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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.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 relevant plugins

  1. 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 widgets

    60+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 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. 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. 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”