Ivory Search — WordPress Translation Plugin
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin
by Vinod Dalvi · WordPress.org page · Website
Ivory Search has 90,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,114,835 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 24, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Ivory Search at a glance
Is Ivory Search well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Perform faster search with inverted index-based search engine
- Index and search shortcode contents
- Search WooCommerce products
- Search images, files and attachments
- Customize search form using customizer
- Search using AJAX search
- Track searches in search analytics
- Index and search TablePress shortcode contents
- Create unlimited number of search forms
- Configure each search forms separately
- Configure search form to search specific content
- Exclude specific content from search results
Ivory Search reviews and ratings
1,560 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
1,560 reviews
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AJAX, Woo, posts search free - but please test your releases
Edit: thank you for fixing the plugin within 24 hours of me reporting the problem.That said, I'd appreciate if you test your releases in the future.Edit: I'm getting "WooCommerce has detected that some of your active plugins are incompatible with currently enabled WooCommerce features." for Ivory Search. My Claude says "The real fix is one line: move that add_action( 'before_woocommerce_init', … ) out of admin_public_hooks() and into the main plugin file at top level, next to the code their own comment already protects that way. Happy to draft the bug report." A fix would be appreciated. This is the only plugin I could find with a nice AJAX UI that searches both WooCommerce and regular posts/pages for free. I gave up Advanced Woo Search in favor of this plugin because AWS searched Woo products only at the free tier. Thank you for making this plugin!
bfbca -
Increased My Mobile Views
I'm really grateful for Ivory Search for giving me an easy way to add a search option to my blog for mobile users. I've noticed a steady uptick in mobile use ever since I implemented it, and it seems to work really well.
worldsloudestlibrarian -
Excellent
Excellent. For free, a fully-customizable plugin with plenty of documentation. I use it on almost every Wordpress site I develop. Thank you very much!
nufrankz -
Ivory search
I have used Ivory search within all of my websites for many years. I'm very happy with its performance.
finty57 -
Best Search Plugin
This is the best search plugin I've used. The Ajax search works great!
gchalk -
Great PlugIn! It just works.
You can tell from the ease that this app is to setup and use that the developer has spent and continues to spend a lot of time on delevoping, refining, and polishing this app. Many thanks.
frankdoherty
Where Ivory Search ranks on WordPress.org
The rankings we track that Ivory Search appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.
| Ranking | WordPress.org placement | Position | 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Translation Plugins | #38 in search, not tagged | #63 | – |
Ivory Search alternatives
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Simply Static 30,000+ installs · 4.5 -
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Relevanssi 100,000+ installs · 4.8 -
Cyr-To-Lat 300,000+ installs · 4.7 -
Antispam Bee 700,000+ installs · 4.8
Details
Advanced WordPress custom search plugin. Provides Search Form Customizer, WooCommerce Search, AJAX Search & Live Search support!
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- ajax search
- file search
- image search
- search
- woocommerce search
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- Version
- 5.5.18
- Last updated
- Aug 24, 2026
- First published
- Apr 6, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- 3.9
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 5.2.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Ivory Search FAQ
What does Ivory Search do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Ivory Search offers Perform faster search with inverted index-based search engine, Index and search shortcode contents, Search WooCommerce products, Search images, files and attachments and Customize search form using customizer.
How many active installs does Ivory Search have?
WordPress.org reports 90,000+ active installs for Ivory Search as of September 7, 2026.
Is Ivory Search still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 24, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Ivory Search have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 2 of 3 recent support threads for Ivory Search are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Ivory Search free?
Ivory Search is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.
Where does Ivory Search rank among Translation Plugins?
Ivory Search is #63 in the WordPress.org Translation Plugins ranking.