Best local search plugins for WordPress
The most popular local search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Bloom for Publishers leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of pierre314r Local Taxonomy Indexer (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “local search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 local search plugins
- 1.
Bloom for PublishersThe most installed local search plugin, with 90+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
pierre314r Local Taxonomy IndexerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “local search”

Bloom for Publishers
Up in the last 7 days:42#16,871by bloomfornews1 month ago
Geotag your posts to enable local search and other hyperlocal experiences for your readers.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day

pierre314r Local Taxonomy Indexer
Down in the last 7 days:2,693#72,941by pierre314r15 days ago
A lightweight taxonomy indexer for standalone WordPress sites. Reads and organizes local categories and tags into a memory index.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day