Best Site Search plugins for WordPress
Categories Search & Navigation
Plugins that replace or enhance WordPress on-site search with custom search forms, indexing, live results, and configurable content searching.
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53
Plugins classified here
Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
569.6K
Combined active installs
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4.57
Average rating
Across the 51 here that carry a rating at all
Sub-categories
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The plugins
Plugins in Site Search
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#1
Relevanssi – A Better Search
relevanssi #2Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin
add-search-to-menu #3Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
ajax-search-lite #4Search Exclude
search-exclude #5Search & Filter
search-filter #5ACF: Better Search
acf-better-search #5SearchWP Live Ajax Search
searchwp-live-ajax-search #8Disable Search
disable-search #9WP Extended Search
wp-extended-search #10Search Everything
search-everything #11ElasticPress
elasticpress #12WP Search with Algolia
wp-search-with-algolia #12Relevanssi Live Ajax Search
relevanssi-live-ajax-search #14VK Filter Search
vk-filter-search #14Maven Algolia
maven-algolia #14Highlight Search Terms
highlight-search-terms #17Jetpack Search
jetpack-search #17Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress
better-search #17WP Google Search
wp-google-search #17SearchWP Modal Search Form
searchwp-modal-search-form #21Search in Place
search-in-place #21Magnify – Suggestive Search Plugin
magnify-suggestive-search #23Slickstream: Engagement and Conversions
slick-engagement #24SearchIQ – The Search Solution
searchiq #24WP Fast Total Search – The Power of Indexed Search
fulltext-search #26Custom Search by BestWebSoft – WordPress Custom Search Plugin
custom-search-plugin #26MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter
wp-meta-data-filter-and-taxonomy-filter #28Predictive Search for WooCommerce
woocommerce-predictive-search #28Search with Typesense
search-with-typesense #28MB FacetWP Integration
meta-box-facetwp-integrator #31Search Live
search-live #31Voice Search
voice-search #31WPCasa Advanced Search
wpcasa-advanced-search #31Relevanssi Light
relevanssi-light #35WP Search Suggest
wp-search-suggest #35NGG Smart Image Search
ngg-smart-image-search #37Bible SuperSearch
biblesupersearch #37Site Search 360
site-search-360 #39Open Search Document
open-search-document #39WebEquipe PDF Search
webequipe-pdf-search #39Full-Text Search
full-text-search #39EchBay Search Everything
echbay-search-everything #43Multiple Category Selection Widget
multiple-category-selection-widget #43AI Chatbot & Semantic Search: ChatGPT Answers From Your Content
smartsearchwp #43Sort SearchResult By Title
sort-searchresult-by-title #43powerSearch for bbPress
gd-power-search-for-bbpress #43Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search
fast-fuzzy-search #43WP Fastest Site Search
wp-fastest-site-search #43BP Distance Search
bp-distance-search #43PRyC WP/WooCommerce: Product search in any search
pryc-woocommerce-product-search-in-any-search #43Bible Search and Audio / Biblia y Concordancia con Audio
biblia-y-concordancia #43Search Field for Gravity Forms
search-field-for-gravity-forms #53Init Live Search – AI-Powered, Related Posts, Slash Commands
init-live-searchThis grouping does not exist anywhere else
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