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Once you start writing blog content<\/a> and accumulate more than just a few articles, you will hopefully get more visitors<\/a> to your site. And when they get there, your visitors will want only the best content and that’s only true if they are interested in the topic<\/a>. So, even if you narrow the field and write only about, let’s say PC games and not all video games, people will still not be interested in every article you have written<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides links and recommendations by you or other visitors, you will want to give your users the power of searching through your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same way people search on Google to get to your site, you want them to be able to search through your blog as well. Yes, there is a default search feature already integrated into WordPress. But if you have tried working with it, you have probably noticed it is not as good as you imagined, even though it has improved over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in order to make the search feature even better, you can do a few things I am about to show you in this article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best search plugins for WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the variety of WordPress plugins, you shouldn’t worry about modifying the search function. There are numerous great plugins that will extend your search possibilities and you will proudly present your search box on the site you own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do everything right, users will likely type what they want in your new search box and get the results they expected. Now let’s see some of the best WordPress search plugins you can install in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WP Google Search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s start with a plugin that will help you get the power of the Google search engine on your website. This free plugin will help you set up a Google search box which you can easily place on your website as a widget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will have to register a Google Custom search account, get the ID and the plugin will do the rest. Then, your visitors will be able to search your site or the entire web, depending on your settings, or even search only for images if you decide to do so. You can customize many search features, apply custom layouts, change colors, fonts, thumbnails, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n