Software directory · 34 tools
Search plugins
Our picks
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Site Search 360
A hosted site search service that replaces the standard WordPress search through a plugin, indexing pages in the cloud.
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SearchWP
A premium search plugin that replaces the built-in WordPress search with a configurable engine.
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Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search (formerly Smart Ajax Product Search)
5,000+ active installs · Rated 4.4/5 · Updated October 21, 2026
A WooCommerce plugin that replaces the default shop search with an instant Ajax search showing product suggestions as visitors type.
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Swiftype Search
400+ active installs · Rated 3.7/5 · Updated September 15, 2021
A plugin connecting a WordPress site to Swiftype Site Search, a hosted search service built on Elasticsearch.
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Relevanssi
100,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated October 23, 2026
A search plugin that replaces the standard WordPress search with a relevance-ranked engine.
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Better Search
5,000+ active installs · Rated 4.4/5 · Updated October 16, 2026
A plugin that replaces the standard WordPress search with one that orders results by relevance and lets administrators weight titles and content.
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Ivory Search
90,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated October 21, 2026
A plugin, sold as Ivory Search, that improves the default WordPress search and lets administrators build any number of custom search forms.
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Ajax Search Lite
70,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated October 19, 2026
A live search plugin that replaces the default WordPress search with a responsive search bar showing results as visitors type.
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Advanced Woo Search
70,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated October 20, 2026
A product search plugin for WooCommerce that adds live Ajax results and a search results page.
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YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
30,000+ active installs · Rated 3.0/5 · Updated October 2, 2026
A WooCommerce plugin that adds a live search form showing matching products as shoppers type.
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WP Extended Search
20,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated December 7, 2025
A lightweight plugin that widens what the WordPress search looks at, adding post meta, author names, categories, tags and custom taxonomies through a settings screen.
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Disable Search
30,000+ active installs · Rated 4.7/5 · Updated April 14, 2025
A plugin that switches off the front-end search in WordPress entirely.
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Search & Filter
40,000+ active installs · Rated 4.5/5 · Updated August 22, 2026
A plugin for building search and filter forms that let visitors narrow posts by category, tag, custom taxonomy, post type or date.
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ACF: Better Search
40,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated August 18, 2026
A plugin that extends the standard WordPress search so it also looks inside content stored in Advanced Custom Fields.
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Category Wise Search
400+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated March 26, 2019
A small widget plugin that adds a search box with a category dropdown, so visitors can limit a search to one category of posts.
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FiboSearch - AJAX Search for WooCommerce
100,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated October 8, 2026
Free WooCommerce product search that replaces the default search box with a live AJAX dropdown of matching products as the visitor types.
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Search Regex
100,000+ active installs · Rated 4.7/5 · Updated October 6, 2026
Searches and replaces text across posts, pages, custom post types, comments, users, terms, options and meta fields, with full regular expression support.
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HUSKY - Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce
80,000+ active installs · Rated 4.6/5 · Updated October 24, 2026
Adds product filters to WooCommerce shop and category pages, by category, attribute, tag, meta field, price, rating, stock and more, placed with shortcodes.
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YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
70,000+ active installs · Rated 3.5/5 · Updated October 1, 2026
Free WooCommerce plugin that adds product filters to shop and category pages.
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Filter Everything
50,000+ active installs · Rated 4.6/5 · Updated September 22, 2026
Adds product and post filters to WordPress and WooCommerce, built from taxonomies, attributes and custom fields.
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Product Filter for WooCommerce by WBW
50,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated October 20, 2026
Adds a product filter to WooCommerce shop and category pages, so shoppers can narrow by price, category, tag, attribute, stock, sale and rating, with AJAX updates.
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Search Exclude
50,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated October 5, 2026
Hides chosen posts and pages from WordPress search results.
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WooCommerce AJAX Products Filter
50,000+ active installs · Rated 4.7/5 · Updated September 7, 2026
WooCommerce AJAX Products Filter adds product filters to shop and category pages that update without a full page reload.
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Relevanssi Live Ajax Search
7,000+ active installs · Rated 5.0/5 · Updated May 12, 2026
Adds live search results to WordPress search forms through an AJAX request, with results rendered from theme-overridable templates.
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PropertyHive
3,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated September 23, 2026
A real estate plugin for estate and letting agents to store properties in WordPress and show search forms, results and property detail pages on any theme.
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Name Directory
2,000+ active installs · Rated 4.9/5 · Updated October 1, 2026
A plugin for building glossaries and name directories that display entries in an alphabetical index with a search function.
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YMM Search
1,000+ active installs · Rated 5.0/5 · Updated August 18, 2026
Free WooCommerce plugin that lets customers find replacement parts by vehicle make, model and year.
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WP Admin/Dashboard Search Spotlight
900+ active installs · Rated 4.3/5 · Updated May 15, 2025
A plugin adding a quick search box to the WordPress admin bar that finds menus, settings pages, posts, pages, users, comments and orders as you type.
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powerSearch for bbPress
100+ active installs · Rated 5.0/5 · Updated October 25, 2026
Adds an advanced search form to the bbPress search page with filters for forums (with subforums), author, content type, topic status, topic tags and date period, plus result ordering.
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FiboSearch - AJAX Search for WooCommerce (Pro)
Paid Pro edition of FiboSearch for WooCommerce.
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Relevanssi Premium
The paid edition of Relevanssi, a relevance-ranked search replacement for WordPress.
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SearchWP WooCommerce Integration
Connects SearchWP to WooCommerce so product searches, admin product search and layered navigation filters use the SearchWP engine.
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YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Premium
Paid add-on for YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter.
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YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search Premium
Paid version of YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search.