Producing search results from a Wordpress-powered blog that look like something a traditional search engine would produce is not as difficult as it might seem, thanks to a comprehensive plugin and template design. While making some changes, you can also try using a different search results algorithm than the default one.
The Search Reloaded Wordpress Plugin by Denis at semiologic seeks to improve upon the built-in WP search.
To use just download, unzip, and FTP to the wp-content/plugins directory. Then go into the admin area and activate the plugin.
If you want to adjust the look of the search results you’ll need to edit:
This function is at the end of the included sem-search-reloaded.php file and contains code that looks very similar to what is in the default template search.php file.
In the example pictured above, we also used a slightly modified version of GaMerZ Page Navigation plugin. This plugin is useful for spanning page, category and search results.
