Best facets plugins for WordPress
The most popular facets plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Scry Search leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Scriblio (10+) and SwiftSearch for Algolia (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “facets” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 facets plugins
- 1.
Scry SearchThe most installed facets plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.Scriblio
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.
SwiftSearch for AlgoliaFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Site Search ONEFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “facets”

Scry Search
Down in the last 7 days:9,983#32,122by JG Web Development3 days ago
Meilisearch for large WordPress sites: keyword + semantic/hybrid search, drop-in WP_Query, ~45 PHP hooks, no theme changes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 63/day
Scriblio
#38,285by Casey Bisson12 years ago
Scriblio enables faceted searching and browsing of WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SwiftSearch for Algolia
Up in the last 7 days:21,813#50,387by Loopstates9 days ago
Fast, typo-tolerant search for WordPress and WooCommerce with direct Algolia DSN queries, facets, and merchandising.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Site Search ONE
Down in the last 7 days:13,317#66,641by Thomas Harris2 years ago
Site Search ONE - professional search for large volumes of text
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day