I have implemented the feature in the latest released plugin version 4.4.11

To use the feature, please update to the latest plugin version and then add the below code in the functions.php file of your child theme.

function func_is_exclude_child(){
	return true;
}
add_filter( 'is_exclude_child', 'func_is_exclude_child' );

Please let me know how it works for you.

Also, please note that if you have configured the search form to search images and exclude any post or page then If you enable the above option then the images or attachments attached to the excluded post/page will also get excluded from the search.

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

It seems from your shared screenshot that you have configured the plugin settings correctly and it should exclude the Staff Only forum from search.

I have tested it on my test site and it’s working fine for me using the latest version of the Ivory Search plugin.

Are you searching the forum name or topics contained in the forum?

If you are searching for the topics then you have to also exclude the topics.

Best regards,
Ivory Search Support

@jingael Have you created the menu on your website using any page builder?

Have you configured the plugin settings to display search form in menu as described above?

Could you please share your site URL where it is not displaying so that I can troubleshoot it?

I can access your website now and see the search form text.

As requested above, have you asked the loco translate support how to translate dynamic text such as displayed in the attached screenshot?

Please temporarily remove India from the list.