Best search highlight plugins for WordPress
The most popular search highlight plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Everything leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Combined Search (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “search highlight” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 search highlight plugins
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Search EverythingThe most installed search highlight plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 86 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Combined Search10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “search highlight”
Search Everything
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,667by Sovrn9 years ago
Search Everything increases WordPress' default search functionality in three easy steps.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(86)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Combined Search
Down in the last 7 days:2,132#39,501by Temerity Studios8 years ago
Forked from the popular WordPress Search Everything plugin, Combined Search allows you to search all available content types on your web site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day