Recent Search Terms

Hi @steveraven

if you look at our knowledge base, you’ll find what you’re looking for (and more):

https://slimstat.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/5000631833-what-is-the-syntax-of-a-slimstat-shortcode-

Specifically:

– limit_results allows you to determine how many records to display
– post_link can be used to display linked titles instead of permalinks

So for example, in your case, the shortcode would be something like:

[slimstat f="recent" w="post_link"]limit_results equals 10[/slimstat]

I hope this helps,
Jason

Excellent stuff, thanks Jason!

I’d originally declined to use the above syntax as it didn’t appear to work – it shows ‘Pages and Posts’ rather than the ‘search terms’ used to find them.

So I’ll still keep the original, but your shortcode will be added too!

Hi Jason,

The above syntax doesn’t work after all.

It just shows the last few pages and posts viewed by visitors, and if I happen to clear the cache, it resets to being empty until it’s re-populated.

I remember now going into the syntax examples page and trying to find a likely candidate, but I couldn’t get anything to work that had the users actual search term, and a link back to the page/post that was subsequently found.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by steveraven.

My bad, I misread your original request. Replace post_link with searchterms:

[slimstat f="recent" w="searchterms"]limit_results equals 10[/slimstat]

Unfortunately Slimstat doesn’t currently support linking to search engine results pages connected to those keywords. The closest you could do is:

[slimstat f="recent" w="referer"]searchterms is_not_empty #&&&limit_results equals 10[/slimstat]

Jason

• This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Jason Crouse.

Yes, I’m already using the first example (minus the limit_results bit as that doesn’t seem to work) on my website.

Tried the second example and it just comes out with a load of gobbldegook if you get something like Yandex being the referrer.

Ah well, just a thought – thanks Jason.

Hi @steveraven

strange that limit_results doesn’t work for you. Enabling Debug Mode in the settings should show you the SQL query that was used, and you should see the “LIMIT” clause in it.

Yes, the second one is definitely not what you’re looking for. I will add your request to our wishlist for future consideration! Or you could write your own shortcode with a little help from a PHP developer ??

Best,
Jason

okey dokey – just make sure that anyone searching for a ‘red car’ in the search results with ‘bloody great big red car’ gets it linked to the ‘red car’ page, with his search term, so we can all have a laugh!

Hang on – think I’m on to something here.

Just tried adding:

[slimstat f=’recent’ w=’searchterms,post_link’][/slimstat]

…and all of a sudden, loads of links, pages/posts, and more importantly pages/posts with LINKED SEARCH TERMS appeared!

I’ll have a closer look when I get home!

@steveraven ha! How come I didn’t think about that. You’re absolutely right, that’s brilliant! ??

Yes, all I need to do now is limit the search terms.

That SQL query thing doesn’t seem to be working either – where does the query show up?

Got it – finally got the search terms limit working and it was a schoolboy error – I forgot that shortcodes should be added in the text editor, rather than the visual one.

All up and running now, thanks Jason – methinks that white bar is calling!

My bad, you’re right. The SQL debug code doesn’t show up on shortcodes for security purposes.

Got it – finally got the search terms limit working and it was a schoolboy error – I forgot that shortcodes should be added in the text editor, rather than the visual one.

Terrific! Nicely done, sir. Time to celebrate at that white bar! Haha.

Take care,
Jason