WP Search
WPSearch 2 is the missing site search for your Wordpress installation. Install this plugin if you need a fast, relevant, google-like search.
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·70 active installs·Updated 14 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Search is a WordPress Fast plugin with 70 active installations and a 2/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster….
2/51 reviews
70active installs
29K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
WPSearch 2 is a major update to the highest rated search plug-in for WordPress, WPSearch.
This plugin focuses on search relevancy and speed.
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The major features of WPSearch 2 are:
* Super-fast search speed
* Unmatched and customizable search relevancy
* Control over boosting the importance of title and content fields
* Instantly updated searching after a post has been written
* Searching of any type of post
* Wildcard and Boolean operator support
* Category searching
Requirements:
* WordPress 3
* The iconv library/multibyte support (Usually installed/enabled on a server by default. If not, have an admin compile PHP with --enable-mbstring).
Coming soon!: Exclude certain posts or categ…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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