Title: Search Keyword Highlighter
Author: samiur6688
Published: <strong>July 27, 2025</strong>
Last modified: August 25, 2026

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# Search Keyword Highlighter

 By [samiur6688](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samiur6688/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-keyword-highlighter.1.1.zip)

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

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

## Description

Search Keyword Highlighter is a lightweight WordPress plugin that automatically 
highlights search terms on search results pages.

**Features:**
 – Highlights the keywords entered in the search box. – Supports titles,
excerpts, and content. – Customizable highlight color. – Option to enable or disable
highlighting. – Simple settings page, accessible directly from the dashboard.

## Screenshots

[⌊Settings page display⌉⌊Settings page display⌉[

Settings page display

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/search-keyword-highlighter`
    directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Dashboard > Search Keyword Highlighter** to configure settings.

## FAQ

### Is this plugin compatible with all themes?

No, this plugin is not compatible with all themes. If your theme already includes
a built-in mechanism for highlighting search keywords, this plugin may not override
those styles.

It is compatible with themes that use the following standard WordPress functions
to display search results:

 * `the_title()`
 * `get_the_title()`
 * `the_excerpt()`
 * `the_content()`

If your theme uses custom functions to output search content, this plugin may not
work as expected.

### Can I change the highlight color?

Color options are available. You can select the highlight color from the plugin’s
settings page. The following highlight colors are available:

 * Yellow
 * Light Green
 * Orange
 * Light Blue
 * Pink
 * Purple
 * Gray

### Can I disable the keyword highlighting?

Yes, there’s an option to enable or disable the feature from the settings page.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ samiur6688 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samiur6688/)

[Translate “Search Keyword Highlighter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-keyword-highlighter)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Added five new highlight color options: Orange, Light Blue, Pink, Purple, and
   Gray.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 months ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-keyword-highlighter/)
 * Tags
 * [Highlight](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlight/)[keyword](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/keyword/)
   [search](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/)[search results](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search-results/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/search-keyword-highlighter/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ samiur6688 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samiur6688/)

## Support

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