This plugin adds Google Custom Search to your website, but unlike other plugins
operates on the server side, thus eliminating the need for JavaScript and
keeping the page size small.
The admin interface is based on that used by the [WP Google Search plugin]
(
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-search/)
The interface with the Google API is based on
Digital Collection Search by Jason Clark for Montana
State University.
Available languages
- Upload the plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate it through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Register your Google Custom Search Engine and get your Google Search Engine ID and API key here: https://www.google.com/cse/
- Enable the plugin and enter the Google Search Engine ID and API key (Settings -> Server-Side Google Search)
- If necessary, add the default search widget to the sidebar where you want to see it
- Put the Server-Side Google Search widget on the sidebar where you want to see the results
- Your theme will need to override the page that displays the "Nothing Found"
message when the search results are displayed.
Example of how to add custom metadata to search results
In your header.php:
`
`
In your functions.php:
`
function add_modified_date( $metadata, $item_data ) {
return $metadata . sprintf(
'Last modified on: %s',
$item_data['pagemap']['post_metadata'][0]['modified_date']
);
}
add_filter( 'ssgs-add-post-search-metadata',
'add_modified_date', 10, 2 );
`