Search Exclude
Hide any post or page from the search results.
4.8(215 reviews)
·50K+ active installs·Updated YesterdayAs of April 2026, Search Exclude is a WordPress search plugin with 50K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 215 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 828% this week. Support resolution rate: 50%. Top alternative: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin.
4.8/5215 reviews
50K+active installs
50%resolved
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
With this plugin you can exclude any page, post or whatever from the WordPress search results by checking off the corresponding checkbox on post/page edit page.
Supports quick and bulk edit.
On the plugin settings page you can also see the list of all the items that are hidden from search.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
I didn’t know how desperately I needed this plugin
by paarseolifant·2 months ago·1 reply
It took me literally years to find out that (for instance) the download pages of my freebies could and would come up in every search result on my page. Thanks to this plugin they don’t anymore and it was a breeze to install and to implement, so all 5 stars: well deserved!
- This topic was modified 2 months ago by paarseolifant.
Did exactly what was needed
by onestudioteam·4 months ago·1 reply
Very helpful plugin
Very Useful & Powerfull
by mrebel·4 months ago·1 reply
This plugin is THE key to helping our website visitors and customers find what they are looking for. (By blocking all the less important pages that happen to contain popular keywords.)
Great plugin
by manjas·4 months ago·1 reply
Really great if you don’t want (part of) your site indexed by search engines.
A no brainer
by stanleyboise·4 months ago·1 reply
This plugin is a must have.
Download Trends
Today: 20KYesterday: 4KThis week: 26KPeriod total: 651K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.6
61.0%
v2.5
12.7%
Other
11.4%
v1.2
8.8%
v2.0
6.1%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.6.4
- fix: include post types with exclude_from_search=false in search exclude settings
Contributors
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