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Relevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.
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- Updated
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ACF: Better Search
This plugin adds to default WordPress search engine the ability to search by content from selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #821 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 922.3K
- 922,315
- Downloads, 30 days
- 12.1K
- 2.7K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 165 reviews
- Last updated
- 2 months ago
- Aug 18, 2026
- Version
- 4.5.1
- 49 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | August 18, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | December 18, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 165 reviews
| 5 stars | 156 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 5 |
| 3 stars | 1 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 1 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
This plugin adds to default WordPress search engine the ability to search by content from selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields plugin.
Everything works automatically, no need to add any additional code. The plugin does not create a search results page, but modifies the SQL database query to make your search engine work better.
Additionally you can search for whole phrases instead of each single word of phrase. As a result, search will be more accurate than before.
New search core
We modified the code of search engine. Content search is now faster by about 75% (depending on the level of complexity of searched phrase)!
Support to the development of plugin
We spend hours working on the development of this plugin. Technical support also requires a lot of time, but we do it because we want to offer you the best plugin. We enjoy every new plugin installation.
If you would like to appreciate it, you can provide us a coffee. If every user bought at least one, we could work on the plugin 24 hours a day!
Please also read the FAQ below. Thank you for being with us!
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
What version of Advanced Custom Fields is supported?
Advanced Custom Fields in version 5 (also free). ACF below version 5 has a different data structure in database and is not supported.
In what fields does the plugin search?
Our plugin supports the following fields: Text, Text Area, Number, Email, Url, File, Wysiwyg Editor, Select, Checkbox and Radio Button.
All these fields may be located in both the Repeater or Flexible Content field.
How does this work?
Plugin changes all SQL queries by extending the standard search to selected fields of Advanced Custom Fields.
The plugin in admin panel works same as for the search page.
It works for WP_Query class.
How to activate advanced search?
Everythings works automatically. For custom WP_Query loop and get_posts() function also if you add Search Parameter.
What to do when not searching for posts?
Sometimes it happens that the data in your database is incorrectly arranged. This happens when you import or duplicate posts.
You can use Incorrect Mode. This is a slower search, but it does not take into account the order of records in the _postmeta table. This solution should help in this situation. Use of this mode is allowed without restrictions. This does not mean any problems with your website.
How does searching for whole phrases?
The default search in WordPress is to search for each of words listed. An additional option in the plugin settings allows you to search for occurrences of the whole phrase entered in the search field without word division.
You can enable it at any time.
Latest changelog entry
- [Added] Support for WordPress 7.1
Screenshots
Screenshot of the options panel
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.