Title: Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress Author: Ajay Published: 20 martie 2009 Last modified: 29 august 2026 --- Caută module ![](https://ps.w.org/better-search/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3612323) ![](https://ps.w.org/better-search/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3620010) # Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress De [Ajay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajay/) [Descarcă](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/better-search.4.4.2.zip) * [Detalii](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/#description) * [Recenzii](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/#reviews) * [Instalare](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/#installation) * [Dezvoltare](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/#developers) [Suport](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/) ## Descriere Supercharge your WordPress site search with **[Better Search](https://webberzone.com/plugins/better-search/)**– a powerful replacement for the default WordPress search engine that delivers more relevant results and a richer search experience. Better Search gives you complete control over your site’s search results. Fine-tune relevance, search across different fields and post types, track popular queries, and customise the output — all without writing a single line of code. Make your search more intuitive and engaging with a search heatmap of popular queries, display results as users type with AJAX Live Search, and tailor the look to your theme with custom templates and styles. Built with performance in mind, Better Search includes its own caching system and works smoothly with popular caching plugins like WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache. It also features a profanity filter and is translation-ready for global use. ### Awesome features in Better Search: * **Automatic**: Just activate the plugin and enjoy better search results right away * **Seamless integration**: No need to edit any code or create custom search templates * **Relevance**: Sort the results by relevance or date, and assign different weights to title and content * **Control the results**: Search within title, content, excerpt, meta fields, authors, tags and other taxonomies and comments * **Popular searches**: Show a heatmap of the most popular searches on your site, either as a widget or a shortcode * **AJAX Live Search**: Show search results as you type in any search form on your site * **Customisation**: Use your own template file and CSS styles for the ultimate look and feel * **Supports cache plugins**: Works seamlessly with caching plugins like WP-Super- Cache and W3 Total Cache * **Profanity filter**: Filter out any words that you don’t want to appear in search queries * **Translation ready**: Use the plugin in any language If you want to improve your site search, download Better Search today and experience the difference for yourself. ### Features in Better Search Pro [**Better Search Pro**](https://webberzone.com/plugins/better-search/pro/) gives you even more control and performance: * 🗄️ [Efficient Content Storage and Indexing](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/efficient-content-storage-and-indexing/) * 🔍 [Multisite Search](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/multisite-search/) * ✨ [Fuzzy Matches](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/fuzzy-matches/) * 🎯 [Relevance Threshold](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-settings-search/#minimum-relevance-percentage-pro-only) * 🔗 [Search Post Slugs](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-settings-search/#search-post-slug-pro-only) * ⚙️ [REST API Integration](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-rest-api/) * 🔄 [LIKE Fallback Search](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-settings-search/#enable-like-fallback-pro-only) * ⚖️ [Advanced Relevance Weighting](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-settings-search/#post-excerpt-pro-only) ### MySQL FULLTEXT indices Better Search adds the following MySQL FULLTEXT indices to the `wp_posts` table: * `post_content` * `post_title` * `(post_title, post_content)` On multisite, these are added to each blog upon activation. These indices power the relevance-based search and are required for full functionality. ### Contribuie Better Search is also available on [Github](https://github.com/WebberZone/better-search). If you’ve got some cool feature you’d like to implement into the plugin or a bug you’ve been able to fix, consider forking the project and sending me a pull request. ### Plugins by WebberZone Better Search is one of the many plugins developed by WebberZone. Check out our other plugins: * [Contextual Related Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextual-related-posts/)– Display related posts on your WordPress blog and feed * [WebberZone Link Warnings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/webberzone-link-warnings/)– Add accessible warnings for external links and target=”_blank” links * [Top 10](https://wordpress.org/plugins/top-10/) – Track daily and total visits to your blog posts and display the popular and trending posts * [Knowledge Base](https://wordpress.org/plugins/knowledgebase/) – Create a knowledge base or FAQ section on your WordPress site * [WebberZone Snippetz](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-all/) – The ultimate snippet manager for WordPress to create and manage custom HTML, CSS or JS code snippets * [Auto-Close](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoclose/) – Automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks and manage revisions on your WordPress site ## Capturi ecran [⌊Better Search Dashboard⌉⌊Better Search Dashboard⌉[ Better Search Dashboard [⌊Better Search Popular Searches table in Admin⌉⌊Better Search Popular Searches table in Admin⌉[ Better Search Popular Searches table in Admin [⌊Better Search widget⌉⌊Better Search widget⌉[ Better Search widget ## Instalare #### WordPress install 1. Navigate to Plugins within your WordPress Admin Area. 2. Click „Add new” and enter „Better Search” in the search box. 3. Find the plugin in the list (usually the first result) and click „Install Now”. #### Manual install 1. Descarcă modulul 2. Extract the contents of better-search.zip to wp-content/plugins/ folder. You should get a folder called better-search. 3. Activate the Plugin in WP-Admin. 4. Goto **Settings > Better Search** to configure ## Întrebări frecvente If your question has not been covered here, please create a new post in the [WordPress.org support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search). I monitor the forums regularly. If you want more advanced _paid_ support, please see [details here](https://webberzone.com/support/). ### Will this work with any WordPress theme? Yes! It replaces the default WordPress search and integrates with most themes out of the box. ### Does it support WooCommerce or custom post types? Yes, you can enable searching in any public post type from the settings. ### How does it affect performance? Better Search uses MySQL FULLTEXT indexes and includes internal caching. It also works well with external caching plugins. ### Can I customise the search results template? Yes, you can override the results template by copying the file to your theme directory. More info in the [documentation](https://webberzone.com/support/knowledgebase/better-search-templates/). ### What is the Profanity Filter? It filters out selected keywords from being searched. Handy for family-safe sites. Better Search includes a very cool profanity filter using the script from [Banbuilder](https://github.com/snipe/banbuilder). You can customize which list of words you want to filter out from the Better Search settings page. Find the setting called „Filter these words:”. The plugin will automatically strip out partial and complete references to these words. You can turn the filter off by emptying the list. ### How can I report security bugs? You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. [Report a security vulnerability.](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/better-search) ## Recenzii ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3560549d7495c14e7ae4a5455d47a21f6d591344dfb93bfd21a09e03989a48b9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plugin doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-work-395/)󠁿 [Jim S.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stitzelj/) 29 mai 2026 1 răspuns I’ve had this plugin installed for ages and only just now realized it’s completely broken on my site and yields no results, no matter what you search for. I have no idea how long this plugin has broken my search functionality. I ended up just uninstalling it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc00a2d6f3a86e210c826fd49ebedcb85d661e3bc22eab110c20453a9f447c0c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-9813/)󠁿 [Blake – Infinite Uploads](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blakeinfiniteuploads/) 28 februarie 2026 1 răspuns Better Search not only made our WordPress search better very easily, but looking under the hood, the developer writes very clean, structured, and optimized code! Very rare to see these days. Better Search is a must have for WordPress! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a97c6d8cd8010260b50730a0f264ed409a693383597661306a6873acd54dbc54? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Creator Got Greedy, No Longer Recommend This Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creator-got-greedy-no-longer-recommend-this-plugin/)󠁿 [Jupiterus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jupiterus/) 7 februarie 2026 1 răspuns Used to be great, but then the creator got greedy and made it into a subscription service. There’s a free version but it’s so heavily limited and will break search functionality – specifically try searching for words like „to” or „from” in it and it won’t pick up those search queries (you can’t disable this either without paying for that subscription service).Was a good plugin, but owner got greedy. There’s other free plugins out there to improve WP’s search functionality, shame. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e60805580b09abb0bcbb3bfc9da2039e3864473ed8be6f9141439890f26a6374? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin and fantastic support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-and-fantastic-support-24/)󠁿 [James Woodcock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/glidem/) 31 iulie 2025 1 răspuns I was desperate to experiment with this Better Search plugin when I read the features. After installation I realised some incompatibilities with my existing mega menu plug-in I already had installed that had an unusual way of featuring a search box within it. I pretty much felt it was game over at that point however I persevered and contacted the support for the better search plugin and to my amazement had a response very quickly. After a few emails back and forth the developer sent me test files to try and after a few attempts they managed not only to get the Search working correctly along with the existing mega menu solution I had installed, but also made an additional improvement based on some of my own testing. It’s a really satisfying feeling knowing that there is support out there of this high standard that matches the quality of this search plugin that not only gives good search results, but also adds live search so as the visitor types their search query, results instantly start to appear to aid discovery of your content. Really pleased how everything worked out! Thank you! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/358150ad0695b7e14ad0db23f4af4c68fd8e428d97ec1956b8c4dba745cd3210? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Totally Improved Search Results](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/totally-improved-search-results/)󠁿 [anneellis11](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anneellis11/) 10 iulie 2025 1 răspuns This plugin definitely improved the search results on my site. It’s easy to use and support has been great! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c6e837543fbc2ba78f90ba3fa7b3fb891cbeb1d128e0d9eb134d6f955bdcd9ab? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Better Search does the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/better-search-does-the-job/)󠁿 [electricbob](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electricbob/) 28 iunie 2025 I’ve been using this plugin for a while… and it just works. Easy to install, very little setup, and now I’ve tested support (I had an issue with an update, in less than a day my site was back up and in a couple days had a new release with the fix inside) successfully. [ Citește toate cele 61 de recenzii ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/) ## Contributori și dezvoltatori „Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress” este un software open-source. La acest modul au contribuit următoarele persoane. Contributori * [ Ajay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajay/) * [ WebberZone ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webberzone/) „Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress” a fost tradus în 3 locale. Mulțumim [traducătorilor](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-search/contributors) pentru contribuția lor. [Tradu „Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress” în limba ta.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-search) ### Te interesează dezvoltarea? [Răsfoiește codul](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-search/), vezi [depozitarul SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-search/), sau abonează- te la [jurnalul de dezvoltare](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-search/) prin [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Istoric modificări #### 4.4.2 * Improvements: - Updated the Settings API to version 3.0.0, adding missing sanitizers for radio, select, wysiwyg, file, password, css, html and other field types, and preventing unregistered submitted settings from being saved raw. - Added the `bsearch_highlight_use_boundaries` filter to the client-side highlighter, allowing themes to enable whole-word-only matching on cached pages. * Bug fixes: - Fixed stopword stripping breaking with a PHP `preg_replace()` warning, and silently leaving stopwords in place, when the translated stopword list or the `wp_search_stopwords` filter contained a `/`. - [Pro] Fixed the ORDER BY clause being silently rewritten to `score DESC` when full-text search was unavailable, which discarded the „Sort by date” ordering on short-term and LIKE-based searches. - Fixed plugin data being deleted when uninstalling one version while its paired free or Pro counterpart was active. #### 4.4.1 _Release Date – 20 August 2026_ * Improvements: - Setting defaults are now resolved from a single lightweight list instead of building every settings field, so reading an option early in the page load no longer risks loading translations too early. * Bug fixes: - Fixed the settings wizard silently dropping repeater field rows on save. - Fixed settings not saving when submitted without a referer (e.g. via REST or WP-CLI). #### 4.4.0 _Release Date – 2 August 2026_ Read more in the [Better Search v4.4.0 release post](https://webberzone.com/announcements/better-search-v4-4-0/). * Funcționalități: - Added a Feature Manager to toggle optional features from a new Features tab. - [Pro] Added „Did you mean” suggestions for zero-result searches, with Suggest and Auto-correct modes. - [Pro] Added search redirects with exact or contains matching and 301 or 302 status codes. - Added search to quickly find options across settings tabs. * Enhancements: - Added the `bsearch_pre_index_content_parts` filter to modify content before it is stored in custom search tables. - Standardized FULLTEXT index names across database tools. - Updated the Settings API to version 2.10.1 and refreshed admin assets. * Bug fixes: - Fixed settings page layout and field rendering issues. - Fixed disabled Pro settings being discarded or remaining editable in the free plugin. - Fixed validation preventing settings from saving when required fields were inside collapsed repeater rows. - [Pro] Fixed the setup wizard changing steps while custom tables were being indexed. - Fixed database checks not restoring the previous error display state. - Fixed highlighting fallback behavior for queries containing an unclosed quote. For previous changelog entries, please refer to the separate changelog.txt file or [Github Releases page](https://github.com/WebberZone/better-search/releases) ## Meta * Versiunea **4.4.2** * Ultima actualizare **Acum 2 zile** * Instalări active: **5.000+** * Versiune WordPress ** 6.8 sau mai recentă ** * Testat până la **7.1** * Versiune PHP ** 7.4 sau mai recentă ** * Limbi * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/), [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/) și [Spanish (Costa Rica)](https://es-cr.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/). * [Tradu în limba ta](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-search) * Etichete * [better search](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/better-search/)[relevance](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/relevance/) [relevant search](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/relevant-search/)[search](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) * [Vizualizare avansată](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/advanced/) ## Evaluări 4.4 din 5 stele. * [ 45 5 – de recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 7 4 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 3 3 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 6 1 – recenzii (stele) ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/?filter=1) [Recenzia ta](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/#new-post) [Vezi toate recenziile](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-search/reviews/) ## Contributori * [ Ajay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajay/) * [ WebberZone ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webberzone/) ## Suport Ai ceva de zis? 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