Gravity Search Overview
Introduction
Gravity Search transforms Gravity Forms into a powerful search and directory platform. A Search connects to a separate Gravity Form, known as the Target Form, and can display its entries through optional filter controls, customizable results, maps, and individual entry views.
Gravity Search supports text-based searches, advanced filters, proximity searches, interactive maps, customizable results layouts, and detailed entry views. Whether you're building a business directory, property finder, event search, member directory, or store locator, Gravity Search provides the tools needed to create a complete search experience directly inside Gravity Forms.
How Gravity Search Works
Gravity Search connects two core components:
- Target Form: The Gravity Form that stores the entries and data being searched.
- Search: The configured search experience that queries, filters, and displays entries from the Target Form. A Search can include optional visitor-facing search fields, results, a map, and individual entry views.
Create a Search, connect it to a Target Form, optionally add visitor-facing search fields using the standard Gravity Forms builder, and then configure its behavior and display using Search Settings.
When a Search runs, Gravity Search queries entries stored in the Target Form. It can also perform proximity searches against one or more geocoded locations stored with each entry.
Key Components
Common Use Cases
Gravity Search can be used to build many types of searchable applications and directories:
- Business Directories
- Store Locators
- Property Listings
- Member Directories
- Event Search & Listings
- Resource Libraries
- Service Provider Directories
- Location Finders
Next Steps
Ready to build your first Gravity Search experience? Continue with the following guides: