While seeing a few things around it struck me, all good search engines provide spelling suggestions for common mistakes. I should provide it too. I have made it as a wordpress plugin so everyone can use it.

Name: [JKG] Search Spelling Suggestion
Version: 0.1
Description: Displays a suggested spelling correction for a given term.
License: Free for personal use. For commercial uses, contact me for pricing. For personal use, a single one-time link to http://www.jkg.in/ required.
Usage: You can simply use the following PHP code in your search template:

You can change the default texts, display using the optional parameters defined by the function.
Demo | Demo 2 | Download It!

12 Responses to “[JKG] Search Spelling Suggestion v0.1 : New WordPress Plugin”

  1. war59312 Says:

    Hey,

    Very nice! :)

    Thanks a lot,

    Will

  2. Usayd Says:

    It kept bringing up errors to do with headers when I had this activated.

  3. Jayant Gandhi Says:

    @Usayd - June 9th, 2006

    You have some empty spaces before the code starts or after the code ends.

  4. Jonathan Says:

    Great idea! Thanks for helping us all make our search engines more user friendly.

  5. Jonathan Says:

    Nice contribution to WP user experience!

  6. Rubira Says:

    Very nice plugin! Plug and play ;)

  7. Jayant Gandhi Says:

    Thanks Rubira.

  8. fo Says:

    How does it work? It is a base of words or something. Thanks for answer.

  9. Jayant Gandhi Says:

    I am using an API provided by Yahoo for this purpose. Yahoo checks the spelling based on its own proprietary algorithms and gives the suggestions which the plugin will show appropriately.

  10. Michael Says:

    I will begin creating my own site in some days. This will surely help me there.

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  12. How to Improve Search Function in Wordpress [Using Plugins] » Ericulous Says:

    [...] Search Spelling Suggestion Function: Displays a suggested spelling correction for a given term (like google) Installation: Add only a line of code to your search template Demo: Search for “computor” and the search page will display “Did you mean: computer”. [...]

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