Best lucene plugins for WordPress
The most popular lucene plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Search leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Enhanced Search (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “lucene” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 lucene plugins
- 1.
WP SearchThe most installed lucene plugin, with 60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 2.
Enhanced SearchFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 2 plugins tagged “lucene”
WP Search
Up in the last 7 days:188#19,092by Kenny15 years ago
WPSearch 2 is the missing site search for your Wordpress installation. Install this plugin if you need a fast, relevant, google-like search.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Enhanced Search
Up in the last 7 days:3,889#52,391by Simone Baldini7 years ago
Wordpress plugin that improves basic search giving you the possibility to do a fine tuning.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day