Autocomplete – Don’t start until 3 characters

Looks like if you copy the autocomplete.php template into your child theme, you could adjust the configuration for this.

Notes on how to customize the autocomplete template:
https://github.com/WebDevStudios/wp-search-with-algolia/wiki/Customize-the-Autocomplete-dropdown

Specifically you’d be wanting to customize this section here after making the copy:

https://github.com/WebDevStudios/wp-search-with-algolia/blob/2.1.0/templates/autocomplete.php#L177-L185

With that section, you could add the following to the config js object: minLength: 3, making it look like this:

var config = {
    minLength: 3,
    debug: algolia.debug,
    hint: false,
    openOnFocus: true,
    appendTo: 'body',
    templates: {
        empty: wp.template( 'autocomplete-empty' )
    }
};

Should do the trick from what I’ve been told and understand.

More can be read about the autocomplete config over at https://github.com/WebDevStudios/wp-search-with-algolia/tree/main/js/autocomplete.js

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Michael Beckwith.

@tw2113 That did the trick!