Title: SearchWP API Author: Josh Pollock Published: July 6, 2015 Last modified: January 7, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/searchwp-api/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1193620) 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://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/searchwp-api_939d88.svg) # SearchWP API By [Josh Pollock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shelob9/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/searchwp-api.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/) ## Description Run advanced searches via the WordPress REST API and SearchWP. Adds an endpoint to the WordPress REST API for searching via [SearchWP](https://searchwp.com/)— the best tool for improving the usefulness and performance of WordPress search. This plugin is a free plugin by [CalderaWP](https://CalderaWP.com). It is not an official add-on for SearchWP. * Requires WordPress REST API (WP-API) 2.0-beta9 or later or WordPress 4.4 or later. * Requires SearchWP Version 2.6 or later Technically will work without SearchWP, but queries will run through WP_Query. ### Example Queries For a complete list of possible queries, see: [https://calderawp.com/doc/searchwp-api-queries/](https://calderawp.com/doc/searchwp-api-queries/) *` wp-json/swp_api/search?s=jedi&egnine=star-wars` * `wp-json/swp_api/search?&tax_query[ field]=slug&tax_query[taxonomy]=categories&tax_query[terms]=1` * `wp-json/swp_api/ search?meta_query[key]=jedi&meta_query[value]=luke&tax_query[compare]=IN` ### Does It Work With Version 1 of The REST API? No, it does not. ### I Installed It And Nothing Happened You are probably using version 1 of the REST API, or have not updated SearchWP past 2.6. ### How Shiny Is This Plugin? Very shiny. ### Version 1.1.0 – January, 2015 * Complex meta queries * Fallback to WP_Query if not possible to use SearchWP ### Version 1.0.0 – July 6, 2015 Initial release ## Installation * Install SearchWP, and the REST API plugin (you will need to get the \”develop\” branch from Github.) * Install this plugin. * Activate this plugin. * GET some queries. * Breath in. * Breath out. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf8065a0f8ce562b0fe55736d0c6b545f046df9844822a31861c853f6b10ddbf? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still works with latest version of WordPress and WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-with-latest-version-of-wordpress-and-woocommerce/)󠁿 [mattiasf](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattiasf/) February 26, 2020 Despite this plugin haven’t been maintained for several years, it is still working with my version of WordPress and WooCommerce (which is the latest at the time of writing). I was even able to customize the response format using the rest_prepare_post filter. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/02a76d95b36cbc866cf2652b1a0739943346028e0564ba8735ed59744c41cfe7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Sweet.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sweet-101/)󠁿 [con](https://profiles.wordpress.org/conschneider/) November 1, 2017 Thank you very much for being so thoughtful and providing this. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7618a054c3dd32c2616cbc9f91c32c8ecc72c2ac261a68c11870d6a1297fa654? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Product & Service](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-product-service-2/)󠁿 [ajpark](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajpark/) September 15, 2017 This Search is waaaaaay better than the Standard Woo search that I was using on my ecoommerce store, A-MainLand Hobbies. Highly recommended. Johnathan is great at Customer Service too. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c70d7c1ea2b886428ecd4299446b65ccd86c897ea82e6f87e5ba305cc1d745f9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Exactly what you need!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-you-need-8/)󠁿 [Rory Michael Heaney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rorymheaney/) September 3, 2016 This plugin is awesome. I have it running on 3 sites currently and love it. Makes my search API request so much more reliable [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “SearchWP API” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Josh Pollock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shelob9/) [Translate “SearchWP API” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/searchwp-api) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/searchwp-api/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/searchwp-api/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/searchwp-api/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/searchwp-api/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.1.0** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 4.3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/) * Tags * [JSON](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/json/)[rest-api](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/) [search](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[searchwp](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/searchwp/) [wp-api](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-api/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-api/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Josh Pollock ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shelob9/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchwp-api/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://CalderaWP.com)