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Simple Category Search

20+ installs · #27,778 most popular

Its stats
Closest match
Search & Filter
Shares 2 of Simple Category Search's 3 tags.
Most installed
Search & Replace
100K+ active installs.
Best rated
Ivory Search
4.9 out of 5 from 1,562 reviews.
Most recently updated
Advanced Woo Search
Updated on Nov 2, 2026.
  1. Search & Filter

    by Code Amp

    Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #789
    Rating
    4.5(175)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  2. SearchWP Live Ajax Search

    by Syed Balkhi

    Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Does not require SearchWP, but will utilize it if available.

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #795
    Rating
    4.7(36)
    Updated
    3 months ago

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  3. Relevanssi Live Ajax Search

    by Christoph Vielgrader

    Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Compatible with Relevanssi search!

    Installs
    7K+
    Rank
    #2,571
    Rating
    5.0(9)
    Updated
    6 months ago

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  4. Search & Replace

    by WP Media

    Search & Replace data in your database with WordPress admin, replace domains/URLs of your WordPress installation.

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #362
    Rating
    4.3(283)
    Updated
    2 years ago

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  5. Relevanssi

    by Christoph Vielgrader

    Relevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #352
    Rating
    4.8(406)
    Updated
    10 days ago

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  6. Search Regex

    by John Godley

    Search Regex adds a powerful set of search and replace functions to WordPress posts, pages, custom post types, and other data.

    Installs
    100K+
    Rank
    #291
    Rating
    4.7(101)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  7. Ivory Search

    by Vinod Dalvi

    Advanced WordPress custom search plugin. Provides Search Form Customizer, WooCommerce Search, AJAX Search & Live Search support!

    Installs
    90K+
    Rank
    #471
    Rating
    4.9(1.6K)
    Updated
    19 days ago

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  8. Ajax Search Lite

    by wpdreams

    The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support

    Installs
    70K+
    Rank
    #564
    Rating
    4.8(266)
    Updated
    21 days ago

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  9. Advanced Woo Search

    by ILLID

    Advanced WooCommerce product search plugin. Search inside any product field. Support for both AJAX search and search results page.

    Installs
    60K+
    Rank
    #617
    Rating
    4.8(248)
    Updated
    6 days ago

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  10. Search Exclude

    by quadlayers

    Hide any post or page from the search results.

    Installs
    50K+
    Rank
    #724
    Rating
    4.8(218)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  11. Pages with category and tag

    by YAHMAN

    Add Categories and Tags to Pages.

    Installs
    50K+
    Rank
    #713
    Rating
    4.8(28)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  12. ACF

    by Mateusz Gbiorczyk

    This plugin adds to default WordPress search engine the ability to search by content from selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields plugin.

    Installs
    40K+
    Rank
    #820
    Rating
    4.9(165)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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