Best content search plugins for WordPress
The most popular content search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WEUX Content Finder leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of WPFTS Add-on for WP-Filebase Pro (40+) and Ask My Content (30+). All 5 plugins tagged “content search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 content search plugins
- 1.WEUX Content Finder
The most installed content search plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
WPFTS Add-on for WP-Filebase Pro40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.
Ask My Content30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
WPFTS Add-on for WP Download Manager20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.WPFTS Add-on for Avada Theme
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 5 plugins tagged “content search”
WEUX Content Finder
Up in the last 7 days:686#18,510by weuxstudio1 month ago
Find text in WordPress posts, pages, Elementor, Site Editor templates, patterns, navigation, and custom post types.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPFTS Add-on for WP-Filebase Pro
Down in the last 7 days:40#21,516by Epsiloncool5 years ago
This plugin adds a data bridge between WP-Filebase Pro plugin and WP Fulltext Search Pro (WPFTS) plugin to allow WPFTS index and search files, uploade …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ask My Content
Up in the last 7 days:442#24,892by Pavel Web Design LLC5 days ago
AI-powered Q&A chatbot floating chat, block and shortcode that answers questions based on your own site's pages and posts.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day

WPFTS Add-on for WP Download Manager
Up in the last 7 days:437#26,608by Epsiloncool2 years ago
This plugin adds a data bridge between WP Download Manager plugin and WP Fulltext Search Pro (WPFTS) plugin to allow WPFTS index and search files, upl …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
WPFTS Add-on for Avada Theme
Down in the last 7 days:19,704#72,192by Epsiloncool4 years ago
This addon will enable Smart Excerpts for posts and attachments when using WP FullText Search with the Avada theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day