Search Meter
Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.
4.3(29 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Search Meter is a WordPress meter plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 29 reviews. It has been downloaded 429K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Ultimeter.
4.3/529 reviews
20K+active installs
429K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
If you have a Search box on your site, Search Meter automatically records what people are searching for — and whether they are finding what they are looking for. Search Meter’s admin interface shows you what people have been searching for in the last couple of days, and in the last week or month. It also shows you which searches have been unsuccessful. If people search your site and get no results, they’ll probably go elsewhere. With Search Meter, you’ll be able to find out what people are searching for, and give them what they want by creating new posts on those topics.
You can also show your readers what the most popular searches are. Customize your theme and add the Popular Searches block, which displays a configurable list of recent popular successful search te…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nice and simple, but history appears to be limited
by elaborate·1 year ago
The plugin is nice and simple without a large number of settings to tweak or worry about.
Based on the UI alone, it looks like the plugin only stores data for the past 30 days. I haven’t been able to verify that in the documentation. Maybe the plugin description could clarify this?
Additionally, the design of the dashboard page could benefit from data visualization techniques.
Good plugin.
by Francisco Vivo·2 years ago
There is no other like it
Good plugin.
by nolfnolf·3 years ago
Nice to see this plugin got updated. Thanks for your work!
Very useful plugin
by norbou·3 years ago
The plugin offers an easy overview of what visitors are looking for on the site and works fine, tested on version 5.8.4. I have also found a number of empty string searches being submitted thanks to it. I will support the plugin by translating it into Czech 🙂
must have
by rol69·4 years ago
Very usefull plugin. So I can look for new contentideas
Download Trends
Today: 35Yesterday: 41This week: 299Period total: 19K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.13
60.8%
v2.14
34.4%
Other
4.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.14
- Added Search Meter blocks for use when customizing the theme.
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