How to Set Up Site Search with Shifter Algolia Search

This guide covers the following topics:

  • Enabling Algolia
  • Launching WordPress and Configuring the Plugin
  • Getting Started with the Shifter Algolia Search Block
  • Setting Up Deployment and Indexing with Algolia
  • Testing the Functionality
  • How-To Video

Enabling Algolia

  1. Log in to the Shifter Dashboard and select the site where you want to add search.

  2. Click “Live” in the left-hand menu.

  3. Click “Search” from the submenu.

  4. Here, you can click the toggle switch to enable or disable search.

  5. This enables search, and it should appear as shown below.

WordPress Setup and Plugin Configuration

  1. Launch WordPress, go to the Plugins page, and activate “Shifter Algolia Search.”


Adding the Shifter Algolia Block

  1. Start editing your site and add the “Shifter Algolia Search” block.

  2. Search for “Algolia” in the block menu, and you should find the block.


Building the Deployment and Creating the Algolia Index

  1. Once you’ve added the block, return to the Shifter dashboard, stop WordPress, and build the deployment.

  2. Your site’s Algolia search index will be created automatically after the deployment is built. If it doesn’t create automatically after a short wait, you can click the “Create Index” button to create it.

Testing

  1. On the staging or live site, navigate to a page that contains the Algolia block.

  2. Start typing in the search bar, and results will appear in real time as you type. Clicking a search result will take you to that page.

This completes the configuration of Shifter for Algolia Search. Search should now be working on your site.