WordPress search doesn’t search everything, and doesn’t give you enough control over what is searched and how. Relevanssi gives you full access and full control, with plenty of filters and ways to make Relevanssi work the way you want your search to work.
Multisite searches Relevanssi can run searches across many subsites in the same multisite network.
Custom fields Relevanssi will find the content in your custom fields, including things like WooCommerce SKUs, ACF field content or whatever it is you store in custom fields. Read more about custom field search.
User profiles Yes, Relevanssi will find users by their names and profile descriptions.
Taxonomy terms No matter if you prefer categories, tags or custom taxonomies, Relevanssi will return the term archive pages in searches!
Shortcode output Relevanssi can expand shortcodes and find content generated by shortcodes.
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I’ve used Relevanssi for several years now, and it is an essential plugin on my bigger sites. Relevanssi is an absolute must-have if you want to offer a better user experience on your WordPress website, because we all know how important a good search function is (and how bad the standard WordPress search is). Mikko keeps adding new features – I love the PDF search and more recently the related posts feature. Support is excellent, even for help with non-standard features. Thanks Mikko!
Dr. John Gøtze
I am two years new to the website business. I have, however, been a graphic designer for nearly 40 years. I purchased Relevanssi after reading so many positive reviews. I had some issues getting Relevanssi installed — not because of product, but because of where I am in the learning curve. I contacted Mikko and he got me all set up, including fixing some other issues I had created in Google, which were sure to cause problems with Relevanssi. I can’t say enough positive things about Mikko. He responded to all my questions immediately, and I mean immediately. He never snarked, was always positive, and never made me feel like I don’t know what I’m doing — which I often don’t! Mikko and his product are top-shelf. The last search plugin I used displayed way, way too many results. I was afraid all the search results would be overwhelming to the user. I like the way Relevanssi displays and allows you to narrow down results as you want.
Kay Cunningham
It’s seldom one gets such prompt and helpful service – much appreciated!
The Chamber Dashboard Business Directory plugin has a business directory search that’s not compatible with Relevanssi. To disable Relevanssi in those searches, add this to your theme functions.php: add_filter( ‘relevanssi_prevent_default_request’, ‘rlv_allow_chamber_search’, 10, 2 ); function rlv_allow_chamber_search( $prevent, $query ) { if ( isset( $_GET[’searchtext’] ) ) { $prevent = false; } return $prevent; }add_filter( ‘relevanssi_prevent_default_request’,…
Related posts is a popular feature, as it keeps the users engaged and offers them a new direction to continue to within your site, keeping the users on your site for a longer period of time. There are many plugins that do related posts, but many have issues. Generating related posts can be a performance…
Relevanssi Premium is a proud sponsor of the inaugural WordCamp Nordic. There have been several WordCamps in Nordic countries, but this is the first one that gathers WordPress enthusiasts from all Nordic countries under one roof. The event is in Helsinki on March 8th, with a Contributor day on March 7th. There are two tracks…
Total is a popular theme from WPExplorer. It mostly works fine with Relevanssi, with just one little issue. Total sets the post_type parameter for all searches to include all public post types. This is fine for most cases, but if you want to include user profiles or taxonomy terms in the search results, Total will…