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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.
- Installs
- 100,000+
- Rating
- 4.8 (406)
- Updated
- 1 day ago
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support
- Active installs
- 70,000+
- #564 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 2.4M
- 2,436,469
- Downloads, 30 days
- 68.3K
- 9.3K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5
- 266 reviews
- Last updated
- 12 days ago
- Oct 19, 2026
- Version
- 4.14.7
- 98 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 19, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 3.5 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | November 17, 2012 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 2 threads resolved (50%) |
Reviews
4.8 / 5 from 266 reviews
| 5 stars | 238 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 11 |
| 3 stars | 5 |
| 2 stars | 6 |
| 1 star | 6 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Ajax Search Lite is a live search plugin for WordPress. This responsive live search engine, which will boost your user experience by providing a user friendly ajax powered search form – a live search bar. You can filter the results with the category and post type filter boxes as well. Google autocomplete and keyword suggestions also included.
Very smooth animations with mobile device support and regular updates. Use Ajax Search Lite as a replacement for the default WordPress search with a better looking, more efficient search engine.
Fine-tune the user experience by providing a powerful ajax search plugin to your visitors. Supports custom post types and custom fields and more. Boost your site search engine with this custom built live search engine.
Home | Features | Lite Docs | Pro Docs
Ajax Search Lite and Ajax Search Pro does not require monthly subscriptions, does not store your data on external servers – everything is done locally, on your server.
Features List
- Search in posts and pages
- Search in custom post types such as WooCommerce Products, Events, Portfolio items and more
- Search in title, description, excerpt, categories and tags and any custom fields
- Archive page live loader and filter
- Automatic search replacement as well as widget and shortcode availalbe
- Custom Filter boxes (checkbox filters) for categories and post types
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
After an update, the plugin stopped working or the layout is broken
It is most likely a cache related issue. Make sure to clear all website cache, including page, minify, browser and CDN as well.
After that, refresh your browser window by hitting CTRL + SHIFT + R buttons (CMD + SHIFT + R on Mac) a few times.
The images are not showing, what is wrong?
The search parses the first image from the post/page content. Most likely there
is no image in post.
When I type in something, the search wheel is spinning, but nothing happens
It is most likely, that another plugin or the template is throwing errors while the
ajax request is generated. Disabling all the plugins one by one can help you rule out which plugin
is creating the issue.
I disabled all the plugins but the search wheel is still spinning to infinity, nothing happens
You should contact me on the support forum with your website url. I will check your website
and will let you know what to do.
Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?
Please report security bugs found in the source code of the
Ajax Search Lite plugin through the Patchstack
Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The
Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and
notify the developers of this plugin.
Latest changelog entry
- Fixed: Security issues, including an SQL injection through the search phrase reported by Patchstack CVE-2026-111852
- Fixed: A search bar placed inside a link, such as a menu item, initializes again
Screenshots
Ajax Search Lite in action – 2 themes 
Administrator area – nice and smooth
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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.