Advanced WordPress custom search plugin. Provides Search Form Customizer, WooCommerce Search, AJAX Search & Live Search support!
As of April 2026, Ivory Search is a WordPress search plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 1,544 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 75%. Top alternative: Search Regex.
Ivory Search is a simple to use advanced WordPress search plugin.
It enhances the default WordPress search and also allows you to create new custom search forms.
With Ivory Search, you can create an unlimited number of search forms and configure each search form individually to customize WordPress search and perform different types of searches on site content.
Display the custom search forms on site header, footer, sidebar or widget area, navigation or menu, on pages, posts, custom post types or anywhere on the site using its shortcodes.
Note: The styling of the search form highly depends on how your theme styles it. If your theme does not style search form correctly then to style it get free support from Ivory Search Support.
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Works great!
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What really amazes me is the speedy response to my technical questions. I really appreciate that a lot. The plugin is awesome too. User friendly.
Excelente buscador. Lo recomendamos al 100%.
A fantastic plugin for the search-function on my website. The AJAX feature is especially valuable. Many thanks to the developers!
| WordPress | 3.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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