Ivory Search vs Relevanssi Premium
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| Feature | Ivory Search v5.5.20 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Relevanssi Premium v2.26.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Ivory Search · Ivory Search Pro ($) · Ivory Search Pro Plus ($) | Relevanssi Premium ($) |
| Pros | Several search forms, each set up separately; Widget, shortcode and menu search options; Search form customiser in the admin | Click tracking and query log insights; Related posts shortcode and did-you-mean suggestions; Multilingual stopword handling for Polylang and WPML |
| Cons | WooCommerce SKU search and stemming need Pro Plus; Advanced options are locked behind upgrade prompts; Freemius telemetry prompt on activation | Needs a licence key and updates come from the vendor; Click tracking adds a database table that is trimmed by cron; Some features call Relevanssi services servers |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Custom search forms, Search form shortcode, Search widget, Search item for menus, WooCommerce SKU search ($), Word stemming in search ($), Upgrade prompts for locked features | Click tracking for search results ($), Query log and tracking insights in the post editor ($), Related posts shortcode ($), Did you mean suggestions from successful searches ($), Licence-checked automatic updates ($), PDF file indexing through the services server ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | Polylang ($), WPML ($) |
| Other | — | Relevanssi services servers ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | — | eu.relevanssiservices.com, us.relevanssiservices.com |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |