Best better search plugins for WordPress
The most popular better search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Relevanssi leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Ajax Search Lite (70K+) and ACF (40K+). All 20 plugins tagged “better search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 better search plugins
- 1.
RelevanssiThe most installed better search plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 406 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Ajax Search Lite70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 266 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
ACF40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 165 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Better Search5K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 61 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 5.
SearchIQ1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 197 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
WP Fast Total Search900+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 28 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 7.
Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress400+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 24 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.
Site Search 360300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 2 days ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Yuto50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Bing Custom Search for WordPress40+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 20 plugins tagged “better search”
Relevanssi
#352by Christoph Vielgrader10 days ago
Relevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(406)
- Downloads
- 6.9K/day
Ajax Search Lite
#564by wpdreams21 days ago
The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(266)
- Downloads
- 738/day
ACF
Up in the last 7 days:1#820by Mateusz Gbiorczyk2 months ago
This plugin adds to default WordPress search engine the ability to search by content from selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.9(165)
- Downloads
- 437/day
Better Search
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,171by Ajay5 days ago
Better Search replaces the default WordPress search with a better search engine that gives contextual results sorted by relevance.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(61)
- Downloads
- 127/day
SearchIQ
Down in the last 7 days:31#5,923by SearchIQ1 year ago
Our FREE plugin makes your website’s search fast and more relevant. searchIQ helps you to manage content more effectively with real-time analytics.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(197)
- Downloads
- 33/day
WP Fast Total Search
Down in the last 7 days:13#6,948by Epsiloncool8 days ago
Extends the default fulltext search with relevance, jet speed and ability to search any posts, metadata, taxonomy, shortcode content and more data.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.4(28)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:44#9,627by matthewtyriley5 years ago
Fast, intelligent, and fully customizable search for your site.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.7(24)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Site Search 360
Up in the last 7 days:95#9,992by dsky2 days ago
Precise and fast search, autocompletion, and search suggestions for your WordPress page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Yuto
Down in the last 7 days:166#20,253by Pono Press1 year ago
Turbocharge your website search with lightning-fast and hyper-relevant Meilisearch search engine
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bing Custom Search for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:194#22,730by Steve Bruner3 years ago
Improve the search functionality on your site by using Bing Custom Search for WordPress.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relevant Search
Up in the last 7 days:65#25,857by Luis A. Ochoa7 years ago
Relevant Search replaces the default WordPress search with relevant results.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fast WordPress Search
Down in the last 7 days:940#34,405by Ivan Kristianto15 years ago
Faster and Relevance WordPress Search result with low resource consuming
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Typeahead
Down in the last 7 days:130#34,689by young12 years ago
Provide autocomplete for search box by typeahead.js. 为您的网站搜索框添加搜索下拉词条建议功能。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wow FullText Search
Up in the last 7 days:3,183#39,124by wowpress.host7 years ago
Fast fulltext search provided by Search Engine software replacing default WordPress functionality.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Searchcraft
Up in the last 7 days:4,124#63,268by Searchcraft, Inc.5 months ago
Bring fast, relevant search to your site. Searchcraft replaces the default search with a customizable, tunable, highly relevant search experience.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Hero
#69,866by Search Hero3 months ago
Replaces the built in WordPress search with a real search engine: relevance ranked results, built for large sites, with no external service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ignore block names in search
Down in the last 7 days:7,613#73,388by Torsten Landsiedel4 months ago
Modifies the native search to ignore block editor metadata.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day