Best hybrid plugins for WordPress
The most popular hybrid plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Scry Search leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Hybrid Byline (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “hybrid” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 hybrid plugins
- 1.
Scry SearchThe most installed hybrid plugin, with 20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Hybrid Byline10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 2 plugins tagged “hybrid”
Scry Search
Down in the last 7 days:3,982#26,220by 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
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Hybrid Byline
#31,392by Patrick Daly17 years ago
Adds an interface to the Hybrid Settings page to change the byline settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day