10 Best WordPress Search Plugins
With the Default Search Engine integrated WordPress has evolved in the past few years but still leaves something to be desired. Due to WordPress’s search functionality being criticized so much by its users, many alternative search solutions are available that replace it with something better.
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Any way if you are wondering How to replace the Default WordPress Search Engine With Something Better?
In this article, I would like to show you 10 of the best wordpress search plugins for replace the default WordPress Search Engine.
10 Best Search Plugin for WordPress to Improve User Experience:
Search Everything
Search Everything improves WordPress default search functionality without modifying any of the template pages. You can configure it to search pages, excerpts, attachments, drafts, comments, tags and custom fields (metadata) and you can specify your own search highlight style. It also offers the ability to exclude specific pages and posts. It does not search password-protected content. Simply install, configure… and search.
Search Everything plugin now includes a writing helper called Research Everything that lets you search for your posts and link to them while writing. You can also enable Power Search to research posts from the wider web (for WP3.7 and above).
Relevanssi – A Better Search
Relevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.
As the name suggests, Relevanssi tried to place an emphasis on relevance rather than date order. It allows visitors to use OR and AND operators to improve search results. It also allows search terms to be highlighted in results. A premium version is available for $39.95 per year that boasts advanced features such as throttling to improve efficiency and the ability to change the weight of ranking factors.
Ajax Search Pro for WordPress – Live Search Plugin
Ajax Search Pro for WordPress was designed to boost the user search experience to the maximum. It provides a live ajax search, which makes the wordpress search experience more confortable. The results are presented with images (if any found), so they look more attractive and less flat. The search works with mobile devices, let it be Android or IOS powered.
Better Search
Better Search replaces the default WordPress search engine with a more powerful search engine that gives search results relevant to the title and content of the post. This means that visitors to your blog will find will find what they are looking for quicker than if you didn’t have Better Search installed.
Taxonomy & Metadata Searching WordPress Plugin
We are proud to introduce the Taxonomy & Metadata Searching plugin built with Angular JS – This taxonomy plugin offers a wide variety of options with all the necessary features required for you to instantly filter the data within a click
Dave’s WordPress Live Search
Dave’s WordPress Live Search adds “live search” functionality to your WordPress site. As visitors type words into your WordPress site’s search box, the plugin continually queries WordPress, looking for search results that match what the user has typed so far.
Highlight Search Terms
Highlights search terms using jQuery when referer is a search engine or within WordPress generated search results. Very lightweight jQuery script that wraps search terms in an HTML5 mark tag when referer is a search engine or within wp search results
WordPress AJAX Search & AutoSuggest Plugin
WordPress Ajax Auto Suggest search Plugin adds real time search feature to your wordpress custom post types. It queries your website contents as you type and shows results as a drop-down list instantly. You can exclude post type from search or limit search to custom post type (E.g: limit WordPress search to only posts.) You can go to any result directly or open full search page.
Custom Google Search
WPMU sell a custom google search plugin with user-friendly options for $19. In order to work correctly, the plugin requires the code that Google gives you through their Google Search page. This means that your Google Adsense integration is still controlled through your Google account.
The plugin was designed for novice users. It allows you to choose the style of results, choose where results are displayed, and whether a sidebar is displayed on search result pages. If you do not need any of these features, I recommend entering your Google Custom Search code directly yourself.
Swiftype Search
The Swiftype Search plugin replaces the standard WordPress search with a better, more relevant search engine. It also gives you detailed insight into what your users are searching for, so you know which keywords to target when customizing your search engine results. The Swiftype search plugin is WordPress VIP-approved and already used on huge sites. The search plugin is complemented by our dashboard, full-featured developer API, and powerful analytics. Manage search results with drag and drop and see the changes reflected instantly.
SearchWP
SearchWP was built to be a plugin you can install and fully utilize instantly after activating. It was also designed to accommodate developers in every way possible, allowing for very fine-grained control & customization.
Thanks for the list.
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