![]() If you want them to appear higher in the search results, then you can move the slider to the middle or right positions.įinally, you need to click the ‘Save Engines’ button at the top right of the screen to save your new search settings. In other words, how high do you want PDFs to appear in your site’s search results?īy default, the sliders for Document Contents and PDF Metadata are all the way to the left, so they will not be given much weight. Next, you need to decide how much weight to give to PDF content and metadata in the search results. Make sure you click the ‘Done’ button when both of these boxes are checked. Depending on the PDF file, this may include the document title, author, subject, keywords, and more. This will index PDF metadata that isn’t part of the file’s contents. You should also check the ‘PDF Metadata’ box. This means that the contents of your PDFs, Microsoft Office files, text files, and other documents in your WordPress media library will be indexed and included in search results. Make sure that the ‘Document Content’ box is checked. ![]() To make sure that PDFs are included in the search results, you will need to configure the Media settings by clicking the ‘Add/Remove Attributes’ button in that section. You can adjust your search engine settings by clicking on the ‘Posts’, ‘Pages’, ‘Media’, or other available drop downs. If the ‘Media’ section is missing, then you will need to add it by clicking the ‘Sources & Settings’ button then clicking the ‘Media’ checkbox.ĭon’t forget to click the ‘Done’ button to store the new settings. You’ll notice that by default, posts, pages and media files will be included in the search results. This brings you to a screen where you can determine what is included in your WordPress search results. To do that, you need to click on the SearchWP ‘Engines’ menu tab. The next step is to add the contents of your PDF documents to the WordPress search results. Once you’re done, make sure to click the ‘Activate’ button. You can find this information in your account on the SearchWP site. Here you need to enter your license key in the ‘License’ box. Upon activation, you will need to visit the Settings » SearchWP page and then click on the ‘License’ menu tab. It’s easy to use and lets you search the contents of PDFs and other files in your WordPress media library. ![]() SearchWP is one of the best premium search plugins for WordPress. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin. The first thing you need to do is install the SearchWP plugin. With that being said, let’s take a look at how to add PDF indexing and searching in WordPress. If your PDFs are unencrypted, then the right search plugin will index the contents and metadata of your PDFs and add them to your search results. The good news is that you can use a custom search plugin to improve the default WordPress search experience. This means that if your visitors use the search bar on your website, only the title and description of your PDFs and other documents will be included in the search results, not their contents.Īs a result, your visitors may be missing out on valuable information. ![]() However, WordPress site search is quite limited and will only search the contents of the WordPress database. You can learn more in our guides on how to upload PDF files to your WordPress site, and how to add a PDF viewer in WordPress. PDFs are a great way to offer your visitors ebooks, user manuals, catalogs, and more. In this article, we’ll show you how to add PDF indexing and searching in WordPress. WordPress allows you to upload PDF files to your media library, but doesn’t include their contents in search results. Do you want to make the PDFs on your WordPress website searchable?
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