Improve WordPress Search
Serve millions of searches in milliseconds
Over 13 million users a month depend on WP Engine Smart Search to deliver lightning-fast search queries to help guide them to the most relevant content.
Powerful-yet-simple WordPress search
A better search for your users
Default WordPress search does not allow for prioritizing or weighting your best content nor does it correct typos.
WP Engine Smart Search is a set-and-forget search solution that drives engagement and conversions with your highest-intent users with intuitive, typo-tolerant, and relevant search results.
Other smart tools often require manual set-up or technical skills to ensure proper setup.
With WP Engine Smart Search, you can improve your WordPress search experience with four clicks. Installation will auto-index your data now and in the future with no technical ability required.
Default WordPress search ignores all custom post types from Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) users—the data that makes your site unique.
ACF is a part of the WP Engine family, so we built a search with the ACF community in mind. Your custom post types will be auto-indexing out of the box—no custom coding required.
Default WordPress search does not allow for prioritizing or weighting your best content nor does it correct typos.
WP Engine Smart Search is a set-and-forget search solution that drives engagement and conversions with your highest-intent users with intuitive, typo-tolerant, and relevant search results.
Other smart tools often require manual set-up or technical skills to ensure proper setup.
With WP Engine Smart Search, you can improve your WordPress search experience with four clicks. Installation will auto-index your data now and in the future with no technical ability required.
Default WordPress search ignores all custom post types from Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) users—the data that makes your site unique.
ACF is a part of the WP Engine family, so we built a search with the ACF community in mind. Your custom post types will be auto-indexing out of the box—no custom coding required.
Elevate your impact with Search Insights
Easily identify trending and ‘no-result’ searches on your site. Craft content that resonates with your highest-intent users, while seamlessly filling any gaps in your content strategy.
Atlas Search for headless WordPress
Powerful features and integrations
Infinitely scalable search
WP Engine Smart Search offloads your search queries from your WordPress server, allowing for scalability without a performance tax.
Out-of-the-box ACF compatibility
Get full ACF support for custom post types & taxonomies without re-syncing.
Four-click setup with autosyncing
A simple installation process that auto-syncs all your data after your first setup.
Related posts and recommendations
Use WPGraphQL or our API to suggest relevant content to your visitors.
Headless WordPress compatibility
WP Engine Smart Search is headless-ready without 3rd party vendors or complex integrations.
Customize your results
Prioritize your best content first in search results with custom weighting.
Typo-tolerant and intuitive
Guide users to what they’re looking for—even they misspell or type different versions of the search term.
API flexibility with WPGraphQL and REST
Access all your data, no matter the source, with the tool of your choice.
Composable index and search options
Index data for your search results from any source(s)—WordPress or not!
Setup Smart Search in Minutes
Powerful search and easy setup
- 1Install with just a few clicks
Setup WP Engine Smart Search from the Add-ons page in your user portal—just install a license on any environment and one-time sync your data to get started.
- 2Configure search results easily
Our intuitive UI allows for simple search customization to populate the most relevant content, giving you more control over the search experience.
- 3Optional: Fully extendable search
WP Engine Smart Search and our powerful API give you the ability extend your search capabilities and data, like populating related content on your website.
WP Engine Smart Search
FAQ
WP Engine Smart Search is for Premium-only customers, and the pricing will depend on your plan level—starting at just $80/month.
The best part? There’s no limit to the number of sites or searches—it’s all based on your existing WP Engine plan! Unlike other search solutions, you won’t get nickel-and-dimed for every little search request or index.
Yes! WP Engine Smart Search is designed to work seamlessly with any Atlas site and the Atlas headless WordPress platform as well as any of our Premium plans.
Setup on Atlas is just as easy as any other WordPress site, and it comes with built-in headless search support, including WP GraphQL and ACF.
WP Engine Smart Search is a powerful, easy-to-setup, ACF-compatible, and headless-ready search tool unlike anything else on the market.
Whether you need an “it just works” search solution to improve your site experience quickly or a highly-customizable offering go beyond just search results, WP Engine Smart Search is the perfect solution for your WordPress search needs—headless WordPress included!
Many other search solutions on the market aren’t headless-compatible, or if they are, require complex setups and custom code to get your search up-and-running. WP Engine Smart Search works with headless sites out-of-the-box!
It also works seamlessly with your favorite tools like ACF (Advanced Custom Fields), WPGraphQL, and more!
Absolutely! Whether you are using WP Engine Smart Search on a Premium or Atlas plan, you get the best-in-class, award-winning support experience you’ve come to know and love from WP Engine. And while we may not be able to help you with custom development work, we also have a community of headless developers and our Developer Relations team here to collaborate with you!
We’re glad you asked! WP Engine Smart Search comes with:
- Seamless integration with headless WordPress
- Fuzzy Search
- Stemmed Search
- Faceted Search
- Results Weighing
- WPGraphQL compatibility
- Full ACF compatibility (with zero custom code)
- Advanced operators (AND, OR, NOT, >, <)
- Exclusions (with WPGraphQL)
- Related & recommended posts
- Multi-field searches
- Index 3rd party data
- Public GraphQL API
WP Engine Smart Search documentation is found at developers.wpengine.com and includes step-by-step setup instructions, troubleshooting tips, API documentation, and more.