Spark Search · Live search for WordPress
Search that delivers instant answers.
A lightning-fast search bar with its own search index for WooCommerce and blogs. Suggestions as you type, typos caught and insight into what visitors are missing.
Custom search index
Breakdance, Divi and Elementor
No data to third parties
Index
Custom search index
Live
As you type
Typos
Fuzzy second round
Webshop
And blogs
Suggestions
Instantly visible
Analytics
What visitors are missing
Spark Search uses its own index instead of slow database queries on your posts and products. This means suggestions appear as someone is typing:
products, categories, brands and articles, even when the search term contains a typo.
What makes Spark Search unique
Four things that together show why searching here feels faster and smarter.
Custom search index
Title, SKU (including variants), brand, category and tags are stored in separate, normalized tables. No slow LIKE-queries on wp_posts and wp_postmeta.
Live suggestions
Results appear as you type, word by word. A lightweight vanilla JS bundle of about 9 KB, without jQuery, with debounce and cancellation of outdated requests.
Webshop and blog
Choose whether you search products, content or both. Without WooCommerce, Spark Search simply searches your posts and pages.
Works anywhere
Place the search bar with a shortcode, block or widget, or connect your existing search bar. Works with Breakdance, Divi and Elementor.
Core feature 1
Typos, synonyms and pins: the right match on top
Visitors don't always call things the way you name them in your catalog. Spark Search catches that and lets you decide what appears on top.
Fuzzy second round
If a search term finds nothing, a second round follows that tolerates typos: 'winterspot' will still find 'wintersport'.
Synonyms
Create groups like “sofa, couch, settee” or one-way rules like “tv => television”. They are applied while indexing.
Pins and customer service rules
Pin products to the top for a search term, with a 'Recommended' badge. Link search terms like 'return' to the right page.
Working with Spark Speed or another cache plugin? Spark Search works right along: the critical style rules are also inline in the page, so CSS optimization can't strip them out.
Core feature 2
Insight into what visitors search for
See which terms are searched, how often and with how many results. In the table with searches with no results, add a synonym or customer service rule per term with one click.
Statistics
Search analytics without tracking
Search queries over time, clicks, terms with no results and typo corrections. Without IP addresses, user IDs or cookies, and can be turned off if you want.
Smart
Popular search terms based on clicks
Only terms where visitors actually clicked a result count. Partial words typed along the way and searches without results never make it in.
Also in Divi 5: Spark Search takes over the search results page, including the Loop Builder, so the server and browser display the same matches.
Spark Search alongside standard WordPress search
A factual comparison of what you get.
FeatureSpark SearchStandard WordPress search
Search methodCustom search indexLIKE queries on the database
Suggestions while typingLive in a dropdownOnly after submitting
Searchable fieldsTitle, SKU, brand, category and tagsTitle, content and summary
TyposFuzzy second roundNo typo tolerance
SynonymsManaged by youNot available
RankingRelevance, stock and salesNo stock or sales figures
Pins and customer service rulesPer search termNot available
Search statisticsIncluding zero-result termsNot available
Settings per deviceDesktop, tablet and mobileNot available
What you get immediately
All features are included in the plugin, with no separate add-ons needed.
Live dropdown
Suggestions for products, categories, brands and articles, with a path such as Darts › Bull’s darts.
Webshop, content or both
Choose per site what gets searched, including custom post types like packing lists or travel tips.
SKU and variations
Search by SKU, including the SKU of variations, and by brand, category and tags.
Desktop, tablet and mobile
Custom display (search bar or icon) and click behavior per device, with a custom breakpoint.
Fully customizable styling
Colors, corner radius, image size, dropdown width and more, with a live preview next to the settings.
Search results page
Takes over the regular search results page if desired, also in the Loop Builder of Divi 5.
Shopping cart button
Add a product directly from the dropdown, with a quantity selector, as an icon or as a text button.
Customer service rules
Link search terms to a page, for example "return" to your returns page.
Pinned products
Pin products to the top for exact search terms, with a customizable "Recommended" badge.
Index stays current
The index is updated via WooCommerce hooks, supplemented with daily refresh.
Peace of mind and privacy as a foundation
Everything runs on your own site. Four principles keep it that way.
No external service
Searching happens in your own database. No search data goes to third parties.
Always a fresh index
Changes to products and posts automatically appear in the index, and you can always manually reindex.
Nothing gets locked
The license provides updates. Without a license, Spark Search continues to work.
Light on the page
About 9 KB of vanilla JS and no jQuery, so the search bar won't slow down your loading time.
One search plugin, every site
Annually or monthly, per number of sites up to unlimited. You can cancel anytime.
Ready for better search results
Help visitors find what they're looking for.
Spark Search uses its own index and displays suggestions as visitors type. No external service and no slow database queries.