Best search engine plugins for WordPress

The most popular search engine plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ads.txt and App-Ads.txt leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of SEO Tag Cloud Widget (200+) and SEO Advicer by ScorpionGodLair.com (100+). All 44 plugins tagged “search engine” 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 engine plugins

1.
Ads.txt and App-Ads.txt
The most installed search engine plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
2.
SEO Tag Cloud Widget
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
3.
SEO Advicer by ScorpionGodLair.com
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
4.
PRO Sitemaps Connect
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
5.
WP AdminTools
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
6.
Submit to Google Index Button
70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
7.
Sewn In Simple SEO
70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
8.
Search by Tags
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
9.
Detect Search Engine Referrer
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
10.
Standard XML Sitemaps
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.