gee Search Plus, improved WordPress search

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ fearlex

   9.6y ago

   It does exactly what it says, even better it searches for custom fields as well. Thank you thank you thank you !!

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2. ★★★★★ ygirod

   9.7y ago

   Does what it says on the tin !

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3. ★★★★★ dworsky

   10.2y ago

   How wonderful to get reverse chronological back in searches rather than relevancy. THANKS.

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4. ★★★★★ ExpIorer

   10.6y ago

   works great, thanx!

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5. ★★★★★ fanat98

   11.4y ago

   Super Thanks!!!

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6. ★★★★★ axlrod

   11.7y ago

   After spending 12+ hours testing other plugins and trying to make them work the way I wanted, I stumbled upon this one. Thank goodness! I am appalled that this plugin is on page 5 of WordPress search. It should be on page 1, as it was more useful than many other super popular plugins I tried to use. It goes to show that popularity does not equal efficacy. There are some things that could be done better, like a shortcode to insert it anywhere, including in theme files, based on custom fields and post types. But, this is not the end of the world. I agree with the other poster that this should be include in native WordPress Search, which pales in comparison to this. Thank you for making this free. 5 stars.

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7. ★★★★★ genovic

   11.9y ago

   After looking through several improve wordpress search plugins I found this one which is what I was looking for. Simple, light, and easy to use. Enable stopwords, search by tags/categories, match at least one term in the search. Hope they can add exclude specific pages from search option. Edit: Update: After giving the plugin fair use over a period of time there are some bugs(which I have mentioned in support tickets) that need to be worked out in the plugin & def room from improvement. If they work those bugs out this plugin would be perfect.

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8. ★★★★★ scoutbrand

   12.7y ago

   After trying out a variety of frustratingly complex WP search plugins, I stumbled upon this one. I’m so glad I did – it is perfect for my needs! I just wanted to be able to make taxonomy values searchable, and this JUST WORKS. Allows for sorting by relevancy and term highlighting too, which are bonuses. I can’t sing its praises highly enough!

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 5.5 gee Search Plus, improved WordPress search <= 1.4.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-05-07 CVE-2024-34560 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.4 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-01 100+ → 90+ down after 9 days in tier
2. 2026-05-23 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-22 100+ → 90+ down after 909 days in tier
4. 2023-11-25 200+ → 100+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Super Search – Custom Post Types 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• S Search Relevance 60+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• Ansera Search 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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gee Search Plus, improved WordPress search: 90+ active installs, 4.7★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gsearch-plus