Best cse plugins for WordPress
The most popular cse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search with Google leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of SearchCloak (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “cse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 cse plugins
- 1.
Search with GoogleThe most installed cse plugin, with 70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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SearchCloak20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0.
All 2 plugins tagged “cse”
Search with Google
Up in the last 7 days:53#18,842by rtCamp1 year ago
Replace WordPress default search with server-side rendered Google Custom Search results.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
SearchCloak
Up in the last 7 days:125#26,889by firebrandllc8 years ago
Hides Pages & Posts from search results and search engine indexes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day