Highlighting search terms not working

I just searched on your site: https://www.feuerwehr-muenster.com/?s=die

And, notice that the word die is in red

Hi

I probably misunderstood this functionality then:
Yes, the search term is highlighted on the summary page of the results. I expected it to be highlighted within the actual post/page/… that was found. When I click on the link of a search result, I see the ‘plain’ post/page/… without any highlighting.

That’s right – at this stage it is on the search results page only. But, I’ll work on getting this onto the referred pages in a future version

Seconding the idea to make highlighted search terms display on the linked page. Some pages with high relevancy don’t have the queried word/s in the excerpt. Highlighting on the linked page would at least make them easier to see once you got there.

Also wish-list – highlighting by changing the background colour behind the text (like a highlight marker) rather than changing the colour of the text. Inputting a hex value in the settings for the desired contrasting background in both the search results and on the linked page would put a lot of visual emphasis on what the reader was looking for. And/or bolding the queried words would be a help (user option perhaps), especially if the background-colour change idea isn’t feasible.

Cheers –

Are you thinking background colour change for highlighting?

The plugin adds a .bsearch_highlight class which can be styled as per your choice using the style box.

I’ve put this on v2.6.0 as a priority.

Ah, this one is my own fault. I confess that I am not as fluent in CSS as I should be, or I’d have figured the background-colour highlighting for myself, since I was already editing the text colour in that class. Mea culpa. I learn things as I go along, usually. Already made the change, looks great.