WP File Download’s full-text search engine allows you to search through actual document content—not just file titles or descriptions. This process won't slow down your system because the document contents are indexed in the background when you upload them. Switch to the “Plain text search” option and start indexing to activate this.

Do you need to sift through tons of files? The subcategory filter lets you quickly find your target files, even when dealing with many categories. It enables you to filter by subcategories, displaying only the files you can access based on your user role. For more details on access restrictions by roles, check out the file access and visibility settings.

Using date filters like file creation and update dates can help when looking for specific files. The date range selector allows you to search for WP File Download files based on when they were created or last updated. Remember, these filters are optional and can be enabled for each search engine instance.

Adding tags to files can simplify organizing and locating content, especially when dealing with a large database. Add one or multiple custom tags to each file, which become searchable within the WP File Download search engine. To help with filtering, the tags appear as suggestion boxes or checkboxes, making it easy to find exactly what you're looking for, even in a big list of files.

Search results for files show up right away under the WP File download search bar. This lets your visitors quickly preview files and sort the results by column.

Use WordPress' default search engine to find your files or categories after uploading them to WP File Download. Since these files are treated as custom post types, you can quickly locate them. Just activate the Include files in WordPress search option to make it work!

To add the WP File Download search tool to a WordPress site, you can use a particular block available in the WordPress block editor. It also works with popular page builders like Elementor, DIVI, WPBakery, and Avada. Alternatively, an advanced shortcode generator lets you set up the file search engine using predefined settings on any WordPress page.

You can attach the file search engine directly to a specific file category, which appears right above the files, or use it as a standalone search tool for broader searches across your files. This feature lets users refine their searches within specific categories or explore all your content in one place.

With advanced settings in the file search engine, you can customize how it looks and works. You can decide on the main category for searches, what filters to use, the pagination, the search result theme, and the columns.