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.

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.

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.

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.

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.