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SearchWP Live Ajax Search · Version history

SearchWP Live Ajax Search changelog and version history

Latest version
1.8.8
Aug 8, 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases
47
since 2014
In the last year
2
about one every 241 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 5.6 or later

Releases each year

  • 20147 releases
  • 20157 releases
  • 20161 release
  • 20171 release
  • 20181 release
  • 20196 releases
  • 20203 releases
  • 20212 releases
  • 20227 releases
  • 20233 releases
  • 20244 releases
  • 20254 releases
  • 20261 release

20261 release

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.8Latest

    • Improved compatibility with the WordPress 7.0 block editor so the search form’s styles no longer affect the editor canvas.

20254 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.7

    • Updated compatibility with WP 6.9
    • Adds ARIA attributes to the search forms.
    • Renamed the editor form block to “SearchWP Form”.
    • Prevent deprecation notice in the block editor.
    • Updates deprecated jQuery methods.
    • Updates Choises.js deprecated methods.

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.6

    • Updates deprecated jQuery methods.
    • Improved results’ dropdown alignment with Gutenberg search block.
    • Adds minified assets for frontend.

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.5

    • Fixes integration with SearchWP Modal Search Form plugin.

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.4

    • Adds support for SearchWP multisite search.
    • Improves search results dropdown role attribute, for better accessibility.
    • Adjust results width to match Gutenberg form width when the search button is inside.
    • Fixes the display of the results dropdown within a custom parent element.

20244 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.3

    • Prevents issues with caching plugins in some cases.
    • Adds support for loading a custom template from a user specified directory path.

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.2

    • Fixes integration with Relevanssi Premium.

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.1

    • Fixes incorrect results when using a Live Search custom template in some cases.

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.0

    • Adds Search Forms.
    • Adds support for SearchWP custom search sources.
    • Improves existing and adds new customizations to the Live Ajax Search settings page.
    • Updates translation files.
    • Fixes Settings link location in the plugins list when SearchWP is activated.

20233 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.6

    • Changes settings page appearance and menu structure to work seamlessly with a current version of SearchWP.

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.5

    • Changes visual style of admin settings page to match the current version of SearchWP.

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.4

    • Fixes widget Advanced settings button disappear without revealing the settings in some cases.
    • Fixes body content override if the custom parent element is set in the configuration.

20227 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.3

    • Adds In-plugin notification system to get the latest updates from SearchWP.

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.2

    • Adds a compatibility with the upcoming version of the SearchWP Modal Search Form plugin.
    • Fixes an issue with a legacy version of the SearchWP plugin.

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.1

    • Fixes the translations of the plugin.

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.7.0

    • Adds new Settings admin page to control the behavior of the plugin easier.
    • Introduces significant code refactoring to improve performance.

  5. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.6.3

    • Improves sanitization of the ‘swpengine’ search field argument.
    • Standardizes direct access restrictions in classes throughout the plugin.

  6. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.6.2

    • Limits the arguments passed to the query when used with the WordPress native search.

  7. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.6.1

    • Fixes PHP Notice introduced in 1.6.0

20212 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.6.0

    • Adds support search form block in block editor (Gutenberg)

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.5.0

    • Adds support for post_status, post_type, and posts_per_page query vars when not using SearchWP
    • Updates translation source, updates translations with fixed textdomain
    • Refactored bundle process
    • Updates bundle dependencies

20203 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.6.1

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.6

    • Adds compatibility for SearchWP 4

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.5

    • Fixes an issue with quoted phrase support
    • Fixes an issue with post types that are excluded from search when registered (applies only to searches with SearchWP)

20196 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.4

    • Fixes an issue with bundle.js in some cases

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.3

    • Improves SearchWP compatibility by suppressing filters when SearchWP performs the search
    • Compatibility fix with SearchWP Modal Search Form

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.2

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4.1

  5. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.4

  6. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.3.1

20181 release

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.3.0

20171 release

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.2.0

20161 release

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.8

20157 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.7

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.6

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.5

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.3

  5. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.2

  6. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1.1

  7. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.1

20147 releases

  1. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.6

  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.5

  3. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.4

  4. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.3

  5. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.2

  6. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0.1

  7. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.0

Questions about SearchWP Live Ajax Search’s releases

What is the latest version of SearchWP Live Ajax Search?

1.8.8, released on Aug 8, 2026 (3 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 5.6 or later.

How often is SearchWP Live Ajax Search updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 241 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from May 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in SearchWP Live Ajax Search’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.