BP Profile Search vs Relevanssi – A Better — WordPress

BP Profile Search vs Relevanssi – A Better Search

Name: BP Profile Search
Rating: 5 (71 reviews)

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BP Profile Search

5.0·71reviews·5,000+installs

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	BP Profile Search	Relevanssi – A Better Search
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Description	3042 / 5000 chars61% used	3020 / 5000 chars60% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Andrea Tarantini	Christoph Vielgrader
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Feature comparison between BP Profile Search and Relevanssi – A Better Search
Metric	BP Profile Search	Relevanssi – A Better Search
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	4.8 ★
Total reviews	71	★ 405
Active installs	5,000+	100,000+
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Keyword	BP Profile Search	Relevanssi – A Better Search
custom form	#773	#599

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BP Profile Search

BP Profile Search is a member search and member directories plugin for BuddyPress. It provides: A form builder to build the member search forms The [bps_directory] shortcode to customize the BuddyPress Members directory, or to build additional member directories Each search form has a target directory. When you run a search, you are redirected to the form’s target directory, filtered according to your search. Build a search form With the form builder you can: Add, edit, rearrange, and remove the search fields Use as search fields the BuddyPress profile fields, the users and usermeta data (including roles), the BuddyPress user groups, and the user taxonomies (including BuddyPress member types) Use search by distance fields when you install the free companion plugin BP Distance Search Select, for each search field, one of the available search modes Select the BuddyPress Members directory, or one of the member directories built with this plugin, as the target directory Select the form template to display your form If in doubt, use the Help tab above the screen title The form template works just like any other BuddyPress template. To override a form template, copy it to the buddypress/members directory in your theme’s root, then edit the new copy according to your needs. Display a search form After you build your search form, you can display it: In its target directory, using the option Add Form to Directory in the form settings In a sidebar or widget area, using the widget Profile Search In a post or page, using the shortcode [bps_form] Run a search On the front-end, when you hit the Search button in a form, BP Profile Search shows the form’s target directory filtered according to your search. Both the All Members tab and the My Friends tab are filtered. Additionally, the plugin: Displays an active filters section containing the active search filters and a Clear button to clear them Displays for each member a member details section containing the values of the searched fields Adds to the Order By drop-down the options to sort the directory by the searched fields The active filters section and the member details section are displayed by two dedicated templates, that can be overridden just like any other BuddyPress template. Build a member directory With the [bps_directory] shortcode you can: Customize the BuddyPress Members directory, or build additional member directories Add hidden filters to a directory Add more sort options to a directory Show additional member information in each member details section, e.g. the value of profile fields Use a different Members directory template for each directory You can enter the shortcode in an empty page to build a new member directory, or you can enter it in the BuddyPress Members page to customize the BuddyPress Members directory. Additional documentation Form Builder Search Modes Custom Directories Form Templates In the screenshots below, the City field is provided by the free companion plugin BP Distance Search.

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search23×4.65%
directory20×4.04%
form18×3.64%
member14×2.83%
buddypress12×2.42%
members8×1.62%
build7×1.41%
fields7×1.41%
buddypress members6×1.21%
members directory6×1.21%
template6×1.21%
buddypress members directory5×1.01%

Relevanssi – A Better Search

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. Advanced features Adjust the weighting for titles, tags and comments. Log queries, show most popular queries and recent queries with no hits. Restrict searches to categories and tags using a hidden variable or plugin settings. Index custom post types and custom taxonomies. Index the contents of shortcodes. Google-style “Did you mean?” suggestions based on successful user searches. Support for WPML multi-language plugin and Polylang. Support for s2member membership plugin, Members, Groups, Simple Membership and other membership plugins. Advanced filtering to help hacking the search results the way you want. Search result throttling to improve performance on large databases. Disable indexing of post content and post titles with a simple filter hook. Premium features (only in Relevanssi Premium) Indexing attachment content (PDF, Office, Open Office). Improved spelling correction in “Did you mean?” suggestions. Searching across multiple sites in the same multisite installation. Search and index user profiles. Search and index taxonomy term pages (categories, tags, custom taxonomies). Search and index arbitrary columns in wp_posts MySQL table. Assign weights to any post types and taxonomies. Assign extra weight to new posts. Let the user choose between AND and OR searches, use + and – operator (AND and NOT). Export and import settings. WP CLI commands. Related posts. Redirects for searches. Thanks Cristian Damm for tag indexing, comment indexing, post/page exclusion and general helpfulness. Marcus Dalgren for UTF-8 fixing. Warren Tape for 2.5.5 fixes. Mohib Ebrahim for relentless bug hunting. John Calahan for extensive 4.0 beta testing.

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Which has better reviews, BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

BP Profile Search has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 71 reviews) compared to Relevanssi – A Better Search (4.8★ from 405 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

BP Profile Search holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.8★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Relevanssi – A Better Search has the deeper published review base (405 vs 71), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

BP Profile Search typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (71 reviews). Relevanssi – A Better Search typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (405 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between BP Profile Search and Relevanssi – A Better Search?

Migration support varies by app and category. BP Profile Search and Relevanssi – A Better Search both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from BP Profile Search" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

BP Profile Search vs Relevanssi – A Better Search

BP Profile Search

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Which has better reviews, BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

Should I choose BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

Which is faster to set up, BP Profile Search or Relevanssi – A Better Search?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between BP Profile Search and Relevanssi – A Better Search?

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