TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin Tutorial, Use Cases & Prompts

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Do you want to learn more about the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin?

In this ChatGPT plugin tutorial, we are going to show you how to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, how to install the plugin, and what the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin can do.

We are also going to explain what to do when this ChatGPT plugin is not working and anything else important that you need to know about the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin.

If you prefer to watch a video tutorial on how to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, check out this one from our YouTube channel:

What can you do with the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin?

TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin is a ChatGPT plugin that allows ChatGPT to harness the combined power of 70+ search engines for ultimate web discovery. With this plugin, you can perform the following tasks:

1. Searching for information on the web using multiple search engines: You can query multiple search engines simultaneously to gather comprehensive information on a specific topic.

2. Finding the latest news on a specific topic from a given time range: By specifying a time range, you can retrieve the most recent news articles related to a particular topic.

3. Locating images related to a particular query using specific search engines: You can search for images based on a specific query and choose specific search engines that specialize in image search.

4. Discovering videos about a specific topic using designated search engines: This plugin enables you to find videos related to a specific topic by utilizing designated search engines that focus on video content.

5. Retrieving scientific publications on a specific query from selected search engines: You can search for scientific publications related to a particular query and receive direct links to the publications from selected scientific search engines.

6. Searching for software packages related to a query using specific search engines: By specifying a query, you can search for software packages using specific search engines dedicated to software repositories.

7. Finding apps related to a specific query in a specified app store: This plugin allows you to search for apps related to a specific query within a specified app store, enabling you to discover relevant applications.

8. Exploring the web for a query using multiple search engines and showing results from a given time range: You can conduct a comprehensive web search using multiple search engines and filter the results based on a specified time range.

9. Uncovering the latest news on a query from the past week using designated search engines: By utilizing designated search engines, you can retrieve the latest news articles related to a query from the past week.

10. Identifying scientific publications on a query and providing direct links to the publications: This plugin assists in identifying scientific publications on a specific query and provides direct links to access those publications, facilitating easy access to relevant scientific literature.

How to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin?

Here is how to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin:

  1. Open the ChatGPT website
  2. Sign in to your ChatGPT account
  3. Make sure that you have enabled ChatGPT plugins in your account.
  4. Select GPT-4 model from the model selector.
  5. Click on the ChatGPT plugin icon
  6. Select Plugin store.
  7. Search for the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin
  8. Click on ‘Install’ to add the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin to your ChatGPT account.

Now, also make sure that if you want to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, you have to use the GPT-4 model and you also have to enable the plugin. (currently, only 3 ChatGPT plugins can be enabled at the same time).

Now, all you have to do is use a TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin prompt to activate the plugin.

If you are not sure what plugin prompts you can use to activate the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, make sure to check out our ChatGPT plugin database here.

Can’t install the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin

If you can’t install the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, here is how to troubleshoot and find out why you can’t install and use this specific plugin.

1.Make sure you have upgraded to a GPT Plus subscription as ChatGPT plugins are currently only available for Plus subscribers

2. Next, you also have to make sure that the ChatGPT plugins are enabled in your ChatGPT account.

ChatGPT plugins enabled 2

3. It is possible that the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin is not available in the ChatGPT plugin store anymore temporarily because of some technical issues with the integration.

If you have already installed the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin but it still not generating the right response, check out the next section.

TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin not working – how to fix it?

If the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin is not working properly or you get error messages instead of a ChatGPT response, here are some ways to fix it.

  1. Click on the ‘Regenerate response’ button

Keep in mind that the ChatGPT plugin is still a beta feature, so bugs and other technical issues can occur frequently when you try to make any ChatGPT plugin work.

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However, in a lot of cases, the ‘Regenerate response’ button can help you fix a lot of errors.

  1. Check if you have selected the ChatGPT plugin mode

Once you have installed the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, you also have to make sure you are using the Plugin mode in ChatGPT if you want to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin

Currently, the browsing mode and the plugin mode can’t be used at the same time as you can see on this screenshot:

ChatGPT plugin mode enabled

  1. Make sure you have enabled the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin

Once you have selected the plugin mode, also make sure you have enabled the ChatGPT plugin.

Keep in mind that only three ChatGPT plugins can be enabled at the same time.

  1. TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin giving me a bad response or output.

If you can’t get the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin to give you the desired output, the easiest method is to ask ChatGPT directly using the GPT-4 model how to get better responses from the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin.

  1. Check other reasons why ChatGPT is not working

It is also possible that there aren’t any issues with the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, but ChatGPT has some technical issues in general. So as a best practice test, if ChatGPT is working without the plugin mode enabled.

If ChatGPT without the plugin mode enabled is not giving you a response as well, then most likely the bug is not related to the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin.

How to uninstall TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin?

If you no longer want to use the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin, here is how to uninstall it:

  1. Open and sign in to ChatGPT.
  2. Select GPT-4 model from the model selector.
  3. Click on the ChatGPT plugin icon
  4. Select Plugin store.
  5. Search for the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin
  6. Click on ‘Uninstall’ to remove the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin.

Official description of the TotalQuery Search ChatGPT Plugin in the plugin store

Harness the combined power of 70+ search engines for ultimate web discovery.

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