Best search exclude plugins for WordPress
The most popular search exclude plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Exclude leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Exclude Search (80+). All 2 plugins tagged “search exclude” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 search exclude plugins
- 1.
Search ExcludeThe most installed search exclude plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 218 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Exclude Search80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “search exclude”
Search Exclude
Down in the last 7 days:1#724by quadlayers1 month ago
Hide any post or page from the search results.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(218)
- Downloads
- 553/day
Exclude Search
Up in the last 7 days:34#18,102by Jainish Brahmbhatt6 months ago
Exclude posts, pages, products or custom posts from WordPress search results.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day