WordPress Developer – AI-Powered Site Search

We are looking for an experienced WordPress developer to replace a site’s default WordPress search with a modern, AI-assisted search experience. Scope: Integrate a hosted search engine with WordPress, so content is indexed automatically when it is saved, updated or deleted Build a custom plugin to: map custom post types and ACF fields to the search index extract text from PDFs exclude drafts and noindex content Build a custom search results template in the existing theme: result cards showing title, content type, date and excerpt content-type filters autocomplete and typo tolerance a mobile filter drawer a no-results page accessibility to WCAG 2.1 AA Build an AI quick answer: a WordPress REST endpoint that sends the top results to an LLM API and returns a short summary with source links. The API key stays on the server, and the answer can be switched off from an admin setting. Add GA4 custom events for searches, zero-result searches, result clicks, filter use and AI answer feedback Support QA, UAT and fixes from a security review Requirements: Proven work integrating a hosted search engine with WordPress (please share links) Strong PHP, custom plugin development, ACF, the WordPress REST API and JavaScript Experience calling LLM APIs Secure coding practice: no exposed keys, sanitised input