Search Everything
Search Everything increases WordPress' default search functionality in three easy steps.
4.1(86 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Search Everything is a WordPress search plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 86 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2006. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin.
4.1/586 reviews
10K+active installs
1.3M+total downloads
20 yearssince 2006
Overview
Search Everything improves WordPress default search functionality without modifying any of the template pages. You can configure it to search pages, excerpts, attachments, drafts, comments, tags and custom fields (metadata) and you can specify your own search highlight style. It also offers the ability to exclude specific pages and posts. It does not search password-protected content. Simply install, configure… and search.
Search Everything plugin now includes a writing helper called Research Everything that lets you search for your posts and link to them while writing. You can also enable Power Search to research posts from the wider web (for WP3.7 and above).
Better WordPress search in three steps
- Activate
- Configure options
- Search!
What it does
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Dead plugin, makes attempting to search return a critical error
by Erik Harris·3 years ago
As others have noted, this plugin has been abandoned, and has broken sites’ search functions for quite some time. Don’t install this, and if you have it installed, delete it.
Abandoned and No longer works
by delphineous·4 years ago
I am updating my rating for this plug-in.
The Search Everything plug-in used to work great and allow my Easy Digital Downloads content to be fully searchable. It appears that the functions which this tool uses have been deprecated since it stopped working with a recent WordPress update. Reinstalling doesn’t fix the issue.
This plug-in has been abandoned and does not work on modern WordPress installations.
Breaks WooCommerce order search
by jvwx·5 years ago
When the plugin is active, a backend search on the Orders page of WooCommerce always loads zero results. It’s just a custom post type so I’m not sure what the issue is but be aware if you use Woo.
/wp-admin/edit.php?s=MySearchPhrase&post_status=all&post_type=shop_order
abandoned / fatal errors
by Chad Reitsma·6 years ago
Throws a fatal error when adding a new post with WP 5.3. We commented out the action on line:935 – which might break some functionality of the plugin, but at least we can add blog posts.
- This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Chad Reitsma.
Two Words: Break Everything
by Paul Scollon·7 years ago·1 reply
This plugin is completely outdated and breaks several other plugins, including Advanced Custom Fields. It should be removed from the directory. DO NOT USE.
Download Trends
Today: 12Yesterday: 16This week: 96Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v8.1
94.3%
Other
5.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
8.1.9
- Fixed a search issue that caused all results to be returned regardless of the options.
Contributors
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