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Relevanssi – A Better Search
The search engine your site deserves with a heavy database appetite.
HealthyDeclining
89/100
It provides excellent search results and stellar support while being transparent about its database footprint.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
404 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-19%
Declining
1,360 → 1,101 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining · -19% in the last year
1,360/day a year ago→1,101/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayRelevanssi is a highly regarded WordPress search plugin known for its powerful indexing, developer-friendly extensibility, and exceptionally responsive single-developer support, with the main caveat being a potential scalability concern on very large post archives.
What people like
- +Produces significantly better search results than WordPress's built-in search, including taxonomies, custom fields, and metadata×4
- +Reported as fast and light on server resources×4
- +Developer (Mikko) provides fast, knowledgeable, and personal support×8
- +Highly extensible with well-documented filters and actions for custom requirements×3
- +Works reliably across diverse setups including multisite, WooCommerce, and block themes×3
- +Premium version adds PDF/document indexing and multilingual content support×2
- +Synonym support allows searches to match alternate terms (e.g. courgette / zucchini)
- +Clean, readable plugin code that developers can inspect and extend
Common complaints
- −May not perform well on very large sites with 200,000+ posts and continuous daily additions
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 1%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 404 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-21★★★★★Best Support for a very useful plugin for foodblogsVivien Bullert
- 2026-02-24★★★★★buen plugin pero….nnicosalvador
- 2026-02-17★★★★★Maybe for small sitesegocefalo
- 2026-01-22★★★★★The search WordPress should have hadandrewwalkertechinsights
- 2025-11-28★★★★★Truly one of the best made wp plugins ever.jhtjards
- 2025-08-31★★★★★Night & Day!Jimmy Lee
- 2025-08-19★★★★★Great Product – Superior Supportkenmac54
- 2025-08-15★★★★★one of few must have pluginsmcdeth
- 2025-07-11★★★★★Exactly what I needed!keto4vegans
- 2025-05-13★★★★★Great plugin and great supportbobjgarrett
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,546
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
914
Prior 7-day baseline
1,004
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
12,059
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,546
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+69.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
1%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-20%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.81 → 4.81★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered