Sometimes we need to implement a search functionality that looks similar to some of the renowned e-commerce site search (like Amazon, Flipkart and so on) as per the category, types and all. For this kind of search, Facet is a good option. So what exactly Faceted search is?
Facet is a plugin, in WordPress maintenance support plans 8, that provides a facility to arrange all the search results as per the category. Basically, it is an arrangement of search results based on categories, content type on indexed terms and content type.
Why we use Facets?
There are various reasons a Facet can be used:
It provides a drill-down search facility.
It can be used with default search and Solr as well.
It shows a number of item count for each…
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