Smart Search Plugin missing

I was hoping all components created with Component Creator (premium) would include a Smart Search (Finder) plugin.
It seems only a conventional Joomla search plugin is included.

Any tricks on easily creating a Smart Search plugin for CC-created components?

Hi Olaf!

There was a time when some users requested this feature. We thought about adding it but then we were told that smart search was on its way of extintion and we decided not to.

I have just checked and the smart search plugins are still available in the CMS, so maybe it's time to re-think about it. Can you add it to our github tracker ? This way other users could comment and vote if they want it too.

In the meantime, please feel free to follow this guide to add smart search to your component .

This same question was brought up a couple of years ago by me, I even ported the necessary code and gave it to the team. I'll see if I can dig it up, cause I now need it again too.

Kind regards,

Andres Yazan::

In the meantime, please feel free to follow this guide to add smart search to your component .

Hello, this link (the wiki itself) doesn't work anymore, is it possible to get this really useful guide again somehow?
thank you.

EDIT: opening the wiki link from Firefox reports :
Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Cannot access the database: MySQL functions missing, have you compiled PHP with the --with-mysql option? )

I could open it from another browser. Don't know the reason.

No success with this guide though, maybe is outdated (2014!).
I hope the CC guys will eventually add this Smart Search plugin!