Full-Text Search
Replaces site search with full-text search.
5(2 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Full-Text Search is a WordPress search plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Top alternative: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin.
5/52 reviews
200active installs
12K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Replaces site search with full-text search.
Replace the site search from LIKE search to Japanese full-text search (MySQL + Ngram parser or Mroonga engine + TokenMecab parser). This will significantly improve search performance.
Search for pure strings (plain text) without HTML tags. This will prevent HTML tags from being searched.
The data (index) for searching is stored in a dedicated table. It does not rewrite existing table structures or post data (posts table).
Searches for text in PDF, Word (doc, docx), Excel, and PowerPoint files. Secured PDF file are currently not supported.
It supports WordPress multisite.
Search string options
OR(uppercase letter) – Combine searches. Example: foo OR bar-– Exclude words from the search. Example: foo -bar""– Search for an ex…
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Ratings & Reviews
52 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.14.8
- Supported WordPress version 6.9.
- Updated PDF Parser library to 2.12.3.
Contributors
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