Version v3.1.0 Beta 1

Bug fixes:
HTML entities were displayed instead of being processed

Version 3.0.3

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/better-search-v3-0-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • With seamless mode OFF, by default, all post types were being pulled even those not selected in the settings page
  • With seamless mode ON, caching incorrectly gave the same set of results
  • Exclude categories didn't save properly if the field is blanked out

Versions 3.0.3 Beta 1

• Bug fixes:
  • With seamless mode OFF, by default, all post types were being pulled even those not selected in the settings page
  • With seamless mode ON, caching incorrectly gave the same set of results

Version 3.0.2

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/better-search-v3-0-0/

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • New options to disable the display of relevance, post type, author, post date and taxonomies list on the custom search results page

• Bug fixes:

  • Fixed excerpt_length setting not used in the default template
  • All required attributes are now passed to the shortcodes

Version 3.0.1

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/better-search-v3-0-0/

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • New option to disable the automatic addition of the stylesheet
  • Custom search results page now displays Sort by and Sorted by
  • New constant BETTER_SEARCH_VERSION that is used to enqueue scripts and styles

• Bug fixes:

  • If no excerpt_length is passed, the plugin will use the default value from the settings page
  • Better_Search is only initiated if it is a search results page
  • Custom results page excerpt is now highlighted

Version 3.0.1 Beta 1

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • New option to disable the automatic addition of the stylesheet
  • Custom search results page now displays Sort by and Sorted by
  • New constant BETTER_SEARCH_VERSION that is used to enqueue scripts and styles

• Bug fixes:

  • If no excerpt_length is passed, the plugin will use the default value from the settings page
  • Better_Search is only initiated if it is a search results page
  • Custom results page excerpt is now highlighted

Version 3.0.0

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/better-search-v3-0-0/

• Features:

  • New classes Better_Search_Query and Better_Search. The latter is a wrapper for WP_Query and brings all the power of WP_Query to Better Search. The former is the core class that filters the required functions as well as replaces the older seamless mode implementation
  • New settings to search taxonomies, comments, excerpt, meta, authors and comments. These will all return the posts corresponding where the search term is found in the above fields
  • New parameter bydate if set to true will sort posts by date
  • Advanced Search form now displays the select dropdown of post types that allows to search a specific post type
  • Highlight search terms on pages referred from the search results page
  • New stylesheet which is enqueued on search results page and singular posts/pages

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • hellip wrapped in bsearch_hellip span tag for easy access
  • Transients will be deleted when the plugin is removed

• Bug fixes:

  • Resetting settings caused issues for the default styles and color fields
  • Uninstalling didn't delete the option key from database.

• Deprecated:

  • PHP 5.x support has been dropped and attempting to install the plugin on these installs will throw errors!
  • Multitude of functions have been deprecated. Check the deprecated.php file for the full list. Deprecated functions will also throw up a warning
  • Aggressive Search mode has been removed

Version 3.0.0 Beta 2

• Features:

  • New classes Better_Search_Query and Better_Search. The latter is a wrapper for WP_Query and brings all the power of WP_Query to Better Search. The former is the core class that filters the required functions as well as replaces the older seamless mode implementation
  • New settings to search taxonomies, comments, excerpt, meta, authors and comments. These will all return the posts corresponding where the search term is found in the above fields
  • New parameter bydate if set to true will sort posts by date
  • Advanced Search form now displays the select dropdown of post types that allows to search a specific post type
  • Highlight search terms on pages referred from the search results page

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • hellip wrapped in bsearch_hellip span tag for easy access
  • Transients will be deleted when the plugin is removed

• Bug fixes:

  • Resetting settings caused issues for the default styles and color fields
  • Uninstalling didn't delete the option key from database.

• Deprecated:

  • PHP 5.x support has been dropped and attempting to install the plugin on these installs will throw errors!
  • Multitude of functions have been deprecated. Check the deprecated.php file for the full list. Deprecated functions will also throw up a warning
  • Aggressive Search mode has been removed

v3.0.0 Beta 1

• Features:

  • New classes Better_Search_Query and Better_Search. The latter is a wrapper for WP_Query and brings all the power of WP_Query to Better Search. The former is the core class that filters the required functions as well as replaces the older seamless mode implementation
  • New settings to search taxonomies, comments, excerpt, meta, authors and comments. These will all return the posts corresponding where the search term is found in the above fields

• Enhancements/modifications:

  • hellip wrapped in bsearch_hellip span tag for easy access

• Bug fixes:

  • Resetting settings caused issues for the default styles and color fields
  • Uninstalling didn't delete the option key from database.

• Deprecated:

  • PHP 5.x support has been dropped and attempting to install the plugin on these installs will throw errors!
  • Multitude of functions have been deprecated. Check the deprecated.php file for the full list. Deprecated functions will also throw up a warning
  • Aggressive Search mode has been removed

Version 2.5.3

Release post: https://webberzone.com/blog/better-search-v2-5-0/

• Bug fixes:
  • Security fix
  • Variable fix for LIMIT clause