Google Custom Search WordPress Plugin
This plugin uses Google's Search Engine to search your site's contents!
You can also configure it through google to search multiple sites/do
This plugin uses the power of Google to search the contents on your wordpress site.
WordPress has a relatively good search functionality but tends to get sluggish and doesn't match keywords that well. This is even more apparent when your site is quite large and you have many posts and/or pages. In addition, wordpress search functionality display results ordered by date and not by its relevance to the keywords.
Google Custom Search Engine is not limited to just your site. You can configure it through google to search multiple sites/domains.
Or how about having a search Engine which searches all websites within your blog's niche?
Combining the power of Google's search engine along with the familiarity of their interface, this is a must have plugin for all websites.
The plugin is very flexible and you can configure both the search
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Google Custom Search
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Sites running Google Custom Search, click to open one
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Usage of Google Custom Search over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 1 624 to 817 — down 807 (-49.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 817 | -80 |
| June 2024 | 897 | -32 |
| May 2024 | 929 | +1 |
| April 2024 | 928 | -17 |
| March 2024 | 945 | -136 |
| February 2024 | 1 081 | -56 |
| January 2024 | 1 137 | -124 |
| December 2023 | 1 261 | -59 |
| November 2023 | 1 320 | +1 |
| October 2023 | 1 319 | -92 |
| September 2023 | 1 411 | -130 |
| August 2023 | 1 541 | -59 |
| July 2023 | 1 600 | -24 |
| June 2023 | 1 624 | — |
Themes used with Google Custom Search
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Canvas |
| 4 | Twentyten |
| 5 | Atahualpa |
| 6 | Avada |
| 7 | Divi |
| 8 | Acadia-healthcare |
| 9 | Twentyeleven |
| 10 | Suffusion |
| 11 | Enfold |
| 12 | Twentyfourteen |
| 13 | Twentyfifteen |
| 14 | Sahifa |
| 15 | Responsive |
| 16 | Publisher |
| 17 | Graphene |
| 18 | Thesis_18 |
| 19 | Hueman |
| 20 | Headway |
Sites running Google Custom Search
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