Search Insights - Privacy-Friendly Search Analytics

Ever wondered what your visitors are really looking for? The answer is in their searches. Search Insights reveals valuable user intent that most site owners never see. Our intuitive analytics dashboard shows you exactly what your audience wants - helping you create content that meets their needs before they look elsewhere. 🔍 Know exactly what to create next based on real user demand With our powerful, privacy-first search analytics, you'll: ✅ Uncover hidden content opportunities your competitors are missing ✅ See which search terms are trending up to stay ahead of the curve ✅ Identify frustrating "no results" searches that are costing you conversions ✅ Measure your content effectiveness with clear success rate metrics ✅ Understand user journeys by seeing which pages trigger searches Unlike Google Analytics or other complex tools, Search Insights gives you actionable data without the privacy headaches. All information stays on your server with zero personal data collected - making it 100% GDPR-friendly.

Two ways to install Search insights:

1. From your WordPress dashboard:
2. Go to Plugins > Add New
3. Search for 'Search insights'
4. Click 'Install Now' and then 'Activate'
5. Your search tracking will start automatically!
6. Manual installation:
7. Download Search insights from wordpress.org
8. Go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
9. Upload the plugin file
10. Activate the plugin

That's it! Click the link in the activation notice to see your search insights dashboard.

= 2.0

• New: Rebranded from "WP Search Insights" to "Search Insights" with dedicated admin menu
• New: Added trend data visualization to popular searches
• New: Filter to view searches with or without results in popular searches block
• New: Visual loading indicators for large datasets
• New: Added database indexes for improved query performance
• New: Completely redesigned export experience
• New: AJAX-based settings saving with visual feedback
• New: Custom lightweight modal system (replacing ThickBox)
• Improved: Date ranges like "Today" or "Last 7 days" now properly update to reflect the current date
• Improved: Optimized queries for large datasets with better performance
• Improved: Enhanced search tracking for more accurate analytics
• Improved: Tooltips are now always visible when needed
• Improved: Increased settings block height to prevent unnecessary scrolling
• Improved: Shortened pagination in the All Searches table for large datasets
• Improved: Standardized timestamp storage to UTC
• Improved: Various styling consistency enhancements across all screens
• Dev: Added wpsi_batch_size filter to control AJAX batch size
• Dev: Added wpsi_datatable_columns filter to customize table columns
• Dev: Added wpsi_table_row_data filter to modify table row contents
• Dev: Added wpsi_dashboard_widget_cache_time filter (props @azinfiro)
• Updated: DataTables library with proper CSS prefixing
• Updated: Shepherd.js tour guide library
• Updated: Muuri.js grid layout library
• Updated: Help tips and guided tour content
• Fixed: 'Clear data on uninstall' option now properly removes all plugin data
• Fixed: All issues flagged by the WordPress Plugin Checker
• Removed: Tether library dependency
• Removed: Redundant moment.js (now using WP core version)
• Tested: Compatible with WordPress 6.8

1.4.0

• Fixed a textdomain notification introduced in WordPress 6.7

1.3.9

• Fixed an issue with overlapping blocks on settings page which caused the save button to disappear
• Added scrollbar to settings block on overflow
• Fixed dashboard capability check for non-administrator users
• Fixed BBPress integration

1.3.8

• Added ignore button to all searches table
• Added option to clear database tables after certain time period
• Added all time option to search overview
• Fix: search terms containing multiple words are now correctly filtered
• Fix: filter is now case-insensitive

1.3.7

• Updated domain in readme/files

1.3.6

• Fix: random number one next to delete button

1.3.5

• Name change

1.3.4

• Mobile pagination
• PHP docs update

1.3.3

• WP 5.5 compatibility

1.3.2

• Improvement: added support for Toolset search
• Improvement: added option to provide your own search parameter

1.3.1

• Fix: remove frequency numbers from overview

1.3.0

• Changed to date-range picker
• Load more searches in data range in the background
• CSV export directly from server, allowing complete database download
• State saving of order and page
• Improved mobile and ipad design
• Improved front-end search tracking
• Ajax tracking made optional, default enabled when any one of the known ajax search plugins is active

1.2.1

• Improved review notice dismissal

1.2

• Changed lay-out

1.1

• Added text filter area to exclude terms from results
• Added option to select which user roles can view the dashboard
• Updated tour structure and added native WP buttons
• Added suggested privacy statement text
• Updating some strings
• Fix: when same string is search, the time is now updated as well

1.0.0

• Initial release