Ajax Testimonial Search

Search testimonials in real time, without a page reload.

The Ajax Testimonial Search block (a content element you add in the WordPress editor) adds a search box above your testimonials. As a visitor types, matching testimonials appear instantly — no page reload, no separate results page.

How to add it

Enable Ajax Testimonial Search in a display block's Layouts panel. The plugin wraps the block in a Testimonial Group and inserts the search box above it.

Settings

Select the search block and the inspector (the settings sidebar on the right of the editor) shows two panels — Search and Search Button — plus the shared Advanced Settings.

Search

Control	What it does
Search Button Display Style	Where the button sits: Inside the field (default), Outside it, or No Button (search-as-you-type — see below).
Placeholder	The hint text in the empty field. Default Search....
Width	How wide the search box is (%, px or em). Default 50%.
Alignment	Position the box left, center (default) or right.

The Style tab styles the search field itself: typography, text color, background type and color, border (style, width and color), box shadow, border radius, padding and margin — with Normal and Hover states.

Search Button

(Hidden when Display Style is No Button.)

Control	What it does
Search Button Label	Button text. Default Search.
Search Button Position	Left or right of the field (default right).
Show Icon	Add an icon to the button. On by default.
Icon Source / Icon	Pick an icon from the built-in Library or upload a Custom one.
Icon Size	Icon size in px (default 16).
Position	Put the icon left or right of the button label.
Icon to Label Gap	Space between the icon and the label (default 8px).

The Style tab covers the button's typography, color, background, border, box shadow, radius and padding (normal/hover).

Frontend behavior

When a search runs, the block checks the visitor's words against each testimonial's title, text and excerpt (a standard WordPress search — reviewer details like company or designation aren't searched) and swaps the matches into place with AJAX, without a page reload. The rest of the page stays put.

How the search fires depends on the button:

• With a button (Inside or Outside), the search runs when the visitor clicks the button — pressing Enter in the field does nothing.
• With No Button, it's a live search — results update as the visitor types, with a request sent on every keystroke.

Either way, running a search jumps back to the first page, so it stays in sync with Ajax Pagination and any active Live Frontend Filter on the same group.

Tips

• Write a helpful placeholder such as "Search reviews…".
• Pair with Ajax Pagination so long result sets stay manageable.
• Add filters alongside it and you've got a full "review center" — visitors can search, filter and page through everything in one place.