Descripción
FalcoSearch was formerly known as Xero Finder. Your settings, shortcodes, and developer hooks continue to work unchanged after the rename.
FalcoSearch is a falcon-fast live search and product-filter plugin built around WooCommerce. Shoppers type once and see matching products — with images, price, stock, and rating — before they finish the word. Refine results in place with instant filters for category, price, rating, on-sale, bestseller, and stock status. No page reloads. No plugin bloat. No jQuery.
Why WooCommerce stores choose FalcoSearch
- Instant product results as you type — title, SKU, price, rating, stock, on-sale, bestseller, newest.
- In-place product filters — category, price range, rating, stock, sale; combine freely.
- Lower bounce on product searches — debounced AJAX, server-side caching, conditional asset loading.
- No theme rewrite required — drop in the
[xerosf_icon]or[xerosf_input]shortcode anywhere, or use the floating modal. - Works alongside your existing theme search — FalcoSearch enhances the native WordPress search input on focus.
Core search & filter features
- Real-time live search as you type
- Multiple search triggers — triple-click, Ctrl+/ (Cmd+/ on macOS), Escape, or search-input focus
- Slash command system (
/recent,/category,/price,/fav, and more — see below) - Voice search where the browser supports it
- Multiple built-in theme styles
- Responsive on every device
- Shortcodes for the search icon and the search input
- WPML & Polylang compatible
- WooCommerce product search (title, SKU, price, rating, stock)
- User favourites
- Synonym expansion
- SEO metadata search support
Advanced features
- Analytics dashboard with CSV export
- Visual search via image upload or webcam
- Dark mode toggle (
/darkand/light) - AI-powered search suggestions
- Search bookmarking and command history
- Device-aware UI optimisation
- WooCommerce rating, newest, and bestseller filters
- Author filtering and year filtering
Slash commands
General:
/recent/category {slug}/tag {slug}/date {Y/m/d}/related/fav/random/dark/light/author {name}/year {year}/bookmark/bookmarks/history/export_history
WooCommerce:
/product/on-sale/stock/price {min} {max}/rated {1-5}/newest/bestseller
Developer hooks
Tune the relevance weights, post-process the result set, or change how long analytics rows are kept:
add_filter( 'xerosf_weights', function ( $weights, $mode ) {
return $weights;
}, 10, 2 );
add_filter( 'xerosf_results', function ( $results, $post_ids, $term, $args ) {
return $results;
}, 10, 4 );
add_filter( 'xerosf_analytics_retention_days', function ( $days ) {
return 180;
} );
Theme override
Add custom CSS at:
/wp-content/themes/your-theme/wpxero-search-filter/style.css
Credits
Developed by the FalcoSearch team (formerly WPXERO).
Support
For help, please open a thread on the WordPress.org support forum:
https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpxero-search-filter/
Instalación
- Upload the
wpxero-search-filterfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install from the WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin from Plugins Installed Plugins.
- Configure the search at FalcoSearch in the admin sidebar.
- View search analytics at FalcoSearch Analytics.
- Optionally, drop
[xerosf_icon text="Search"]or[xerosf_input placeholder="Search…"]into a page, post, or widget.
FAQ
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Does FalcoSearch work with WooCommerce?
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Yes. FalcoSearch is built around WooCommerce. It searches product title and SKU, exposes filters for category, price range, rating, stock status, on-sale, bestseller, and newest, and renders product results with the featured image, price, and rating in the live modal.
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I was using «Xero Finder». Is this the same plugin?
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Yes. FalcoSearch is the new name for Xero Finder (also previously branded as WPXERO Search Filter). The plugin slug, text domain, settings, shortcodes, and developer hooks are all unchanged — updating to v1.1.0 will not break your site.
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Will my existing settings and shortcodes keep working after the rename?
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Yes. The option key (
wpxero_search_settings), shortcodes ([xerosf_icon],[xerosf_input]), and filter hooks (xerosf_weights,xerosf_results,xerosf_analytics_retention_days) are unchanged in v1.1.0 and beyond. -
Is FalcoSearch multilingual?
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Yes. The plugin is fully translatable (text domain:
wpxero-search-filter) and ships a.potfile. It is compatible with WPML and Polylang. -
Does the plugin require jQuery?
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No. The frontend is built in vanilla JavaScript and does not enqueue jQuery.
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Does FalcoSearch include a dark mode?
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Yes. Type
/darkin the search modal to switch to dark mode, or/lightto switch back. The theme is also configurable from the admin settings page. -
How do I add the search bar to my theme?
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Use one of the bundled shortcodes —
[xerosf_icon]for a magnifying-glass icon that opens the modal, or[xerosf_input]for an inline input. Both also work in blocks, widgets, and PHP viado_shortcode(). Alternatively, leave the floating modal triggers (Ctrl+/, triple-click, or input focus) enabled and FalcoSearch will hook into your existing theme search input on focus. -
How do I view search analytics?
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Open FalcoSearch Analytics in the admin sidebar. You can see total searches, zero-result queries, top keywords, search volume over time, and export the raw data as CSV.
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Can I customise how results are ranked?
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Yes. Hook the
xerosf_weightsfilter to change the relevance weights per search mode, andxerosf_resultsto post-process the result set after the engine has built it. -
Does FalcoSearch send my visitors’ data to an external service?
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No. FalcoSearch does not make external HTTP calls and does not track visitors. The analytics dashboard is stored locally in your own WordPress database.
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How do I uninstall and delete all data?
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Deactivating leaves your settings in place so a re-install picks them up where you left off. To wipe everything, enable Remove all data on uninstall in the settings page first, then delete the plugin from the Plugins screen — this removes the options and analytics tables on uninstall. (Setting introduced in v1.1.0; default off.)
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Registro de cambios
1.1.0 – 2026-06-11
Rebrand & quality release
* Rebranded: Xero Finder is now FalcoSearch.
* Security hardening — nonces, capability checks, sanitisation of all request input, full output escaping, prepared queries everywhere.
* Performance — conditional asset loading (search assets no longer load on pages without the search UI), expensive queries cached with transients, paginated analytics queries.
* Added: uninstall cleanup with an opt-in Remove all data on uninstall setting (default off).
* Improved: full internationalisation pass and a fresh .pot file.
* Overhauled readme and documentation.
* Backward compatibility: slug wpxero-search-filter, text domain wpxero-search-filter, option key wpxero_search_settings, shortcodes [xerosf_icon] / [xerosf_input], and filter hooks xerosf_weights / xerosf_results / xerosf_analytics_retention_days are all unchanged.
1.0.4 – 2026-05-06
Compatibility
* Declared support for WordPress 7.0 (Tested up to: 7.0).
1.0.3 – 2026-01-17
Bug Fixes
* Fixed: Resolved CSS styling issues affecting fullscreen search modal display.
Improvements
* Enhanced: Search functionality with improved accuracy and response time.
* Refined: Settings panel reorganised by priority for better user workflow.
* Optimised: Admin interface performance for faster page loads.
1.0.1 – 2026-01-10
Bug Fixes
* Fixed: Frontend search results not displaying correctly under certain conditions.
* Resolved: AJAX response handling for search queries.
1.0.0 – 2026-01-01
Initial Release
* Introduced real-time live search functionality.
* Added slash command system with 20+ commands.
* Implemented WooCommerce product search integration.
* Added voice search capability (browser-dependent).
* Included advanced analytics dashboard.
* Added visual search via image upload and webcam.
* Implemented dark/light mode toggle.
* Added AI-powered search suggestions.
* Included favourites and bookmarking system.
* Added WPML and Polylang compatibility.
* Implemented synonym expansion and SEO metadata search.
