Optimize HivePress Marketplace Search

Customer: AI | Published: 06.09.2025

My WordPress-based marketplace runs on the HivePress plugin, and the search experience is the one thing still holding it back. Right now users struggle to find the listings they need, and the results page feels cluttered. I want the entire search flow—from the moment someone starts typing to the instant relevant results appear—cleaned up and streamlined. Here’s what I need: • A deep dive into the existing HivePress search logic to identify bottlenecks or mismatched queries. • Front-end tweaks so the search bar looks polished and blends seamlessly with the rest of the theme. • Faster, more relevant results (I’m happy to discuss algorithm tweaks, caching layers, or AJAX-based loading if they help). • Clear documentation of any code or settings changes, ideally packaged in a child theme or plugin snippet so updates don’t break anything. You’re free to recommend additional enhancements—category or attribute filters, live suggestions, etc.—as long as the final experience feels intuitive and responsive. Once the work is done, I’ll test everything on a staging copy before we roll it out to production.