diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/deleteFromSearch.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/deleteFromSearch.ts
index 94af7dacee..6ef74ea39c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/deleteFromSearch.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/deleteFromSearch.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-import type { CollectionAfterDeleteHook } from 'payload'
+import type { DeleteFromSearch } from '../../types.js'
 
-export const deleteFromSearch: CollectionAfterDeleteHook = async ({
+export const deleteFromSearch: DeleteFromSearch = async ({
   doc,
+  pluginConfig,
   req: { payload },
   req,
 }) => {
+  const searchSlug = pluginConfig?.searchOverrides?.slug || 'search'
   try {
     const searchDocQuery = await payload.find({
-      collection: 'search',
+      collection: searchSlug,
       depth: 0,
       req,
       where: {
@@ -20,14 +22,14 @@ export const deleteFromSearch: CollectionAfterDeleteHook = async ({
     if (searchDocQuery?.docs?.[0]) {
       await payload.delete({
         id: searchDocQuery?.docs?.[0]?.id,
-        collection: 'search',
+        collection: searchSlug,
         req,
       })
     }
   } catch (err: unknown) {
     payload.logger.error({
       err,
-      msg: `Error deleting search doc.`,
+      msg: `Error deleting ${searchSlug} doc.`,
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/syncWithSearch.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/syncWithSearch.ts
index f900c794b7..1afb8e90ca 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/syncWithSearch.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/hooks/syncWithSearch.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
 
   const { id, _status: status, title } = doc || {}
 
-  const { beforeSync, defaultPriorities, deleteDrafts, syncDrafts } = pluginConfig
+  const { beforeSync, defaultPriorities, deleteDrafts, searchOverrides, syncDrafts } = pluginConfig
+
+  const searchSlug = searchOverrides?.slug || 'search'
 
   let dataToSave: DocToSync = {
     doc: {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
       } catch (err: unknown) {
         payload.logger.error(err)
         payload.logger.error(
-          `Error gathering default priority for search documents related to ${collection}`,
+          `Error gathering default priority for ${searchSlug} documents related to ${collection}`,
         )
       }
     } else {
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
     if (operation === 'create') {
       if (doSync) {
         await payload.create({
-          collection: 'search',
+          collection: searchSlug,
           data: {
             ...dataToSave,
             priority: defaultPriority,
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
       try {
         // find the correct doc to sync with
         const searchDocQuery = await payload.find({
-          collection: 'search',
+          collection: searchSlug,
           depth: 0,
           req,
           where: {
@@ -104,12 +106,12 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
           try {
             const duplicativeDocIDs = duplicativeDocs.map(({ id }) => id)
             await payload.delete({
-              collection: 'search',
+              collection: searchSlug,
               req,
               where: { id: { in: duplicativeDocIDs } },
             })
           } catch (err: unknown) {
-            payload.logger.error(`Error deleting duplicative search documents.`)
+            payload.logger.error(`Error deleting duplicative ${searchSlug} documents.`)
           }
         }
 
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
             try {
               await payload.update({
                 id: searchDocID,
-                collection: 'search',
+                collection: searchSlug,
                 data: {
                   ...dataToSave,
                   priority: foundDoc.priority || defaultPriority,
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
                 req,
               })
             } catch (err: unknown) {
-              payload.logger.error(`Error updating search document.`)
+              payload.logger.error(`Error updating ${searchSlug} document.`)
             }
           }
           if (deleteDrafts && status === 'draft') {
@@ -137,17 +139,17 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
             try {
               await payload.delete({
                 id: searchDocID,
-                collection: 'search',
+                collection: searchSlug,
                 req,
               })
             } catch (err: unknown) {
-              payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error deleting search document.` })
+              payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error deleting ${searchSlug} document.` })
             }
           }
         } else if (doSync) {
           try {
             await payload.create({
-              collection: 'search',
+              collection: searchSlug,
               data: {
                 ...dataToSave,
                 priority: defaultPriority,
@@ -155,17 +157,17 @@ export const syncWithSearch: SyncWithSearch = async (args) => {
               req,
             })
           } catch (err: unknown) {
-            payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error creating search document.` })
+            payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error creating ${searchSlug} document.` })
           }
         }
       } catch (err: unknown) {
-        payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error finding search document.` })
+        payload.logger.error({ err, msg: `Error finding ${searchSlug} document.` })
       }
     }
   } catch (err: unknown) {
     payload.logger.error({
       err,
-      msg: `Error syncing search document related to ${collection} with id: '${id}'.`,
+      msg: `Error syncing ${searchSlug} document related to ${collection} with id: '${id}'.`,
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/index.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/index.ts
index 9a3ff86066..37dcffdd06 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/index.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export const generateSearchCollection = (pluginConfig: SearchPluginConfig): Coll
       type: 'ui',
       admin: {
         components: {
-          Field: '@payloadcms/plugin-search/client#LinkToDoc',
+          Field: {
+            path: '@payloadcms/plugin-search/client#LinkToDoc',
+          },
         },
         position: 'sidebar',
       },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.client.tsx b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.client.tsx
index a10c4b6009..98f625542e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.client.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.client.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useConfig } from '@payloadcms/ui'
+import { useConfig, useField } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 import { formatAdminURL } from '@payloadcms/ui/shared'
 import React from 'react'
 // TODO: fix this import to work in dev mode within the monorepo in a way that is backwards compatible with 1.x
@@ -16,13 +16,19 @@ export const LinkToDocClient: React.FC = () => {
     serverURL,
   } = config
 
+  const { value } = useField<{ relationTo?: string; value?: string }>({ path: 'doc' })
+
   const href = `${serverURL}${formatAdminURL({
     adminRoute,
-    path: '/collections/${relationTo}/${docId}',
+    path: `/collections/${value.relationTo || ''}/${value.value || ''}`,
   })}`
 
+  if (!value.relationTo || !value.value) {
+    return null
+  }
+
   return (
-    <div>
+    <div style={{ marginBottom: 'var(--spacing-field, 1rem)' }}>
       <div>
         <span
           className="label"
@@ -41,7 +47,9 @@ export const LinkToDocClient: React.FC = () => {
           textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
         }}
       >
-        <a href={href}>{href}</a>
+        <a href={href} target="_blank">
+          {href}
+        </a>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.tsx b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.tsx
index 65d12217de..3b3a8185a5 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/Search/ui/index.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,5 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { LinkToDocClient } from './index.client.js'
 
 export const LinkToDoc: React.FC<UIField> = () => {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <LinkToDocClient />
-    </div>
-  )
+  return <LinkToDocClient />
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
index 3ab321902f..5a56b06934 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Config } from 'payload'
+import type { CollectionAfterChangeHook, CollectionAfterDeleteHook, Config } from 'payload'
 
 import type { SearchPluginConfig } from './types.js'
 
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { deleteFromSearch } from './Search/hooks/deleteFromSearch.js'
 import { syncWithSearch } from './Search/hooks/syncWithSearch.js'
 import { generateSearchCollection } from './Search/index.js'
 
+type CollectionAfterChangeHookArgs = Parameters<CollectionAfterChangeHook>[0]
+type CollectionAfterDeleteHookArgs = Parameters<CollectionAfterDeleteHook>[0]
+
 export const searchPlugin =
   (incomingPluginConfig: SearchPluginConfig) =>
   (config: Config): Config => {
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ export const searchPlugin =
                 ...collection.hooks,
                 afterChange: [
                   ...(existingHooks?.afterChange || []),
-                  async (args: any) => {
+                  async (args: CollectionAfterChangeHookArgs) => {
                     await syncWithSearch({
                       ...args,
                       collection: collection.slug,
@@ -41,7 +44,15 @@ export const searchPlugin =
                     })
                   },
                 ],
-                afterDelete: [...(existingHooks?.afterDelete || []), deleteFromSearch],
+                afterDelete: [
+                  ...(existingHooks?.afterDelete || []),
+                  async (args: CollectionAfterDeleteHookArgs) => {
+                    await deleteFromSearch({
+                      ...args,
+                      pluginConfig,
+                    })
+                  },
+                ],
               },
             }
           }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
index 46e58b6a1c..7ec164647f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-search/src/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type {
   CollectionAfterChangeHook,
+  CollectionAfterDeleteHook,
   CollectionConfig,
   Field,
   Payload,
@@ -45,3 +46,9 @@ export type SyncWithSearch = (
     pluginConfig: SearchPluginConfig
   } & Omit<Parameters<CollectionAfterChangeHook>[0], 'collection'>,
 ) => ReturnType<CollectionAfterChangeHook>
+
+export type DeleteFromSearch = (
+  Args: {
+    pluginConfig: SearchPluginConfig
+  } & Omit<Parameters<CollectionAfterDeleteHook>[0], 'collection'>,
+) => ReturnType<CollectionAfterDeleteHook>