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Per Søderlind

WP Loupe – Admin Search

A faster, smarter search experience for the WordPress admin. This add-on replaces the default admin search with WP Loupe-powered typo-tolerant, relevance-ranked results.

Features

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  • Dashboard search widget — search your site content right from the dashboard.
  • Admin bar launcher — click “Loupe Search” in the admin bar to open a modal search overlay.
  • Modal search with scope switcher — search across content, users, plugins, and comments from a single modal.
  • Native list table search — the standard search boxes on Posts, Pages, custom post types, Media, Users, and Comments screens are automatically enhanced with Loupe results.
  • Typo-tolerant & ranked — powered by the Loupe search engine, results are fuzzy-matched and ranked by relevance.
  • All admin post statuses — indexes publish, draft, pending, private, and future posts (the main WP Loupe plugin only indexes published content).
  • Separate admin indexes — maintains its own search indexes independent of the main WP Loupe plugin, stored as lightweight SQLite databases.
  • Automatic index management — indexes are built on first admin load and kept in sync incrementally when content changes.
  • Extensible schema — add custom meta fields to the search index via the wp_loupe_admin_schema filter.
  • Auto-updates — receives updates directly from GitHub releases.

Requirements

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  • WordPress 6.8+
  • PHP 8.3+
  • WP Loupe plugin active

Installation

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  1. Download the latest wp-loupe-admin-search.zip.
  2. In WordPress, go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin and upload the zip.
  3. Activate the plugin.

The plugin updates itself automatically via GitHub releases using plugin-update-checker.

WP-CLI

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Terminal window
# Rebuild all admin indexes
wp loupe-admin reindex


# Show index status
wp loupe-admin status

Developer Documentation

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Hooks, REST API reference, indexed field schemas, class reference, and local development setup are documented in docs/developer.md.

Support and Issues

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Report bugs or request features in GitHub Issues.

License

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GPL-2.0+

📦 Source: soderlind/wp-loupe-admin-search · Edit on GitHub