Best semantic search plugins for WordPress
The most popular semantic search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Clerk leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of AI Search for WooCommerce (200+) and AI Chatbot & Semantic Search (100+). All 42 plugins tagged “semantic search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 semantic search plugins
- 1.
ClerkThe most installed semantic search plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
AI Search for WooCommerce200+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 6 days ago.
- 3.
AI Chatbot & Semantic Search100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
AI Search for WooCommerce70+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 18 hours ago.
- 5.
SmartMatch Search40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Geweb AI Search30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 7.
SmartCloud AI-Kit10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 19 hours ago.
- 8.
VectorSeek AI Search10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
FindAstraFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
Creator Assistant SearchFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 42 plugins tagged “semantic search”
Clerk
Down in the last 7 days:204#10,259by clerkio1 year ago
Clerk.io is a software that helps your customers buy more from your webshop, through 4 amazing feature:
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
AI Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:45#11,857by queryra6 days ago
Replaces WooCommerce search with AI semantic search. Finds products even with natural language queries. No OpenAI key needed. Free forever.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 33/day
AI Chatbot & Semantic Search
Up in the last 7 days:339#16,095by webdigit13 days ago
Answers your visitors can trust, drawn from YOUR content. Self-hosted AI chatbot + semantic search (RAG), your OpenAI key, not generic ChatGPT.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 34/day
AI Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:1,123#18,474by Samuel Silvatoday
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
- 86/day
SmartMatch Search
Up in the last 7 days:2,099#22,241by Burst Statistics B.V.1 month ago
AI search that understands what visitors mean: they find the right page in their own words — or another language. Burst keeps bots out.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 9/day
Geweb AI Search
Down in the last 7 days:56#25,459by Geweb29 days ago
AI-powered search for WordPress using Google Gemini. Smart answers, source links, and instant autocomplete — all in one modal.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SmartCloud AI-Kit
Down in the last 7 days:2,554#34,685by Smart Cloud Solutions Inc.today
Help visitors find answers in your content with a chatbot and semantic search. Pro connects to your own AI backend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 29/day
VectorSeek AI Search
#38,255by stephentwalker6 months ago
VectorSeek brings powerful private AI search to your WordPress site. Index your content and provide fast, intelligent answers to users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FindAstra
Up in the last 7 days:13,538#53,756by elyass4 months ago
AI product search that understands what shoppers mean, not just keywords. Runs in the browser. No API keys, no signup, no cost.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Creator Assistant Search
Up in the last 7 days:9,863#54,385by Alessandro Lioce15 days ago
Make your site search truly intelligent.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Archivist AI
Up in the last 7 days:16,016#54,502by archivistai25 days ago
AI search and chatbot for your articles. Readers ask questions and get answers from your own posts, with sources cited. No login required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AIT AI Related Posts
Up in the last 7 days:10,796#55,233by Rustaurius2 months ago
Uses AI embeddings to show related posts/pages by meaning (semantic similarity), without relying on categories/tags.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VecPost AI Search for Posts
#56,168by krunalbalas5 months ago
AI-powered semantic search for WordPress posts. Understands meaning, not just keywords. Powered by OpenAI or Google Gemini.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RiTriever
#56,277by rioriost1 month ago
Adds RAG-style vector retrieval to WordPress search using native database vector indexes and configurable embeddings.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
UZ AI Search
Down in the last 7 days:1,122#57,278by uzerdigital7 months ago
AI-powered semantic search that understands your users. Accurate answers based on your content using OpenAI embeddings.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Asorto
Down in the last 7 days:2,648#57,985by mikolajkapica10 days ago
Free smart search and AI search for WooCommerce. Understands needs, typos and budgets like "gift for dad under 150". Never fewer results than before.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
XTAL Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:5,910#58,201by XTAL Search13 days ago
Hosted semantic product search for WooCommerce, with catalog sync and native-theme results.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Search by Biel.ai
#58,264by TechDocs.Studio1 day ago
Replace WordPress search with AI search: instant site search as visitors type, plus Ask AI answers grounded in your indexed pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Centous AI Search with Askiva
#58,530by Centous Solutions2 months ago
Connect WordPress to Askiva for content sync, semantic search, and streamed AI answers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ICON SL
Up in the last 7 days:13,669#59,880by iconsl4 months ago
Advanced AI-powered search for WordPress, with normal WordPress search used when no API key is connected.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Juanjo Labs Semantic Related Posts
Down in the last 7 days:5,944#59,937by Juanjo Labs2 months ago
AI-powered semantic related posts (embeddings), plus category/tags/hybrid modes and automatic Rank Math SEO metadata.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gregius Data
#60,543by Gregius7 days ago
Give WordPress developers a foundation to build AI-powered features.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Vragen.ai
Up in the last 7 days:1,211#61,028by Vragen.ai6 days ago
Visitors get answers from your own content, with the source. You see what they ask and where your content falls short.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Sharely.ai
Down in the last 7 days:5,926#61,800by sharelyai16 days ago
Your site's own search, ranked by meaning, and an Ask panel that answers from your pages with links to them. Nobody sees what they could not already.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OZY Smart Search
#62,268by Danish Rangaiz1 month ago
Live AJAX search with relevance ranking, custom field indexing, WooCommerce support, and optional AI semantic search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scolta AI Search
Up in the last 7 days:7,343#62,284by tag1consulting2 months ago
Zero-infrastructure AI search powered by Pagefind — static indexes, browser-side WASM scoring, and optional AI query expansion and summaries.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AskMyPages
#62,672by hookandplug21 days ago
AI search and chat for WordPress. Answers come only from your own pages and PDFs, with links to the source. Keeps your theme's search box.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Breezy AI Search
Down in the last 7 days:10,133#64,971by Breezy Team18 days ago
AI answers and smart site search for WordPress. Visitors ask in plain words and get answers from your own content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Neuroon Search
Down in the last 7 days:16,205#65,411by Neuroon AI2 months ago
AI search and sales assistant for WooCommerce: natural-language search, recommendations and add-to-cart from a chat widget. Paid plan required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SOLE Semantic Search
#66,303by solecomputer24 days ago
Replace native WordPress search with AI-powered semantic search via SOLE Engine.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Ariadne Related Posts
#66,399by Ucheagwu Onyike12 days ago
Keeps readers on your site longer by showing them the right post to read next, matched on tags, categories, titles and text. No API key.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
TechDelivery Chat
Down in the last 7 days:1,798#67,521by degoe564 months ago
An AI-powered WordPress chatbot that answers visitor questions using your own website content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PishTop Content Suggestion with AI
#67,935by micromax8 days ago
AI-powered related post recommendations using OpenRouter.ai for text embeddings and LLM ranking, paired with local vector similarity search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
LiteSearch
#68,101by Dons Digital3 months ago
LiteSearch is an AJAX search widget with built-in support for search history and semantic AI capabilities.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zuperix DAM
Down in the last 7 days:692#69,309by Zuperix5 months ago
Connect WordPress to Zuperix — the AI-powered Digital Asset Management platform with semantic search, AI auto-tagging, OCR, and global CDN delivery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Appinio Search
#69,565by appinio3 months ago
AI semantic, multilingual, typo-tolerant product search for WooCommerce. Auto-syncs your catalog and adds a smart search widget.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OC3 Semantic box
Up in the last 7 days:294#70,306by oc3dots1 year ago
Semantic search of website content with meaning...
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Creator Assistant Hub
Down in the last 7 days:20,401#70,999by Alessandro Lioce15 days ago
The AI infrastructure for your WordPress content. Vectorize posts with OpenAI embeddings and store them in Qdrant for semantic search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Softlinkster Semantic Search
Down in the last 7 days:7,752#71,069by Khurram Shehzad2 months ago
Self-hosted WordPress search with relevant results, live AJAX search, WooCommerce support, multilingual indexing, and privacy-safe analytics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Creator Assistant Knowledge
#71,752by Alessandro Lioce19 days ago
Adds a private knowledge base post type indexed to Qdrant for precise AI responses.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AI Provider for Voyage AI
Down in the last 7 days:5,373#73,526by Kingsley Ibietela Felix1 month ago
Standalone Voyage AI text-embedding provider for the WordPress AI Client.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Asyntai AI Search
Down in the last 7 days:4,799#74,139by asyntai2 months ago
Replace your shop search with an AI search bar that understands what shoppers mean, not only the words they typed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day