Title: Nice Search
Author: Mark Jaquith
Published: <strong>Gouere 30, 2008</strong>
Last modified: Gwengolo 29, 2012

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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.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/nice-search.svg)

# Nice Search

 By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nice-search.0.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nice-search/)

## Description

This simple plugin (no configuration) redirects `?s=FOO` search URLs to the nicer`/
search/FOO` versions. Requires pretty permalinks.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `nice-search` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the “Nice Search” plugin in your WordPress administration interface
 3. Done!

## FAQ

  Does this work with PATHINFO (index.php) permalinks?

Yes.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Translate “Nice Search” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/nice-search)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.5

 * Respect custom `$wp_rewrite->search_base` values

#### 0.4

 * Properly handle urlencoded characters (non-English languages: you want this!)
 * Include a hotfix for WordPress ticket [#13961](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13961),
   which enables the above fix to work.
 * Use proper WP API functions (enables PATHINFO permalinks)

#### 0.3

 * First version in repository

## Meta

 *  Version **0.5**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **900+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/)
 * Tags
 * [canonical](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/canonical/)[redirect](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/redirect/)
   [search](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bre.wordpress.org/plugins/nice-search/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nice-search/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nice-search/)

## Donate

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