Total Search: Products, categories, CMS and more

• Allow customers to search by categories, products, CMS pages, manufacturer/supplier, blog post (available when the website integrates the BLOG or Simple Blog module by PrestaHero)… on the PrestaShop store
• Provide search results not only from the object’s title but also from the object’s description
• Instant search results with jQuery Ajax technology
• Display product images, price, and description on search results
• Display a separate search result page with a custom page title
• Improve search result ranking algorithm by prioritizing products that contain the exact search phrase in the product name (e.g., searching for “stage 4” will rank products containing “stage 4” higher than Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 11, etc.), with optimized performance to ensure fast search speed
• Support search suggestion feature
• Allows customizing search results page content when there are no matching search results.
• Allows you to select suggested products to display when no matching search results are available.
• Customizable search box and the number of search results
• Display perfectly on different devices: desktop, tablet, mobile.
• Support multi-shop mode and multi-language

Step 1: Download and install PrestaHero Connect: https://prestahero.com/en/145-prestahero-connect.html

Step 2: Reload your back office, then navigate to "PrestaHero > PrestaHero modules" and click on "Connect to PrestaHero" to connect your website with PrestaHero securely with your PrestaHero credentials.

Step 3: Find the module you purchased (or free) modules and click "Install" or "Upgrade" to install the modules or upgrade your modules any time a new version is released.

*Note:

• Premium download: besides installing the modules using PrestaHero Connect, you can open "My account > My downloads" page at PrestaHero and download your purchased modules.
• Free download: you can download the installation package directly on the module details page at PrestaHero.

Version 2.5.2

• Clearer admin settings: options grouped into feature tabs, better labels and help text, fields show/hide based on related settings
• Smoother experience on phones and tablets (search box, results grid, dropdowns, admin tabs)
• Faster autocomplete suggestions and lighter cache clearing after saving settings
• Cron job for search indexing is more reliable (hourly schedule, clearer status, safer logging)
• Multistore: default settings apply correctly to new shops; search respects each shop’s content
• Popular/suggested keywords support emoji and special characters (utf8mb4)

Version 2.4.8

• Update “Search in description” option: when disabled, search no longer includes product descriptions (both short and long).
• Reduced unnecessary nofilter usage in module TPL files for better performance and compatibility.

Version 2.4.7

• Update compatibility with PrestaShop 9.1 and Hummingbird 2.0 theme

Version 2.4.6

• Enhanced the search relevance algorithm to prioritize products whose names contain an exact phrase match.
• New option added: Prioritize exact phrase in product search. When enabled, products with an exact phrase match in the product name are ranked higher in relevance sorting (position descending).
• Performance optimized: search speed and overall performance remain fast, even with large catalogs.

Version 2.4.5

• Module improvements

Version 2.4.2

• Update compatibility with PrestaShop 9.0

Version 2.4.1

• Module improvements

Version 2.4.0

• Minor changes

Version 2.3.8

• Module improvements

Version 2.3.6

• Update compatibility with PrestaShop 8.1.6

Version 2.3.5

• Update compatible with Creative Element module: display search block on the homepage

Version 2.3.4

• New feature: search by attribute's reference number
• Minor CSS changes

Version 2.3.3

• Module improvements

Version 2.3.2

• Minor changes

Version 2.3.1

• Update compatibility with PrestaShop 8.1.4

Version 2.2.9

• Update the search feature and cronjob feature

Version 2.2.8

• Module improvements

Version 2.2.5

• New feature: set up cronjob to automatically rebuild search index

Version 2.2.4

• Module improvements

Version 2.2.2

• Replace "Top" hook with "displayTop" hook

Version 2.2.1

• New feature: customize content and select suggested products for the search result page when there are no relevant search results.
• Update translation: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish, Dutch, Czech, Portuguese, Russian

Version 2.2.0

• Module improvements

Version 2.1.9

• Optimize module code

Version 2.1.8

• Module improvements

Version 2.1.7

• Update compatibility with PrestaShop 8.0.0

Version 2.1.6

• Update Spanish and Italian translations for the module

Version 2.1.5

• Module improvements

Version 2.1.2

• Change default "Sort by" to Relevance
• Other minor change