The #1 WordPress Search Plugin

SearchWP Features & Extensions

Discover how SearchWP combines simplicity with powerful functionality. Our versatile features and extensions streamline all your search needs.

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    Customizable Algorithm

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    Live Ajax Instant Search

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    Optimized eCommerce Search

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    Custom Search Rankings

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    Custom Fields Support

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    PDF Search

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    Search Analytics

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Search Analytics

No more guesswork. Use SearchWP’s built-in WordPress search analytics to track, analyze, and improve your site content based on visitor search trends.

Custom Results Order

SearchWP makes it easy to curate a custom WordPress search results order to ensure website visitors always find the best available resources.

Search Redirect

Easily redirect your WordPress search straight to relevant or conversion-ready content. SearchWP makes it effortless and completely code-free.

Live Ajax Instant Search

Instantly display search results as visitors type and direct them to relevant content faster. SearchWP makes live Ajax instant search for WordPress easy and code-free.

Search Modal & Popup

SearchWP makes it easy to add a smart WordPress modal search form that instantly finds anything on your site and improves based on visitor trends.

WPForms Search

Quickly and easily display WordPress form submissions in your website search results with SearchWP’s powerful WPForms integration.

Gravity Forms Search

SearchWP’s powerful Gravity Forms integration makes all your custom WordPress form entries fully searchable for visitors.

FacetWP Integration

SearchWP’s powerful integration with FacetWP gives visitors better WordPress search results and filtering to streamline their search experience.

Infinite Scroll with AJAX Load More

SearchWP’s powerful AJAX Load More integration adds infinite scroll to your WordPress search, for relevant and uninterrupted search results.

Related Content

Keep visitors on your WordPress website longer and boost sales by suggesting similar posts, pages, and products. SearchWP makes it easy.

Exclude Content from Search

SearchWP makes it easy to exclude any posts, pages, or products from your WordPress search results. No code or tech skills required.

Boolean Search

Let site visitors refine their WordPress search by excluding unwanted results by keyword with the “NOT” (-) Boolean operator. No configuration or setup required.

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Advanced Shortcodes

SearchWP makes it easy to add or improve WordPress search forms and results pages with ‘copy-and-paste’ shortcodes you can apply to your site instantly.

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Search Diagnostics

Improve your WordPress search by quickly identifying unindexed content and fixing discoverability issues. SearchWP makes it easy and code-free.

WooCommerce Search

Convert more shoppers into customers with better WooCommerce search relevance and product indexing. SearchWP levels up your WooCommerce search.

GiveWP Search

Create a custom GiveWP search that makes finding and using online donation forms effortless. With SearchWP it’s easy and code-free.

WPML Multilingual Search

Make it easy to search and find anything on your WPML site. SearchWP automatically adapts your WordPress search to any language.

Easy Digital Downloads Search

Make it easier to find and buy digital products with better WordPress search relevance and product indexing. Level up your EDD search with SearchWP.

BigCommerce Search

Level up your BigCommerce search by indexing every product, attribute, and custom field in your store. SearchWP’s BigCommerce integration makes it easy.

Meta Box WordPress Search

Optimize your WordPress search with advanced custom field and meta data indexing. SearchWP’s powerful integration with Meta Box makes it easy and code-free.

Polylang Multilingual Search

Create a better WordPress search experience in any language. SearchWP’s integration with Polylang automatically optimizes your search for multilingual websites.

Co-Authors Plus Search

Help users quickly find WordPress posts by a specific author. SearchWP’s Co-Authors Plus integration indexes all author data to streamline your article search.

PrivateContent Search

With SearchWP’s PrivateContent integration you can create custom WordPress searches that limit results and content based on user group.

bbPress Forum Search

SearchWP makes it easy to create a custom bbPress WordPress search that indexes all forum topics and replies for easy discovery.

Create a Better WordPress Search Experience Today

Never lose visitors to unhelpful search results again. SearchWP makes creating your own smart WordPress search fast and easy.

DirectoryPress Search

Integrate SearchWP with your DirectoryPress website to deliver targeted WordPress search results that boost listing conversions.

MyListing Directory Search

SearchWP’s MyListing integration makes it easy to deliver more targeted WordPress search listings that drive conversions.

BetterDocs Search

Create a custom documentation search that quickly finds your most helpful and relevant resources. SearchWP’s BetterDocs integration makes it easy and code-free.

HeroThemes Knowledge Base Search

Help users find answers fast with a custom knowledge base search for WordPress. SearchWP’s HeroThemes integration makes it easy and code-free.

BasePress Knowledge Base Search

Easily create a custom knowledge base search visitors can use to quickly find helpful resources. SearchWP’s BasePress integration makes it easy and code-free.

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Flatsome WooCommerce Search

Optimize your Flatsome WooCommerce store search with better relevance and product indexing. SearchWP helps convert more shoppers into customers.

Advanced PDF Search

SearchWP’s Xpdf integration makes it easy to index all PDF content, not just titles and metadata. Instantly improve your WordPress search without code.

WordPress Job Board Search

SearchWP’s WP Job Manager integration makes it easy to create a better job search experience that quickly helps users find the perfect role.

Enable Media Replace Search

SearchWP’s Enable Media Replace integration automatically syncs all media file changes to keep your WordPress search accurate and relevant.

WooCommerce Product Table Search

SearchWP’s WooCommerce Product Table integration makes it easy to improve your store’s search relevance and product display settings without code.

WordPress Multisite Search

SearchWP lets you effortlessly create custom WordPress Multisite searches that index content across your entire network or individual sub-sites.

Smart eCommerce Search

SearchWP easily integrates with all popular WordPress eCommerce platforms to boost your product search and sales.

Custom Search Forms and Templates

Pre-made WordPress search form and results templates that match your brand. SearchWP makes creating smart website searches easy and code-free.

Customizable Search Algorithm

Deliver better search results with a drag & drop WordPress search algorithm that indexes everything and improves automatically. SearchWP makes it easy and code-free.

Advanced Custom Field Search

Generate more relevant WordPress search results with easy indexing of all custom fields and taxonomies. SearchWP makes it effortless and code-free.

Advanced Document Search

SearchWP’s integration with WP Document Revisions makes it easy to create a custom WordPress search that indexes PDFs, text docs, media files, and more.

Easy Setup

“What I like is that SearchWP has an easy setup and offers immediate improvement. I also like that Jonathan is honest about the limitations of the product. Over 20K posts/pages and he recommends you look elsewhere for reasonable performance.”

Advanced customization with a super-simple UI

“SearchWP combines an incredible amount of flexibility with a design that makes it easy to use. Its power lies in the near infinite level of customization. Literally every aspect of your content can be assigned a level of importance.”

Fast, highly configurable, responsive support.

“SearchWP is the best of multiple search plugins I’ve tried. Running a complex content site, being able to rank types of content differently, or even have a separate search engine with its own index for a more specific part of the site, is invaluable.”

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WordPress Search Form

WordPress Search Form

Build Custom Search Forms in Minutes

SearchWP makes it quick and easy to design beautiful and functional WordPress search forms, without coding.

Effortlessly create custom search forms, live Ajax forms, and search modals. You can also easily set up multiple search engines for different areas of your website.

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

Optimized WordPress Search Results

Achieve Better Search Results Instantly

SearchWP immediately improves your default WordPress search functionality to deliver superior results with minimal setup.

With just a few clicks, you can reorder priority search results to ensure the most relevant content appears first for your visitors.

  • Custom Search Algorithm
  • Enhanced Accuracy
  • Priority Result Reordering
Advanced Search Algorithms

Advanced Search Algorithms

Your WordPress Search Algorithm with Drag & Drop

SearchWP algorithm learns from user behavior to automatically prioritize frequently clicked results and popular search terms to improve the search experience.

You can further customize content weighting, include or exclude specific items, and more to deliver better search results.

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

Comprehensive Site Search

Search Everything By Relevance, Including Documents

Unlike default WordPress search, SearchWP can index custom fields, PDF documents, media files, custom post types, custom database tables, and more. 

This allows you to deliver a more comprehensive WordPress search experience including the ability to create custom search forms for different use-cases.

Better E-commerce Search

WordPress Ecommerce Search

Improve Ecommerce Search Results

While other search plugins ignore important product details, SearchWP makes everything searchable. 

Including product attributes and taxonomies from plugins like WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and BigCommerce. Ensure no products are hidden and watch your sales skyrocket.

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

WordPress Search Analytics

Gain Insights into Visitor Behavior

Get actionable insights into what your visitors are searching for to further refine your content strategy and make data-driven decisions.

Identify popular search terms, top search clicks, and interest insights to uncover content gaps and meet your audience’s needs.

  • Top Search Terms
  • Popular Clicks
  • Content Gaps

WordPress Search Integrations

Enhance Functionality Across Platforms

Customize and improve your WordPress search experience by integrating with ACF, Meta Box, WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, and many other WordPress plugins and themes.

Index forums, custom plugins, eCommerce products, and even multilingual content to show visitors what they are searching for.

Tutorials from Our Blog

Check out our blog for insider tips & tricks on how to setup search in WordPress.

Level Up Your WordPress Website Search

Transform your website search experience today with the leading WordPress search plugin. SearchWP is trusted by 50,000+ websites.

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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)