Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress
Better Search replaces the default WordPress search with a better search engine that gives contextual results sorted by relevance
Overview
Compatibility
Installation instructions
Customer support & learning resources
Changelog
Main benefits
Improves search relevance
Customizable search output
Supports caching plugins
Profanity filter included
Translation ready
About this plugin
Overview
Enhanced Search Relevance
- Sort search results by relevance or date.
- Assign different weights to title and content for more accurate results.
- Search within various fields such as title, content, excerpt, meta fields, authors, tags, and comments.
Customization and Control
- Customize the search output using your own template file and CSS styles.
- Display a search heatmap of the most popular searches as a widget or shortcode.
- Filter out unwanted words from search queries with the profanity filter.
Performance and Compatibility
- Includes its own caching system to enhance performance.
- Compatible with popular caching plugins like WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache.
- Uses mySQL FULLTEXT indices for efficient search operations.
Ease of Use and Integration
- Automatic activation with no need to edit code or create custom search templates.
- Seamless integration with your existing WordPress site.
- Translation ready, allowing use in any language.
Features list
Feature
Free version
Premium version
Automatic display after content
Automatically shows content after posts.
Manual placement using functions
Allows manual content placement using functions.
Supports Block Editor
Compatible with the WordPress Block Editor.
Widgets for sidebar or footer placement
Provides widgets for sidebar or footer content placement.
Shortcode support
Enables content insertion using shortcodes.
Exclude specific posts or categories
Allows exclusion of certain posts or categories.
Customise output with CSS
Enables output customization using CSS.
Caching for improved performance
Uses caching to enhance performance.
Direct support for WP_Query
Offers direct integration with WP_Query.
Optimised media handler
Includes an optimized handler for media files.
Cache ON by default
Caching is enabled by default.
Integration with Freemius for analytics
Integrates with Freemius for detailed analytics.
License for 25 sites
Allows usage on up to 25 different websites.
Pricing
In some cases companies have different prices based on various components like a location. As a result the prices displayed here can differ from the ones you see on their websites.
See all pricing optionsRating and reviews
prathtee
05 Apr, 2024
anonscape
03 Nov, 2023
mrtransplant2
31 Aug, 2023
jmbod
05 Nov, 2022
Brian Shim
22 Aug, 2022
