Modifies the native search to ignore HTML markup (block editor comments) and shortcodes
As of April 2026, Ignore HTML and shortcodes in search is a WordPress editor plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Elementor Website Builder – more than….
This plugin modifies the native wordpress search function to ignore block names in post and page content.
With this plugin activated the unexpected search results are fixed which are reported in #3739 and in #56294
Works only for MySQL 8.0.4+ and MariaDB 10.0.5+
| WordPress | 5.0.0+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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