Search (Smart Search)
The plugin Smart Search - Fileshelf adds downloads to the site search (Smart Search). It
finds title, description, file name – including its parts, so price-list-2026.pdf is found
under “price” –, version and tags.
Setting up
- Check that the plugins Smart Search - Fileshelf and Content - Smart Search are enabled.
- Open Components → Smart Search and click Index once, so that existing downloads are added.
From then on Fileshelf keeps the index up to date itself: when a download is saved, published, unpublished or deleted, and when the access level or status of a category changes.
Who finds what
The search only shows a visitor downloads whose access level – and that of the main category – they have. Password-protected downloads are found; the file still comes only after the password.
Type, category (additional ones included), author, tag and language are available as search filters.