Best meilisearch plugins for WordPress
The most popular meilisearch plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Init Live Search leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Yuto (50+) and CelerSearch (30+). All 4 plugins tagged “meilisearch” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 meilisearch plugins
- 1.
Init Live SearchThe most installed meilisearch plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Yuto50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.CelerSearch
30+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Scry Search20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 days ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “meilisearch”

Init Live Search
Up in the last 7 days:305#16,676by Init HTML1 month ago
Fast REST API live search with optional FULLTEXT index, Meilisearch, AI-powered Related Posts, slash commands, ACF and WooCommerce support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Yuto
Down in the last 7 days:166#20,253by Pono Press1 year ago
Turbocharge your website search with lightning-fast and hyper-relevant Meilisearch search engine
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CelerSearch
Up in the last 7 days:194#23,240by CelerSearch23 days ago
⚡ Instant, typo-tolerant, AI-powered WordPress search with Meilisearch. Autocomplete, faceted filters, semantic search, WooCommerce-ready.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

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