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Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress
v4.5.2
Better Search replaces the default WordPress search with a better search engine that gives contextual results sorted by relevance.
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- Rank
- #3,177 24h 6 · 7d -4
- Est. installs
- 5,416 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 325K all time
- Rating
- 4.4 ★ 61 reviews
- Official installs
- 5,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
7 days ago
Last release
- Version
- 4.5.2
- Requires WP
- 6.9
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2009
About Better Search
Better Search is a WordPress plugin by Ajay, first published on WordPress.org in 2009. It has 5,000+ active installations and 324,869 downloads in total, and ranks #3,177 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 4 places. Users rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 61 reviews. Version 4.5.2 was released 7 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 6.9 and PHP 7.4 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under better search, related search, relevance, relevant search and search. Plugins with a similar focus include Relevanssi, WP Fast Total Search and SearchIQ.
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