Relevanssi Premium

Relevanssi Premium is a WordPress plugin that takes over the built-in search and runs it on its own relevance-based index. It can index posts, PDF text, user profiles, taxonomy terms and custom fields, and it gives you filters to decide what gets searched and how results are ranked. The plugin is aimed at sites where the standard WordPress search does not cover enough content or offer enough control.

Key Features

• Relevance-based search – Search results are ordered by relevance instead of the default WordPress date-based ordering.
• PDF content search – The plugin reads the text inside PDF files, adds it to the index and lets visitors find PDFs by their contents.
• User profile search – User profiles are indexed so people can be found by their names and profile descriptions.
• Shortcode content – Shortcodes are expanded during indexing, so content generated by shortcodes becomes searchable.
• Custom field search – Values stored in custom fields, such as WooCommerce SKUs or ACF fields, are included in the search index.
• Multisite search – On a WordPress multisite network, searches can return results from more than one subsite.
• Taxonomy term results – Category, tag and custom taxonomy term archive pages can appear in search results.
• Search filters – Filters let you adjust what is searched and how the search behaves to fit your site.

Who Is It For

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and developers who find the built-in search too limited and want control over what is indexed and how results are ranked. It suits content-heavy sites, membership or multisite setups, and stores that need custom field values searchable. Using the more advanced options assumes some familiarity with PHP and WordPress templates.