Relevanssi – A Better Search for WordPress
- Category rank
- #2 in Search
- Listing audit
- 51/100
Relevanssi – A Better Search is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Christoph Vielgrader. With a rating of 4.8★ from 405 reviews, it currently ranks #2 in the Search category.
Relevanssi – A Better Search is the #2 ranked Search app on WordPress, with a 4.8 average rating from 405 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Relevanssi – A Better Search is a category-leading Search app on WordPress, ranked #2 of 536 in the category. It holds a 4.8★ average from 405 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- +#2 of 536 in Search
- +4.8★ average across 405 reviews
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
How Relevanssi – A Better Search works
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Relevanssi replaces the standard WordPress search with a better search engine, with lots of features and configurable options. You’ll get better results, better presentation of results – your users will thank you.
This is the free version of Relevanssi. There’s also Relevanssi Premium, which has added features. For more information about Premium, see Relevanssi.com.
Do note that using Relevanssi may require large amounts (hundreds of megabytes) of database space (for a reasonable estimate, multiply the size of your wp_posts database table by three). If your hosting setup has a limited amount of space for database tables, using Relevanssi may cause problems. In those cases use of Relevanssi cannot be recommended.
Key features
Search results sorted in the order of relevance, not by date.
Fuzzy matching: match partial words, if complete words don’t match.
Find documents matching either just one search term (OR query) or require all words to appear (AND query).
Search for phrases with quotes, for example “search phrase”.
Create custom excerpts that show where the hit was made, with the search terms highlighted.
Highlight search terms in the documents when user clicks through search results.
Search comments, tags, categories and custom fields.
Multisite friendly.
bbPress support.
Gutenberg friendly.
