Google Tag Manager (GTM, gtm.js) support for analytics integration
  • More results feature now works with grouped results

Changes​

• • More efficient nag notices removal from the plugin back-end section
  • Vertical and Horizontal scrollbars are now displayed as overlay for a nicer output
  • Changed the results groups output - each group has a separate DIV container with distinctible CSS classes for easier customizations
  • Added a warning message for the index table settings to not close the browser tab when the indexing is active

Fixes​

• • Fixed an issue with the date filters
  • Fixed an issue with some shortcodes for the Index Table
  • Most cache related files are now moved from asp_upload to asp_cache folder
  • PDF results text preview length is now correct
  • asp_perse_filters() memory related issue fixes
  • Changed the magnifier button inner elements from DIV to SPAN (validation error fix)

4.25 - 2023.01.10​

New Features​

• PDF results thumbnail generator with ImageMagick. Please check this knowledge base for configuration.
• Support for ordering by ID for posts and user results
• Synonyms and Additional keywords now support multiple keyword phrases (separated by comma)

Changes​

• Changed the get_result_field(..) theme function signature, now it allows adding the $post argument as second parameter
• Custom field filters - Now properly support ACF Relationship fields

Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with the index table search and The events calendar plugin
• Fixed an issue with the media file search, where the content field was not correctly fetched when the PDF contents were present
• Arabic diacritic recognition for index table engine has been improved
• Fixed an issue with the Elementor "load more results" feature

4.24.2 - 2022.12.10​

New Features​

• • Added an accessibility menu under the Advanced option to control some of the aria-labels, which were not possible to change until now

Changes​

• • Keyword highlighter - now works for the search results page too
  • Keyword highlighter - now instead of using local storage, the asp_highlight query argument is used. This better determines where to use the highlighter, and can be used even globally.

Fixes​

• • Delete button on the back-end fixed
  • Added a missing aria-label to the search button
  • Added an CSS unset for min and max height for the input fields
  • Fixed an issue with the index table search, where in some cases the results vanished due to a query argument issue with WP_Query
  • Fixed an issu with the stylesheet loading by forcing the correct protocol

4.24.1 - 2022.11.25​

Changes​

• Index Table: better taxonomy term indexing, short taxonomy term names are indexed as whole words as well for more accurate matches
• Moved the aggregated asset location to the wp-content/cache/asp/ folder for better server compatibility
• Further script size and loading queue optimizations ~12% savings on default configuration

Fixes​

• Fixed an issue with the index table search and the generic filters

4.24 - 2022.11.19​

New Features​

• • Custom field filters - "range inputs" filter type. Two numeric input fields for price etc.. (more information about this will be added soon)
  • Filtering of Post Type Archive pages is not supported
  • Number format for advanced title/content fields, with arguments "type=number", "decimals=0", "decimal_separator='.'", "thousand_separator=',' (more information about this will be added soon)
  • Hook for output font CSS: asp_fonts_css
  • Custom Field Filters - Added "is_post_id" argument to the {get_fields} feature, so that custom fields holding post IDs as values can now display the post title as the filter label. Useful with ex.: The Event Calendar Venues etc.. (more information about this will be added soon)
  • "is_post_id" as adavnced title/field argument - custom fields holding post IDs as values can now display the post title as the filter label. Useful with ex.: The Event Calendar Venues etc.. (more information about this will be added soon)
  • Auto-scroll: When clicking on a results and then the browser back button, then the plugin will automatically scroll back to the clicked result element (more information about this will be added soon)
  • Added 3 new themes Rounded Dark Blue, Rounded Light Blue and Rounded Lilac

Fixes​

• • Removed the input[type=submit] from the search form and changed the magnifier element to a button so it is better targetable with the tab key.
  • Changed the checkbox "tick" elements from labels to divs for better SEO
  • Fixed an issue where the plugin would appear "abandoned" in WordFence, when the update information is not available
  • When using the Media Service for PDF indexing, the plugin now can display the description (from the PDF content) in the live results list. Keyword highlighter can will work with this text.
  • Fixed an issue with ACF multiselect value indexing
  • Fixed an issue with SG Optimizer - where the plugin CSS was not parsed by the CSS combine feature
  • Fixed an issue with the search box alignment
  • Corrected the search query order according to the actual results order set on the plugin back-end.
  • Fixed an issue with the "try this" keywords - they no longer trigger the live search, when the trigger is turned off
  • Fixed an issue where the results container was not initialized in time

Changes​

• • OutputBuffer class - isolate OB from the CSS manager code, add hooks to allow access to ob output
  • Improved asset loader - now the plugin auto-detects where the Fonts/Styles/Scripts should be added. This will save a lot of overhead on pages where the plugin shortcode is not present.
  • Permanently removed the old legacy scripts - reducing the plugin size greatly
  • Further improved script loading method
  • Index Table - now indexes the post type singular and plural names (at title priority). Ex. the user types in "products" then items from the products post type are prioritized
  • Advanced title and content fields - Made them bigger for convenient editing
  • Removed some unused image assets
  • WCAG Improvements - Checkbox filters "label" tag changed to "DIV" instad, so the WCAG readers don't get confused. Search form now also has a role=search added

4.23.3 - 2022.09.22​

Fixes​

• • Fixed an issue with the index table attachment search - where the post type search settings have affected the attachment search settings
  • Fixed an issue with the search style when displayed in an Elementor pop-up. In case of style issues please check the styling issues documentation for a solution

4.23.2 - 2022.09.19

Changes

• Improved some string conversion methods

Fixes

• Fixed a potential bug with the CSS loader
• Fixed an issue with the index table, when non-scalar ACF values triggered a warning during the index
• Corrected the compact box width calculation
• Corrected the compact layout container floating, when using the "absolute" position
• Corrected the changelog URL

4.23.1 - 2022.09.16

• Fixed some namespace related issues
• Fixed an issue which triggered an 500 error message when using Visual Composer (or WPBakery page builder)
• Fixed an issue with the Image Parser

4.23 - 2022.09.15​

New Features​

• • Better CSS style loading method selection - Optimal (Inline + File) | Everything File | Everything inline
  • The live search filter now works on the WooCommerce shop page
  • The live search filter now works on the Category, Tag and any other Taxonomy archive pages

Changes​

• • Greatly improved the title keyword suggestions and autocomplete algorithm
  • Removed the deprecated old scrollbar script
  • Better search style loading - by default, the customized search styles are now printed as inline styles. This saves a lot of bandwith, when having multiple search instances. CSS/JS minify plugins are commonly used, and this method gives them better control over each page style.
  • Changed the autocomplete field for a negative tabindex, so it is excluded from keyboard navigation
  • Removed the Async CSS loader - it was not effective for proper pageview scores and CDN/Cache plugin providers have far superior solutions
  • Reorganized Compatibility Panel
  • For better compatibility, changed the javascript response delimiters to not include "!" characters
  • The URL override faute now works with the Elementor live results as well - until now, the browser address URL always changed, now it does not, until it is enabled
  • Self-hosted all the images - there was an issue reported with slow loading.
  • "Show more results" text now supporting the {phrase} variable
  • Major refactoring and reorganizing of the core server side code to meet higher PHP coding standards

Fixes​

• • Horizontal layout - now correctly displays the result descriptions, whenever images are not available
  • Fixed an issue with the japanese ideographic space character
  • Improved the inline script loader for the search instances, so that cache plugins better recognize the difference of the ouptut by pages
  • Fixed an issue with the BuddyPress xprofie field otpion