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Best search plugins for WordPress

The most popular search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Regex leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Relevanssi (100K+) and Search & Replace (100K+). All 652 plugins tagged “search” 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 10 search plugins

  1. 1.
    Search Regex

    The most installed search plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 101 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    Relevanssi

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 406 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    Search & Replace

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 283 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

  4. 4.
    String locator

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 125 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    Ivory Search

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,562 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Ajax Search Lite

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 266 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Real-Time Find and Replace

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Advanced Woo Search

    60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 248 reviews, updated 6 days ago.

  9. 9.
    Search Exclude

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 218 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    Search & Filter

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 175 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 652 plugins tagged “search”