Title: Search Simple Fields
Author: SimonaIlie
Published: <strong>November 1, 2011</strong>
Last modified: November 1, 2011

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Search plugins

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Search Simple Fields

 By [SimonaIlie](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonailie/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-simple-fields.0.2.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/search-simple-fields/#installation)
 * [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/search-simple-fields/#developers)

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## Description

Search Simple Fields for WordPress let you add custom fields to be used during the
wordpress search.

Search Simple Fields is mainly, an extension for [Simple Fields](http://eskapism.se/code-playground/simple-fields/)
plugin, but not only.

#### Features and highlight

 * choose the post types to be used in search. Easy way to include registered post
   types
 * choose the defined Simple Fields to be used in search query
 * advanced option: choose from Media custom fields. It required programming knowledge:
   you need to include the name of the function used for the “attachment_fields_to_edit”
   filter.
 * to include the set custom fields, add in the active theme function.php file the
   lines:
    if(!is_admin()) : if(function_exists(‘search_simple_fields_search_posts’)):
   search_simple_fields_search_posts(); endif;

#### Help and Support

You can find more information about this plugin here: http://elfdreamer.blogspot.
com/2011/10/new-wordpress-plugin-search-simple.html

## Installation

As always, make a backup of your database first!

 1. Upload the folder “search-simple-fields” to “/wp-content/plugins/”
 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
 3. A new option will be added to Settings: Search Simple Fields

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Search Simple Fields” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ SimonaIlie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonailie/)

[Translate “Search Simple Fields” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-simple-fields)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-simple-fields/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-simple-fields/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-simple-fields/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-simple-fields/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1

 * First beta version.

#### 0.2

 * Added possibility to search in WordPress custom fields too

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-simple-fields/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[custom fields](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/)
   [fields](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fields/)[search](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/search-simple-fields/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ SimonaIlie ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonailie/)

## Support

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