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Relevanssi

Relevanssi - A Better Search
by Christoph Vielgrader · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

83/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Relevanssi
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security60
Support69
Reputation85

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Relevanssi still maintained?
Yes. Last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in the last 24 months. 30 Oct 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Relevanssi, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer msaari since Jun 2009. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Relevanssi removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Relevanssi safe?
22 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 4.28.6). Not on the exploited list. 30 Oct 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Relevanssi update safe to install?
No ownership change before 4.28.8. No one-star spike after it. 30 Oct 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
msaari30 Jun 2009 to 30 Oct 2026, 382 commits
deployer9 Feb 2018 to 7 Nov 2018, 6 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2009.

Maintenance

Last release
5 days ago
Releases, 24 months
22
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.1 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Relevanssi
Q1 20242
Q2 20241
Q3 20242
Q4 20244
Q1 20250
Q2 20253
Q3 20251
Q4 20251
Q1 20261
Q2 20262
Q3 20266
Q4 20264

Last release 30 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: 5.0 (1 review). Lifetime: 4.8.

Average rating per quarter for Relevanssi
Q1 20244.0
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20245.0
Q4 20245.0
Q1 20255.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20255.0
Q1 20263.8
Q3 20265.0
Q4 20265.0

Average rating rose from 4.0 to 5.0 between Q1 2024 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star370
4 star12
3 star4
2 star4
1 star16
Latest low reviews

Security record

9 vulnerabilities in 24 months (22 on record), all patched (latest fixed in 4.28.6).

Show 22 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
30 Oct 2026Relevanssi <= 4.28.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Late Entity Decode7.2<= 4.28.54.28.6Patched before disclosure
22 Oct 2026Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.28.4 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection6.6<= 4.28.44.28.51
1 Oct 2026Relevanssi <= 4.28.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content7.2<= 4.28.34.28.4Patched before disclosure
10 Sep 2026Relevanssi <= 4.28.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1<= 4.28.14.28.2Patched before disclosure
4 Aug 2026Relevanssi <= 4.27.1 and Relevanssi Premium <= 2.30.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection6.5<= 4.27.14.27.2Patched before disclosure
17 Dec 2025Relevanssi < 4.26.0 (Free) < 2.29.0 (Premium) - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection6.5< 4.26.04.26.0Patched before disclosure
30 May 2025Relevanssi <= 4.24.5 (Free) and <= 2.27.6 (Premium) - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Excerpt Highlights4.7<= 4.24.54.24.6Patched before disclosure
12 May 2025Relevanssi <= 4.24.4 (Free) and <= 2.27.5 (Premium) - Unauthenticated SQL Injection7.5<= 4.24.44.24.5Patched before disclosure
6 May 2025Relevanssi <= 4.24.3 (Free) and <= 2.27.4 (Premium) - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Search Highlights6.1<= 4.24.34.24.4Patched before disclosure
17 Sep 2024Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.23.0 (Free) and <= 2.26.0 (Premium) - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.4<= 4.23.04.23.11
15 Aug 2024Relevanssi <= 4.22.2 (Free) and <= 2.25.1 (Premium) - Unauthenticated Information Exposure5.3<= 4.22.24.23.0Patched before disclosure
4 Apr 2024Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Count Option Update5.3<= 4.22.14.22.2Patched before disclosure
4 Apr 2024Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.1 - Unauthenticated Second Order CSV Injection5.8<= 4.22.14.22.2Patched before disclosure
22 Feb 2024Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.0 (Free) and <= 2.25.0 (Premium) - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Query Log Export5.3<= 4.22.04.22.1Patched before disclosure
4 Jan 2024Relevanssi <= 4.21.2 (Free) and < 2.25.0 (Premium) - Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Post Access5.3<= 4.21.24.22.0Patched before disclosure
15 Feb 2022Relevanssi – A Better Search < 4.14.6 & Relevanssi – A Better Search Pro < 2.16.5 - Missing Authorization6.3< 4.14.64.14.6Patched before disclosure
19 Oct 2021Relevanssi - A Better Search Free & Premium <= 2.16.3 & 4.14.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting7.2< 4.14.34.14.414
10 Apr 2018Relevanssi <= 3.6.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection8.7< 3.6.13.6.1786
30 Mar 2018Relevanssi <= 4.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting5.4<= 4.0.44.0.5797
28 Feb 2017Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 3.5.7.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 3.5.83.5.81192
3 Jan 2015Relevanssi – A Better Search < 3.3.8 - Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 3.3.83.3.8Patched before disclosure
25 Feb 2014Relevanssi <= 3.3 - SQL Injection9.8<= 3.33.3.11179

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 4.28.5 (security, vulnerability); 4.28.6 (security, vulnerability, XSS); 4.28.7 (security).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

69% of 13 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Relevanssi
4 May 20262,846
11 May 202651,822
18 May 202619,236
25 May 202611,196
1 Jun 20269,578
8 Jun 202642,400
15 Jun 202622,199
22 Jun 202612,968
29 Jun 202610,321
6 Jul 202612,536
13 Jul 202653,020
20 Jul 202621,255
27 Jul 202612,612
3 Aug 202651,416
10 Aug 202628,448
17 Aug 202662,295
24 Aug 202615,320
31 Aug 202611,834
7 Sep 202652,725
14 Sep 202624,308
21 Sep 202650,590
28 Sep 202629,665
5 Oct 202620,396
12 Oct 202611,333
19 Oct 202653,531
26 Oct 2026114,138
2 Nov 20269,210

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 55% above the 27-week average.

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Facts

Version4.28.8
AuthorChristoph Vielgrader
Added30 Jun 2009
Last updated30 Oct 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress4.9
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.1
CategorySite Structure & Navigation > Site Search
Tagssearch, relevance, better search, product search, woocommerce search

Other plugins by this author: Relevanssi Live Ajax Search, Relevanssi Light

Questions

Is Relevanssi still maintained?

Yes. Last release 30 Oct 2026, 22 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Relevanssi, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer msaari since Jun 2009.

Was Relevanssi removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Relevanssi safe?

22 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 4.28.6). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest Relevanssi update safe to install?

No ownership change before 4.28.8. No one-star spike after it.

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