Best relevant plugins for WordPress
The most popular relevant 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 Stunning Related for Posts, Products, Pages and widgets (60+) and Search Relevance (60+). All 5 plugins tagged “relevant” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 relevant plugins
- 1.WP Search
The most installed relevant plugin, with 60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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Stunning Related for Posts, Products, Pages and widgets60+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Search Relevance
60+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 4.Relevant Search
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 5.Relevant AdSense Ads
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
All 5 plugins tagged “relevant”
WP Search
Up in the last 7 days:194#19,111by 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

Stunning Related for Posts, Products, Pages and widgets
Down in the last 7 days:113#19,243by wp-buy2 months ago
Rule-based related content for posts, pages, WooCommerce products and any custom post type. Unlimited displays, 12 templates, CTR analytics.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Relevance
Up in the last 7 days:78#20,047by sablednah13 years ago
Adjust WordPress search results to order by relevance, not by date.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relevant Search
Down in the last 7 days:134#26,017by Luis A. Ochoa7 years ago
Relevant Search replaces the default WordPress search with relevant results.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relevant AdSense Ads
#41,685by Fredrik Malmgren16 years ago
Help Google AdSense distinguish what content is relevant on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day