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.
4.9(164 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, ACF: Better Search is a WordPress search plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 164 reviews. It has been downloaded 814K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin.
4.9/5164 reviews
40K+active installs
0%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
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 wan…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great, works perfectly
by mkdes·3 weeks ago
Great, works perfectly. Fast.
Has worked without fail for years
by wu-wei·1 month ago
Thanks for the super useful plugin, with the perfect amount of easy to configure flexibility. I don’t recall ever having an issue and I appreciate that it doesn’t spam the dashboard with noise.
Amazing Plugin!!
·9 months ago
This plugin has been instrumental in allowing us to customize our posts by category which has improved our website immensely. The custom posts have made our content creation much more streamlined and robust. I HIGHLY recommend ACF to anyone looking to customize their content!
- This topic was modified 8 months, 4 weeks ago by qwurk.
Great plugin from a great plugin author
by matthewmorete·10 months ago
I’ve been using this plugin for years and couldn’t be more pleased with it.
Does it exactly what it says it does, no complicated set up or endless settings, it just works.
Recently I had a use case that wasn’t yet supported. So I quickly reached out via the support thread, and unbelievably, within 35 minutes there was a new update to support it!
A great plugin you can use with confidence.
Lots of ACF Fields? This works!
by hommealone·1 year ago
If your site has a lot of ACF fields with information you’d like to show up when visitors search the site, this gets it done! The settings allow you to select which types of fields to search in and other performance settings.
Download Trends
Today: 257Yesterday: 267This week: 2KPeriod total: 189K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.4
60.4%
v4.2
17.2%
v4.3
9.8%
Other
7.7%
v4.0
5.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
4.4.1 (2025-12-08)
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Contributors
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