The #1 WordPress Search Plugin

Create a Better and More Personalized WordPress Search Experience

WordPress search can’t find much. SearchWP helps fix that. Add lightning-fast search that finds everything on your site. Trusted by 50,000+ website owners.

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Finally, a WordPress Search Plugin that's both Easy and Powerful

SearchWP is the best WordPress Search plugin. Here are the features that make SearchWP the most powerful and user-friendly WordPress Search Engine in the market.

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Smart Search Algorithm

Customize your WordPress search algorithm’s weighting to match your business goals. Let it automatically improve based on user behavior.

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Custom Results Order

Change the search results order of any query. Simply select which results appear first by using our Priority drag-and-drop tool. No coding needed.

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Actionable Search Insights

Dive into what users are searching for with our detailed search analytics. Use the search click data to make better data-driven decisions.

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Optimized Search Templates

Use our optimized search form and search result template to get better results. Pick from a pre-made template and customize it to match your brand.

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Instant AJAX Search

Add a customizable live search field to your website that displays results as the user types, similar to Google's live search result drop-down feature.

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Better E-commerce Search

Optimize your eCommerce search results to drive more sales. Works with WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, BigCommerce, and more.

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Custom Content Indexing

Include custom fields, PDF documents, media, custom post types, custom database tables, and more to make your WordPress search more helpful.

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WordPress Multisite Search

Customize your engines to index, search and display content from every site in your WordPress Multisite installation.

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Advanced Search Controls

Improve search results with keyword stemming, conditional redirects, boolean search, exclude certain content, and more.

Great integrations

“SearchWP plugin integrates well with other plugins, is well coded and performs well. Good investment.”

Awesome granular search

“With SearchWP, you can add weight to categories, tags, taxonomies and even custom fields. This yields a much better and richer search than the basic WP search. My clients love it.”

Finally Found a WordPress Search That Works

“Having run a site with tons of content in it, search is important to my readers. I’ve tried so many plugins for search that, well, that just didn’t cut it. When I hit upon SearchWP my “search” was over. Excellent results and control.”

Top 7 reasons why 50,000+ users SearchWP

SearchWP is the perfect WordPress search plugin for YOU. Here’s why thousands of website owners, designers, and developers love SearchWP, and you will too!

  • Custom Search Forms
    WordPress Search Form

    Build Custom Search Forms in Minutes

    Design advanced search forms quickly and without coding. With SearchWP, you can effortlessly create custom search forms, live Ajax forms, and search modals. You can also handle custom fields and set up multiple search engines with ease and speed.

    • Quick Form Building
    • Live Ajax Forms
    • Search Modals
  • Optimized Search Results

    Achieve Better Search Results Instantly

    Improve your search results immediately upon installation. SearchWP takes over the default search functionality, delivering superior results with minimal setup. Reorder priority results to ensure the most relevant content appears first.

    • Easy Configuration
    • Enhanced Accuracy
    • Priority Result Reordering
    Optimized Search Results
  • Advanced Search Algorithms
    Advanced Search Algorithms

    Develop an Adaptive, Intelligent Search System

    Enable your search to learn from user behavior. SearchWP prioritizes frequently clicked results and popular search terms, continually optimizing the search experience. Control weight, include/exclude items, and leverage click prioritization for precise results.

    • Weight Control
    • Behavior Learning
    • Automatic Optimization
  • Comprehensive Site Search

    Search Everything By Relevance, Including Documents

    Unlike WordPress, SearchWP shows results based on the content you choose. It integrates with your current search template, sorting by relevance. It indexes custom fields, documents, media, and more, ensuring all content is searchable.

    SearchWP can be customized to search content from almost any database table and make text from PDFs, MS Office files, and other documents searchable. These results, with contextual excerpts, are then included in your search results, offering a complete search experience.

    Comprehensive Site Search
  • Better E-commerce Search
    Better E-commerce Search

    Improve E-commerce Search Results

    Many attributes of your products are ignored when searching. SearchWP considers all product details, including attributes and taxonomies from plugins like WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and BigCommerce. Enjoy first-party integrations for better search results and boost your sales with instant, accurate search.

    • Product Detail Search
    • Attribute Inclusion
    • Seamless Integrations
  • Actionable Search Insights

    Gain Insights into Visitor Behavior

    Access detailed analytics on what your visitors are searching for. Identify popular search terms, top clicks, and interest insights to better uncover content gaps and meet your audience’s needs. Enhance your strategy with data-driven decisions.

    • Top Search Terms
    • Popular Clicks
    • Unmet Searches
    Actionable Search Insights
  • Seamless Integration with Your Favorite Tools
    Seamless Integration with Your Favorite Tools

    Enhance Functionality Across Platforms

    Ensure your search covers everything with SearchWP's easy integrations. It works with ACF, Meta Box, WPML, WooCommerce, bbPress, Gravity Forms, and EDD. SearchWP adapts to your needs, allowing you to search forums, custom plugins, products, and multilingual content.

    Integrate with popular themes and form builders for a consistent search experience. With SearchWP, all your content, including custom fields, is indexed and searchable, giving users a complete and efficient search experience.

Improve Your WordPress Search Experience

SearchWP is a leader in WordPress search. Trusted by 50,000+ websites. Level up your WordPress search today.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a question about SearchWP? See the list below for our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed here, then please contact us.

Yes, you may upgrade your license at any time. Simply click the link in your Account area to Upgrade and pay the difference in cost. This does not constitute a renewal, so your license will expire on the same date.

SearchWP is a WordPress plugin. You need to be running a version of WordPress that is within one minor release of the current release (e.g. if 5.4 is available, 5.3+ is supported). SearchWP inherits the same requirements of WordPress.

No it does not. SearchWP is a plugin for self-hosted WordPress(.org) installs.

Yes, SearchWP can highlight search terms in results and generate excerpts surrounding highlights automatically. More info

Not by default, no. You can however teach SearchWP to index any content you would like (including Author information)

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