Best elasticsearch plugins for WordPress
The most popular elasticsearch plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ElasticPress leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of REST API Log (5K+) and ElasticPress Debugging Add-On (800+). All 8 plugins tagged “elasticsearch” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 elasticsearch plugins
- 1.
ElasticPressThe most installed elasticsearch plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 30 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
REST API Log5K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 24 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
ElasticPress Debugging Add-On800+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago.
- 4.
WP Simple Elasticsearch10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 5.
Swayam AI ChatbotFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
ElasticProbeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 8 plugins tagged “elasticsearch”
ElasticPress
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,378by 10up1 month ago
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.2(30)
- Downloads
- 736/day
REST API Log
Down in the last 7 days:11#3,214by Pete Nelson1 month ago
WordPress plugin to log REST API requests and responses
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.6(24)
- Downloads
- 71/day
ElasticPress Debugging Add-On
Up in the last 7 days:50#7,291by 10up6 months ago
Extends the Query Monitor and Debug Bar plugins for ElasticPress queries.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5.8K/day
WP Simple Elasticsearch
Down in the last 7 days:5,288#47,800by horike10 years ago
This plugin is that WordPress of standard search using ?s=xxx to replace WordPress DB with Elasticsearch.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Swayam AI Chatbot
Up in the last 7 days:4,938#63,448by Sagar Deshmukh2 months ago
AI-powered chatbot using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to answer questions based on your WordPress content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ElasticProbe
#65,072by Bushwack Studio1 year ago
A lightning fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day