Best search query plugins for WordPress
The most popular search query plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. hiWeb Soft Search leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Lost Search Result Tracker (10+) and Search Engine Keywords Plugin (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “search query” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 search query plugins
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hiWeb Soft SearchThe most installed search query plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
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Lost Search Result Tracker10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 6 hours ago.
- 3.Search Engine Keywords Plugin
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.6.1.
All 3 plugins tagged “search query”

hiWeb Soft Search
Down in the last 7 days:2,298#42,837by Den Media9 years ago
Soft search. Analyzes the search query selects the most similar posts, sorted by relevance. Мягкий поиск. Анализирует поисковый запрос, подбирает пост …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lost Search Result Tracker
Down in the last 7 days:2,171#44,605by Dits.Agencytoday
Track "no results" searches in WordPress and discover content gaps, missing topics, and real user intent to improve SEO and content strategy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Engine Keywords Plugin
#46,847by copesc18 years ago
Display to the visitor coming from search engines a message based upon what they're searching for.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day