Title: Search Shortcode instructions missing
Last modified: August 31, 2016
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# Search Shortcode instructions missing
* Resolved [TalAter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talater/)
* (@talater)
* [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/)
* Great plugin, thank you for taking the time to create this.
* I’ve been trying to figure out how to use the search shortcode.
* Clicking “Shortcode Usage” in the menu, and then “Search Shortcode” shows an
almost blank page. The only content on that page is the text “amazon-product-
search content”
* Screenshot: [http://i.imgur.com/PaMzDgI.png](http://i.imgur.com/PaMzDgI.png)
* Is this feature implemented already, and if so, how can I use it?
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-product-in-a-post-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-product-in-a-post-plugin/)
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* [Don Fischer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prophecy2040/)
* (@prophecy2040)
* [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-7167043)
* TalAter,
The search shortcode still needs to be documented, as it was added
as a last minute item to the the plugin for the last update.
* In its simplest usage, it works almost identically like the `amazon-elements`
shortcode, but with a few minor differences, The search code does not use an
ASIN, but keywords, and you need to provide a few more items:
1. **keywords** – required. Space or comma separated keywords to search.
2. **search_index** – what search index to use (i.e., All, Jewelry, etc. – or any
valid index for your locale). Default is `All`. See [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/SearchIndices.html](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/SearchIndices.html)
for more info.
3. **item_page** – default is 1. But if you want to return results for additional
pages, you can specify the page number. There are 10 items per page in a normal
request. I believe the highest page number request is 99 (so 1-99 are valid).
* Otherwise, everything else is like the `amazon-elements` shortcode – fields,
labels, etc., except the shortcode value itself, which is `amazon-product-search`.
* Here is a sample usage:
* ```
Page 1:
[amazon-product-search keywords="meatball" search_index="All" fields="title,new-price,sm-image,button" item_page="1"]
Page 2:
[amazon-product-search keywords="meatball" search_index="All" fields="title,new-price,sm-image,button" item_page="2"]
```
* Hope this helps.
Warm regards, Don
* Thread Starter [TalAter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talater/)
* (@talater)
* [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-7167185)
* Thanks Don,
* A couple of issues.
* 1. I couldn’t get results for any search index except all (I tried Baby).
* 2. Is there a way to limit how many results are returned? Change the way results
are returned?
* An ideal solution would be for me to be able to show the top 3 most popular products
for a keyword in a search index. If I could also limit it to only products with
at least 4 stars, that would be awesome.
* Thank you.
* [posonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posonty/)
* (@posonty)
* [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-8466027)
* What would be the short code to show the searches of, for example: the hard disks
of the section of reconditioned products?
* [posonty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/posonty/)
* (@posonty)
* [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-8466105)
* I would like to show all those products, how would the short code be?
* [https://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Dwarehouse-deals&field-keywords=Dispositivos+externos&rh=n%3A3582001031%2Ck%3ADispositivos+externos](https://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Dwarehouse-deals&field-keywords=Dispositivos+externos&rh=n%3A3582001031%2Ck%3ADispositivos+externos)
* [Don Fischer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prophecy2040/)
* (@prophecy2040)
* [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-8466135)
* The search shortcode currently only uses the condition of ALL so you cannot actually
change that to Refurbished at the moment (this will be changed in the future).
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* Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-shortcode-instructions-missing/#post-8466135)
* Status: resolved