Best search plugins for WordPress
657 plugins tagged “search” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

BP Distance Search
Up in the last 7 days:84#14,115by Andrea Tarantini2 months ago
Adds a Google Place Autocomplete profile field type for BuddyPress, and enables search by distance with BP Profile Search.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search by Google
Up in the last 7 days:72#14,200by webvitalii6 years ago
Search by Google widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AddSearch
Down in the last 7 days:107#14,228by AddSearch2 years ago
Instant search for your WordPress site. Search as you type, synonyms, typo fix, content promotions, analytics and other advanced search features.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Search Widget
Up in the last 7 days:45#14,230by Aaron Axelsen13 years ago
Allows you to add a widget to search custom post types along with other options
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Solr Search for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:82#14,291by Pantheon Systems1 year ago
Improve your user experience with the Apache Solr search engine for your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Post Meta Searcher
Down in the last 7 days:20#14,472by lukerollans13 years ago
When activated, forces any WordPress Search Query to query against post meta data as part of the search criteria.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Exclude Pages from Search Results
Down in the last 7 days:23#14,587by Sirius Pro1 year ago
Simply Exclude Pages from WordPress search results and display only post in search results.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

StoreBolt
Up in the last 7 days:1,142#14,594by MadrasThemes1 month ago
Instant WooCommerce product search: a live dropdown over variations, SKUs, categories and brands, from a dedicated index. Self-hosted and free.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
powerSearch for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:309#14,713by Milan Petrovic15 days ago
Enhanced and powerful search for bbPress powered forums, with options to filter results by various criteria.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
YM Fast SEO
Up in the last 7 days:55#15,046by Yan Metelitsa2 months ago
Enhance your website with powerful, intuitive, and user-friendly SEO tools.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Search Field for Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:272#15,684by WP Sunshine11 months ago
Searches selected post types after a user types, displaying results below field.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Permalinks to Category/Permalinks
Down in the last 7 days:111#15,872by Svetoslav Marinov12 years ago
The plugin automatically redirects users who have accessed a blog post link without the category to the one which has the category and therefore avoid …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Menus Accessibility
Up in the last 7 days:2#16,079by singhleo8 years ago
Admin Menus Accessibility is a WordPress plugin which adds extra accessibility feature into admin menu.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Frequently Searched Words
Down in the last 7 days:123#16,197by miiitaka5 years ago
It is possible to register and display frequently searched words in site search.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pretty Search Permalinks
Down in the last 7 days:56#16,222by Angel Costa2 months ago
Rewrites default search query URLs into clean and readable permalinks.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

QuantCDN
Up in the last 7 days:280#16,264by stooit3 days ago
Publish a static copy of your WordPress site to the QuantCDN edge, keep it in sync automatically, purge the cache, and add Quant Search pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 45/day

Search by Post ID
Down in the last 7 days:80#16,634by Marcos Rezende7 years ago
Enables the user to search by post ID using the built-in search within the control panel. Works for all kinds of posts.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

AI-SEO KISS
Up in the last 7 days:18#16,645by Jordy Meow2 years ago
SEO for AI-Driven Search. As AI takes the lead in search technology, AI-SEO KISS helps you adapt to this evolution by removing traditional SEO hassles …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP FILE SEARCH
Down in the last 7 days:2#16,755by MariaOik11 years ago
WP SEARCH FILE enables searching on pdf, docx and odt files
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Search Top Bar
Down in the last 7 days:20#16,952by Luisana M.8 years ago
The easiest way to add a top bar with a search and contact module to your website.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Search & Replace Text in Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:439#16,964by Fernando Tellado1 month ago
Search and replace text within Gutenberg text blocks directly from the block editor.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Amit Indexing Engine
Down in the last 7 days:141#17,063by Amit Rajdev6 months ago
Notify Google, Bing, and Yandex about your pages. Auto-submits 10 URLs daily via IndexNow.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
gee Search Plus, improved WordPress search
Down in the last 7 days:3#17,251by luistinygod10 years ago
Extends WordPress search engine to taxonomies, custom fields and media, sorts results by relevance or date, and more. Simple and clean!
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Landing sites
Down in the last 7 days:98#17,528by SomeUser11 years ago
When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, the plugin is showing them related posts to their search on your blog.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stop Search Spam
Up in the last 7 days:357#17,647by RockStarLab2 months ago
The plugin blocks internal site search spam (what lowers your site's ranking in the Google).
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Base Terms
Up in the last 7 days:261#18,015by Art Project Group4 days ago
Change the custom URL structures for author, search, comments, pagination and feed pages.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Woo AJAX Search
Down in the last 7 days:22#18,044by Anik Biswas10 years ago
Woo AJAX search is a product searching plugins for WooCommerce with product category.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AJAX Post Search and Filter
Up in the last 7 days:301#18,052by Nirav Kaneriya2 months ago
Lightning-fast AJAX post filtering — no page reload. Checkbox, radio and select filters, date range, sort, exclude/include and RTL support.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Findkit
Down in the last 7 days:122#18,399by Findkit Team2 months ago
Powerful cloud based search engine for your website. Search as you type, real-time index updates, and embeddable UI. Free for small websites.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

AI Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,047#18,572by Samuel Silva1 day ago
Replaces broken WooCommerce and WordPress search with AI that understands meaning. Live-search block included. Works out of the box. Free tier.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 88/day

Search Modal Block
Up in the last 7 days:78#18,585by philhoyt4 days ago
A customizable search modal block that adds an elegant and accessible search experience to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Beomps Korea Postcode Search
Up in the last 7 days:114#18,675by beomps9 years ago
우커머스의 한국형 도로명 주소/우편번호 검색 플러그인 입니다.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WEUX Content Finder
Up in the last 7 days:511#18,779by weuxstudio1 month ago
Find text in WordPress posts, pages, Elementor, Site Editor templates, patterns, navigation, and custom post types.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Search Redirections
Down in the last 7 days:206#18,889by Ederson Peka11 days ago
Create redirect rules for any given search terms.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Search with Google
Down in the last 7 days:324#19,035by rtCamp1 year ago
Replace WordPress default search with server-side rendered Google Custom Search results.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP Search
Up in the last 7 days:155#19,099by Kenny15 years ago
WPSearch 2 is the missing site search for your Wordpress installation. Install this plugin if you need a fast, relevant, google-like search.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 2.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Full Screen Morphing Search
Up in the last 7 days:1#19,167by LebCit5 years ago
Responsive Full Screen Morphing Search Page Overlay With Predictive Autocomplete !
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Auto Search Suggestion
Down in the last 7 days:139#19,259by 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

SniffPress
Up in the last 7 days:176#19,268by wpwebguru14 days ago
A powerful search tool that helps developers quickly find text strings within theme and plugin files.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

CloudSearch
Up in the last 7 days:46#19,274by Andrea Landonio3 years ago
CloudSearch is a flexible plugin that allows you to leverage the search index power of Amazon CloudSearch in your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Command Palette
Down in the last 7 days:127#19,519by jhned9 years ago
Optimize WordPress admin navigation with a modal window to search for and navigate directly to WordPress admin pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Taxonomy Meta Box Filter
Up in the last 7 days:4#19,889by Matteo Enna1 month ago
Adds a search field above each taxonomy metabox in the post editor, making it easier to manage categories, tags, and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Search Relevance
Up in the last 7 days:124#20,021by sablednah13 years ago
Adjust WordPress search results to order by relevance, not by date.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yuto
Down in the last 7 days:35#20,128by Pono Press1 year ago
Turbocharge your website search with lightning-fast and hyper-relevant Meilisearch search engine
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Order Search Repair for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:97#20,152by indextwo8 years ago
Order Search Repair for WooCommerce scans all of the orders in your WooCommerce store and updates them to make your orders fully searchable again.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Salesfire
Down in the last 7 days:388#20,537by salesfire8 months ago
Boost the conversion rate of your WordPress or WooCommerce store with Salesfire's suite of intelligent CRO tools.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Responsive Search Widget
Down in the last 7 days:27#20,936by Erin McIntyre2 years ago
A responsive search widget with a search field that re-sizes in response to user screen size.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Tools for Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:204#20,955by PluginRx2 months ago
Unlock advanced tools and customizations to supercharge your Gravity Forms experience with enhanced features and streamlined management.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
HeadMeta
Down in the last 7 days:26#21,084by Dougal Campbell11 years ago
Automatically add <link>, <meta> description and <meta> keywords to your HTML on a per-post (or page) basis.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Search Analytics & Tracking
Up in the last 7 days:202#21,139by Airefs26 days ago
Track AI search impressions and clicks from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude & other LLMs and improve your website's visibility across AI search results.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day