Title: Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight Author: Kuppuraj Published: 25 September 2018 Last modified: 15 May 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-spotlight-search/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1946914) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest three major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-spotlight-search/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1946914) # Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight By [Kuppuraj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rajkuppus/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-spotlight-search.zip) * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spotlight-search/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spotlight-search/#reviews) * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spotlight-search/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/) ## Description Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight is a powerful global quick navigation search plugin for WordPress Dashboard – it is an advancement of the default WordPress dashboard search. You can configure it to search anything on your WordPress Dashboard like pages, posts, comments, orders, users and many more options. ### How does it work? 1. Install the plugin, and you will see the search field on the wp-admin bar. 2. By default, menu search will be activated. However, you can include any searchable option from the plugin settings page. 3. Now, type anything for WP Spotlight plugin to search your entire dashboard and list all available menus/options. ### How is it better? WP Spotlight is a new utility search plugin which enhances the search experience in WP dashboard. You will see the search results at lightning speed and as you type, search results will become more accurate. Moreover, you do not need to explore your WordPress dashboard to find any menu. Just type a word and you will be presented with all available options/menus on your site. ### Everything in one place Say if you have installed a new plugin and it has some searchable options, WP Spotlight search plugin smartly identifies those options and will list it on the settings page. All you have to do is check the option to make it searchable. ## Screenshots [⌊WP Spotlight Search field⌉⌊WP Spotlight Search field⌉[ WP Spotlight Search field [⌊WP Spotlight Search Settings⌉⌊WP Spotlight Search Settings⌉[ WP Spotlight Search Settings [⌊Menu and Submenu search result⌉⌊Menu and Submenu search result⌉[ Menu and Submenu search result [⌊Product search⌉⌊Product search⌉[ Product search [⌊Order search by ID⌉⌊Order search by ID⌉[ Order search by ID [⌊User search⌉⌊User search⌉[ User search ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1aacb22d52c91f4f9ae6c66f882e248518d762b46870e1834b4118ea1c44d627? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Searches source code & seems to be abandoned](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searches-source-code-seems-to-be-abandoned/)󠁿 [bokibe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bokibe/) 29 January 2026 The plugin looked ver promising, look and feel are exactly what I want. I noticed that the search will include pages/posts that doesn't contain the search words however the words matched because they were in the source code of the page. Draft pages didn't show up either. I wanted to add this in the support queue and saw that the last update was 9 months ago and that all support issues are not answered. Looks like an abandoned plugin. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0dbe0e5b69181f10d78218ec3aefb7224756a11cc4881bb6c97cef6fc3123b73? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t work with ACF fields in WooCommerce products](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-with-acf-fields/)󠁿 [mobizdev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mobizdev/) 14 October 2023 1 reply The plugin basically works fine, but not for ACF fields (post meta) used in WooCommerce products. We are using ACF fields for products (Woo) and the plugin does not return any entries when searching for strings that are in the ACF fields although we did check the boxes for products and post meta in the settings of the plugin.Maybe the post meta search needs to be extended for WooCommerce. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70008b71a4759bd6c6b7a1f0a5a53e2dfd7e0ba231e7e63dd9828d6712d23a48? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[WP Spotlight Search is Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-spotlight-search-is-perfect/)󠁿 [sherlockclubcom](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sherlockclubcom/) 19 June 2023 WP Spotlight Search is Perfect ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2ba0cc6c4527da15f12669b137c75993b76d085f8333e5133789fe52d5118195? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Game-changing plugin for the admin menu minimalist](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/game-changing-plugin-for-the-admin-menu-minimalist/)󠁿 [nicole.php](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sofrlowi/) 8 May 2021 Such a fantastic plugin! I'm a frequent user of Spotlight on MacOS, and WP Spotlight has allowed me to hide most of my admin menu items because I can now just search for them when I need them. It's also very well-maintained. Thanks so much for building such a useful plugin! 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0fe5da3c41e6eddf0519a668525a8af61c4c5b63a50f8e1c48b4d99d824b5056? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-5800/)󠁿 [Oliver](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oliver1304/) 17 March 2021 2 replies I think the plugin is really great. I just tested it a bit. A really good backend search for admins and editors. Does it also work with content from ACF – Advanced Custom Fields? I have already created fields but no content yet. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/29421ec10af3dcc499920f4760da5fda2bf0ec572b2654d5a0051c251ff69c2d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slick!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slick-26/)󠁿 [nickfindley](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickfindley/) 3 September 2020 4 replies Pretty cool, does what it says. Nice interface. I'd give it six stars if it could be used to search post meta and user meta. Almost everything on my site is stored in custom fields. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/) ## Contributors and Developers “Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Kuppuraj ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rajkuppus/) [Translate “Advanced All in One Admin Search by WP Spotlight” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-spotlight-search) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-spotlight-search/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-spotlight-search/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-spotlight-search/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-spotlight-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Change Log #### 1.1.2 – 15th May 2025 * Fix: Security update #### 1.1.1 – 8th April 2021 * Fix: undefined variable $admin_is_parent. (Thanks a tonne to @theprinze for reporting) #### 1.1.0 – 14th April 2021 * Feature: The new option brings you to search the post by post meta (E.g: Advanced Custom fields) * Improvement: Menu finding ability improved. * Improvement: Search library updated * Fix: Plugin search results linking to incorrect URLs for certain menus.(Thanks a tonne to @sofrlowi for reporting) #### 1.0.2 – 05th Jul 2020 * Fix: Theme Customizer page load stuck due to the Java Script error.(Thanks a tonne to @ginhofresh for reporting) #### 1.0.1 – 28th Sep 2018 * Improvement: Global shortcut key added for all browsers and all OS’s * Improvement: Save setting admin notice added * Fix: Search bar icon not showing on Windows & Linux. #### 1.0.0 – 25th Sep 2018 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.2** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **900+** * WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.11** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spotlight-search/) * Tags * [admin search](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-search/)[ajax search](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ajax-search/) [dashboard](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)[Menu search](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu-search/) [wp-admin](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-admin/) * [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spotlight-search/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-spotlight-search/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Kuppuraj ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rajkuppus/) ## Support Got something to say? 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