I am proud to release my first wordpress plugin Sexy Search which makes your wordpress search URLs much better! This simple wordpress plugin (no configuration) redirects ?s=sexysearch search URLs to the sexier /search/sexysearch making the search results search engine friendly!

What’s more?

This plugin removes the unnecessary “?” and converts spaces (%20) into plus sign “+”, making your wordpress search string more readable, and better for search engine optimization.

Get the plugin here!  Sexy Search Wordpress Plugin (267)

You may view the changes done since I started developing this plugin below.

I haven’t uploaded this to wordpress repository yet. This plugin is released under GNU GPL v3 License and you are free to share with anyone!

I have tested this plugin and it works perfectly with wordpress 3.0+. In case if you would like to link back to this plugin, please do not link directly to the download file, you can use the link of this page or grab this short link http://is.gd/sexysearch

Demo

Try out the search box in the sidebar and don’t forget to observe the URL

Installation

1) Upload the SexySearch folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2) Activate the “SexySearch” plugin in your WordPress administration interface
3) Done!

Changelog

2012.02.18 – version 1.0.4
* Fixed Compatibility Issues with WP 3.3.1 and plugin clashes.

2011.12.28 – version 1.0.3
* Fixed Compatibility Issues with WP 3.3.

2011.08.28 – version 1.0.2
* Minor bug fixes and compatibility issues fixed.

2011.08.02 – version 1.0.1
* fixed the RSS feed compatibility issue.

2011.06.29 – version 1.0
* Initial release.

P.S. This does not have any configurations or widgets and does not work if the pretty mod_rewrite permalinks aka fancy URLs are not enabled. This works with the default wordpress search only. You can learn more about using permalinks here.