Best search suggestion plugins for WordPress
The most popular search suggestion plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Search Suggestion leads with 60+ active installs, ahead of Ajax Smart Filter (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “search suggestion” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 search suggestion plugins
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Auto Search SuggestionThe most installed search suggestion plugin, with 60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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Ajax Smart Filter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 2 plugins tagged “search suggestion”

Auto Search Suggestion
Down in the last 7 days:271#19,363by AppJetty3 years ago
This plugin will help admin and users of the website to filter the search of page/posts based on some criteria i.e. all the available post types.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ajax Smart Filter
Down in the last 7 days:5,607#47,904by ramcraft4 months ago
Ajax Smart Filter is a powerful, professional, real-time AJAX filtering plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day