How PlugIndex search works

PlugIndex uses public WordPress.org plugin data, but presents its own discovery layer. Result presentation can differ from the WordPress.org directory search.

Search starts with what you asked for

Plugin names matter, and so do feature-oriented queries such as “SMTP”, “error logs”, or “role management”.

Compatibility is visible

Tested-up-to WordPress and PHP requirements appear on results and plugin profiles so compatibility is easy to judge.

Maintenance activity matters

Last-updated timestamps stay front and center so stale projects do not look identical to actively maintained ones.

PlugIndex syncs public WordPress.org plugin metadata into a local SQLite index (with FTS5 search). Browse and tag pages are served from that index; chunked sitemaps list every plugin slug so crawlers can discover each profile URL. When local search finds nothing, queries can fall back to the live WordPress.org API.

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