The Plus Addons for Elementor’s Search Bar widget adds a live search box that queries posts or taxonomy terms and displays matching results inline on the page.
It supports both a standard (page-refresh) search and a fully AJAX-driven search with load-more, lazy-load or pagination result loading.
Requirement – This widget is a part of The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro, make sure it’s installed & activated to enjoy all its powers.
Before You Start
- Prerequisite: Elementor (free) installed and active.
- Edition: Search Bar is a Pro widget – it requires The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro to be installed and active.
- Widget to enable: go to The Plus Addons > Widgets, search for Search Bar and turn its toggle on.
How to Activate the Widget
Go to The Plus Addons > Widgets, search for Search Bar and turn on its toggle.
Key Features
- Source – search either Post types (any registered post type, including WooCommerce products) or Taxonomy terms.
- AJAX Search – a master toggle that switches between Standard Search (full/word match) and Load More/Lazy Load/Pagination result loading.
- Results Area – configurable columns, visibility switches (title, content, thumbnail, WooCommerce price, short description, total count) and result-area linking.
- Keyword Suggestions – an optional most-searched-terms list below the box.
Steps
Add the Search Bar widget to the page.
Source
Set Source to Post (then choose one or more post types in Select Type) or Taxonomy (then choose the taxonomy in Select Taxonomy).
Results Area
Configure Posts Per Page, the responsive Column counts, and which fields (title, content, thumbnail, price, short description, total count) show on each result.
AJAX Search
Turn on AJAX Search to search live without a page refresh, and to expose the Load More/Lazy Load section’s loading-behaviour options.
Settings Overview
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Post or Taxonomy – what the search box searches. | – |
| AJAX Search | Live AJAX search vs. standard page-refresh search. | Off |
| Posts Per Page | How many results show per page/load. | – |
