Best hide from search plugins for WordPress
The most popular hide from search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hide from Search leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Exclude Search (80+) and MWT Search Steer (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “hide from search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 hide from search plugins
- 1.
Hide from SearchThe most installed hide from search plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 17 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Exclude Search80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
MWT Search SteerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 day ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “hide from search”
Hide from Search
#4,066by Micah Wood8 months ago
Hide individual WordPress pages from search engines and/or WordPress searches, such as confirmation and download pages.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(17)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Exclude Search
Up in the last 7 days:34#18,102by Jainish Brahmbhatt6 months ago
Exclude posts, pages, products or custom posts from WordPress search results.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MWT Search Steer
#67,838by Cornel Raiu1 day ago
Hide posts from site search, or steer search per post: keywords bring a post into the results, stop keywords keep it out.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 115/day