FV Swiftype
Use Swiftype external crawler engine for your search.
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·10 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, FV Swiftype is a WordPress search plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: String locator.
0/5Rating
10active installs
2.2K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
WordPress search yields very poor results. There have been some attempts to improve WordPress search, but the results are still far worse than what one can get from a Google search (try “site:yourdomain.com search term” to test). Google offers Custom Search Engines but either you have to allow ads or GCS can be very expensive (for a single site with middle level traffic, about $800/year). Really what Google wants is their ads in your search.
There have been attempts to create advanced search plugins based on open source search engine technology like Solar (i.e. Relevanssi). These attempts haven’t worked well.
- they’ve been far too complex technologically (i.e. even with our full programming team we’d be booking dozens of hours per year maintaining our search…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.3.8 – 2022/03/28
- Only store last 100 errors
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.