FoundThis Search Intelligence (Core)

Description

Visitors are finding your website, but they are not finding your products and content.

• FoundThis lets website visitors search your website, in their own language.
• Users can type in any search term, in any language. It then auto-translates the search query to your site language.
• It then expands your website’s search using AI, ensuring that your products and content is always found.
• Searches are logged, so that you can gain intelligence on what your visitors are actually searching for, allowing you to optimize your products and content.
• Works with all WordPress e-Commerce plugins, including WooCommerce.
• Lets international visitors find what they want on your website.
• Allows for any searches in any language.

The plugin is designed to be:

• Opt-in (you must enable optimization)
• Fail-open (if the API is unavailable, WordPress search remains unchanged)

External services

• This plugin connects to the FoundThis API to translate search queries.
• Pro Version expands the search query using AI, ensuring your client always finds your products in your shop catalog as well as any content on your site.

Service: FoundThis API
– Service URL: https://api.foundthis.us/

Endpoints used by this plugin:
– API key registration: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/register
– Connection diagnostics: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/store/status
– Search optimization: https://api.foundthis.us/api/v1/query/interpret

Data sent:
– Search query text
– Site language
– Store identifier

Why the store identifier is needed:

• It lets the FoundThis API associate requests with your store for quota and plan enforcement.
• It is not used to access your WordPress admin or your customer data.

When data is sent:
– When you connect/register this site (to create an API key)
– When optimization is enabled and the site receives front-end search requests
– When you click the “ Test Connection” button in the plugin settings

Purpose:
– Improve search relevance by returning an optimized query

Privacy policy:
– https://api.foundthis.us/privacy

Notes:
– The API enforces plan gating and quota.
– If the API is unavailable, the site search should continue to function.

Developers

Filters:
– foundthis_core_api_base_url (string): Override the API base URL (advanced/dev use).
– foundthis_core_should_optimize_query (bool, WP_Query): Return false to skip optimization for a given query.
– foundthis_core_expanded_query (string, original, lang, WP_Query): Modify the optimized query before it is applied.