FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)
Visitors are finding your website, but they are not finding your products and content.
- FoundThis lets website visitors search your website, in their own language.
- Users can type in any search term, in any language. It then auto-translates the search query to your site language.
- It then expands your website’s search using AI, ensuring that your products and content is always found.
- Searches are logged, so that you can gain intelligence on what your visitors are actually searching for, allowing you to optimize your products and content.
- Works with all WordPress e-Commerce plugins, including WooCommerce.
- Lets international visitors find what they want on your website.
- Allows for any searches in any language.
The plugin is designed to be:
- Opt-in (you must enable optimization)
- Fail-open (if the API is unavailable, WordPress search remains unchanged)
External services
- This plugin connects to the FoundThis API to translate search queries.
- Pro Version expands the search query using AI, ensuring your client always finds your products in your shop catalog as well as any content on your site.
Service: FoundThis API — Service URL: https://api.foundthis.us/
Endpoints used by this plugin: — API key registration: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/register — Connection diagnostics: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/status — Search optimization: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/query/interpret
Data sent: — Search query text — Site language — Store identifier
Why the store identifier is needed:
- It lets the FoundThis API associate requests with your store for quota and plan enforcement.
- It is not used to access your WordPress admin or your customer data.
When data is sent: — When you connect/register this site (to create an API key) — When optimization is enabled and the site receives front-end search requests — When you click the «Test Connection» button in the plugin settings
Purpose: — Improve search relevance by returning an optimized query
Privacy policy: — https://api.foundthis.us/privacy
Notes: — The API enforces plan gating and quota. — If the API is unavailable, the site search should continue to function.
Developers
Filters:
— foundthis_core_api_base_url (string): Override the API base URL (advanced/dev use).
— foundthis_core_should_optimize_query (bool, WP_Query): Return false to skip optimization for a given query.
— foundthis_core_expanded_query (string, original, lang, WP_Query): Modify the optimized query before it is applied.