Best fulltext plugins for WordPress
The most popular fulltext plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Relevanssi Light leads with 600+ active installs, ahead of Full-Text Search (200+) and Seznam Fulltext (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “fulltext” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 fulltext plugins
- 1.
Relevanssi LightThe most installed fulltext plugin, with 600+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 7 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
Full-Text Search200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Seznam Fulltext
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.Wow FullText Search
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 5 plugins tagged “fulltext”

Relevanssi Light
Up in the last 7 days:12#8,139by Christoph Vielgrader3 months ago
Relevanssi Light is a simple, quick and effective search improvement that replaces the default WP search with a fulltext index search.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Full-Text Search
Down in the last 7 days:9#11,742by ishitaka10 months ago
Replaces site search with full-text search.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Seznam Fulltext
Down in the last 7 days:620#33,199by stolda12 years ago
Snadné přidávání článku do Seznam.cz fulltextu
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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