How to use the Search addon

The Search Addon on Envira Gallery allows searching the image directly from the frontend of the site. Using the addon, it makes easier to access specific images quickly and with ease within your galleries. We’ll walk you through how to set up a Search addon!

Installation

To use the frontend search functionality, you’ll need to install and activate Envira Gallery Pro and Search Addon.

Follow these steps to install and activate the Envira Gallery Pro and Search Addon:

• Install and Activate Envira Gallery
• Install and Activate Addon

Setup

Step 1 — Create Gallery

Your first step is to create a new gallery or edit an existing gallery. If you need any help creating your first gallery, please review our documentation here.

Step 2 — Access Search Tab

While editing your gallery, navigate to the Search tab to begin enabling the search functionality for your gallery.

Step 3 — Configure Search Settings

Once you have accessed the Search tab, you will find three options under the Search Settings:

• Enable Search — This option allows you to enable or disable the search functionality for your galleries. When enabled, visitors will see a search bar within the gallery.
• Placeholder text — The Placeholder text field allows you to change the text displayed inside the search bar. By default, the placeholder text says “Search Images”. However, you can customize it to anything you want to better match your site.
• Search by -This option defines the data the search function will use to search images. For example — You can search the image through Image Description. So when you search, it displays all of the images that match the description. You can choose to search images by:
  
  1. Tags — Allows users to find the images based on specific tags assigned to them. To activate the Tag addon, please follow this guide.
  2. Alt Text — Helps find images using the alternative text added to them.
  3. Image Description — This will find the images using the text written in the image description.
  4. EXIF Data — This will allow users to find images using details stored in the photo, such as Camera Model, Capture Time, Shutter Speed etc. To activate EXIF addon, please follow our guide here.
  5. Comments — Let users find images based on comments left on the images. For more details on the Comments addon, you can follow this guide.

Now you’re all set! You can easily search for images directly from the frontend of your galleries.

FAQ

Does the search functionality work for albums too?

Yes! The search functionality works for both galleries and albums, allowing users to find images across your entire image collection.