Best user search plugins for WordPress
The most popular user search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Improved user search in backend leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Enhanced User Search (100+) and User Supersearch (20+). All 7 plugins tagged “user search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 user search plugins
- 1.
Improved user search in backendThe most installed user search plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 2.
Enhanced User Search100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
User Supersearch20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Faceted Search for Ultimate Member10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Spotlight Search10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
Enhanced Admin User Search10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
PowerStackFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “user search”
Improved user search in backend
#12,257by Blackbam12 years ago
Improves the search for users in the backend significantly: Search for first name, last, email and more of users instead of only nicename.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Enhanced User Search
Up in the last 7 days:336#15,898by khan.shabnam2 months ago
Search WordPress users by name, username, email, display name and safe custom user fields automatically.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Supersearch
Up in the last 7 days:766#27,012by QuokkaCoders1 month ago
Search WordPress users and WooCommerce customers by name, email, phone or custom field. Add last login and last order columns.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Faceted Search for Ultimate Member
Down in the last 7 days:773#32,825by UserElements4 months ago
Add AJAX facet filters to Ultimate Member member directories so visitors can narrow members by profile fields with live counts and no page reloads.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spotlight Search
Down in the last 7 days:2,004#33,319by Liton Arefin4 months ago
Find posts, users, plugins, themes, media and comments. Manage WordPress updates from a single search bar on the dashboard and frontend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Enhanced Admin User Search
Down in the last 7 days:1,911#48,182by Mayank Majeji2 years ago
This plugin extends the default WordPress admin user search functionality in the search query.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PowerStack
Down in the last 7 days:6,376#71,189by WPPowerStack5 months ago
Search posts, pages, products, orders, users and settings instantly using a fast WordPress command palette.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day