Bing Custom Search for WordPress

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1. ★★★★★ phildoubleyou

   6.0y ago

   Watch the video they said. ‘Bing search is a new FREE service’. Great just the thing for a Charity website, they are supporting people with life-changing illnesses so this will be a good thing for them. The video looked good so off to the download page… It’s not free, its a charged service I’m used to plugins that fall short of being good unless you ‘go pro’ where if you need six plug-ins for ten years on a single website you can kiss £1K goodbye. But the intro video is blatant misinformation. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by phildoubleyou.

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2. ★★★★★ mportelli

   6.1y ago

   I love this plugin as it solved a number of issues with implementing Bing Custom Search on my site and enables the easy integration of Bing search results with your site’s theme so as to ensure brand continuity. Any issues i did have (minor issues) were dealt with promptly by the creators, adding to the appeal of the plugin. Definitely worth using if you have Bing Custom Search in mind for integration within your site. Highly recommended.

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3. ★★★★★ iSigner

   6.8y ago

   Using Bing for search is a great idea. Results are fast and accurate, and I can include results from our others sites. Adding the Piklist plugin allowed for awesome tabbed results. Great job!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in tier
2. 2026-06-29 40+ → 30+ down after 147 days in tier
3. 2026-02-02 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
4. 2025-12-28 40+ → 50+ up after 51 days in tier
5. 2025-11-07 50+ → 40+ down after 17 days in tier
6. 2025-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 16 days in tier
7. 2025-10-05 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-10-04 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier

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).

• Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Site Search 360 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• P Post Meta Searcher 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
• Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• ACF: Better Search 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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Bing Custom Search for WordPress: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-bing-search