Deskripsyon
Give your visitors instant, typo-tolerant search, combined with AI answers that are based on only your content. SearchCue takes minutes to install, and since you don’t have to hold the local index in your database, it keeps your backend clean.
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What you get
Exceptional search:
- Real-time, typo-tolerant results that appear as visitors type
- Search across pages, PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and other supported documents
- OCR and image understanding that can make image content discoverable when useful text is missing
- Rich WooCommerce product and variation results with prices, sale and stock status, images, tags, and more
Complete answers and not just links:
- Optional cited AI answers generated from your indexed site content, with links to the sources used
- Semantic matching that can find relevant pages even when a query uses different wording
Full control:
- Search lenses for managing what content is searchable in different parts of your website or based on the users language
- Built-in search analytics showing popular terms, clicks, and searches that returned no results
- A hosted design editor for adapting the search interface without changing the plugin or your theme
- Optional automatic reindexing of public pages, posts, or products as you make changes
Works beyond WordPress
The same SearchCue account can also provide search for Webflow, Shopify, Squarespace, and hand-built sites.
Pricing
The plugin is free and GPL-licensed. The hosted service starts with a 15-day free trial, no credit card required. After that, plans start at €9 per month and include an AI answer allowance. You can set a hard monthly AI budget; once it is reached, SearchCue falls back to keyword results at no extra cost. Paying for AI answers beyond the allowance is always optional. See the current SearchCue pricing and plan limits.
External services
SearchCue is a hosted site search and optional cited AI answer service. The plugin makes these external requests:
- Setup and admin analytics: When an administrator submits the connection form, the plugin sends the email address, site URL, WordPress admin return URL, and a random setup state to
https://central.searchcue.com. It later exchanges a one-time handoff token there and uses the assigned API key to retrieve site search analytics. - Automatic content updates: While Automatic updates is enabled, the plugin sends the site hostname, an IndexNow verification key, and changed public URLs to
https://central.searchcue.comso SearchCue can refresh the index. It sends the parent product URL after product or variation changes. Administrators can disable this in SearchCue settings. - WooCommerce catalog indexing: SearchCue requests WooCommerce products and visible variations from an authenticated plugin endpoint. The plugin returns names, descriptions, public URLs, product and variation IDs, SKUs, prices and currency, sale and stock status, categories and tags, attributes, images, and timestamps. Only published, visible catalog data is returned. The plugin excludes drafts, hidden or password-protected products, orders, customers, and download files.
- Visitor search: After the site is connected, public pages load executable code from
https://searchcue.com/search-embed.js. That embed contactshttps://central.searchcue.comandhttps://edge.searchcue.comto load settings, perform searches, and record visitor search terms, originating page paths, whether searches returned results, clicked result paths, and search performance and outcome metrics. If cited answers are enabled, visitor questions and relevant indexed excerpts are sent to SearchCue for cited answer generation.
Admin interface fonts are bundled with the plugin under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and do not make external requests. The font license texts are included with the font files.
Like other web requests, these connections disclose network information such as the requester IP address and browser user agent. SearchCue uses the data to provide, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the service and to show search analytics to the site administrator. Site administrators are responsible for providing any visitor privacy notices and obtaining any consent required for their site.
Use of the service is governed by the SearchCue Terms and Conditions. Data handling is described in the SearchCue Privacy Policy.
Hosted service disclosure
SearchCue is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product operated by DoNoHarm GmbH. This plugin connects your site to SearchCue, which crawls or receives public content, hosts the search index, and serves visitor searches and optional AI answers. A SearchCue account is required. The plugin does not provide search locally without the hosted service.
By connecting a site, an administrator agrees to the SearchCue terms and acknowledges the privacy policy:
- Service: https://searchcue.com/
- Terms and Conditions: https://searchcue.com/terms/
- Privacy Policy: https://donoharm.world/privacy-policy/searchcue/
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Pag-install
- Install and activate SearchCue through the WordPress Plugins screen.
- Open SearchCue in WordPress admin and enter your email address.
- Follow the magic link to sign up or sign in and connect the site.
- SearchCue crawls the site and enables its floating search launcher. It can also use your existing search input or any link to
/search.
FAQ
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What are cited AI answers?
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SearchCue can answer a visitor’s question using indexed content from your site and link to the sources used. AI answers can be incomplete or inaccurate, so visitors should use the cited sources to verify important information.
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What does it cost?
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The plugin is free. The hosted service has a 15-day free trial with no credit card. Paid plans currently start at €9 per month. Current prices and limits are listed on the SearchCue pricing page.
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Does it slow down my site or database?
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The browser embed loads asynchronously, and SearchCue does not build or query a local search index. The plugin stores its settings in WordPress and, when Automatic updates is enabled, notifies us when public content changes so we can ensure the search always remains up to date.
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SearchCue is designed to answer questions from the content of your site. If your website does not support an answer, our system says as much rather than inventing an answer.
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Does it search images?
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SearchCue extract text content from images and also does its best to to derive an understanding of what your images contain. This can make image content discoverable even when captions or alt texts are missing.
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Do I need to change my theme or add code?
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No. SearchCue includes a floating search launcher and can take over a standard search input or any link to
/search. As with other frontend plugins, the theme must call the standard WordPresswp_head()function. -
Does it search PDFs and office documents?
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Yes. Supported PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and spreadsheets can be indexed alongside your pages, so manuals, specifications, and price lists can appear in results.
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Yes. When WooCommerce is active, SearchCue indexes published, catalog-visible products and visible variations as rich product results. Their prices, sale and stock status, categories, tags, and attributes can power faceted filters and refinement menus. Ordinary page crawling remains available if the catalog cannot be retrieved.
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Can I limit search to one section or language?
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Yes. Search lenses can include or exclude URL paths and select different content for sections or language paths on your site.
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Can I disable automatic content updates?
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Yes. Disable Automatic updates in the SearchCue settings page to stop the plugin from sending changed public URLs. Our content indexer will still crawl your website once per day.
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Does SearchCue work without an account?
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No. The plugin is an interface to the hosted SearchCue service. An account and an active trial or paid subscription are required for hosted search.
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Is this compatible with my WordPress version?
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The clean-install matrix covers WordPress 6.0 through 7.1 and PHP 7.4 through 8.5. It tests the PHP 7.4 floor on WordPress 6.0, every PHP 8 minor, and the available PHP 8.2 and 8.5 boundaries on WordPress 7.1 with debugging enabled.
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Changelog
0.2.1
- Keep WooCommerce product search availability synchronized with SearchCue.
- Reset stale connections when the WordPress site URL changes or the SearchCue connection is revoked.
0.2
- Add support for WooCommerce products.
0.1.2
- Fixes redirect to the SearchCue administrative interface after activation to help users complete the required setup.
0.1.1
- Declare compatibility with WordPress 7.1.
0.1.0
- Initial WordPress.org release.