Title: WordPress Sphinx Search Plugin
Author: percona
Published: <strong>February 24, 2009</strong>
Last modified: June 30, 2017

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Search plugins

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# wordpress-sphinx-plugin

 By [percona](https://profiles.wordpress.org/percona/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of November 25, 2018 and is not available for download.
Reason: Guideline Violation.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[to many error on activation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/to-many-error-on-activation/)󠁿

 [MassimoM](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xma/) March 6, 2017

to many error on activation, in a basic wordpress clean installation: on activation:
The plugin generated 1820 characters of unexpected output during activation. If 
you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other
issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin. bad

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### 󠀁[Outdated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/outdated-13/)󠁿

 [andrey-hohlov](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrey-hohlov/) September 3, 2016

Just set define('WP_DEBUG', true); and see how many notices and errors plugin throw.
It has been deprecated

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### 󠀁[amazingly fast search!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazingly-fast-search/)󠁿

 [quantumstories](https://profiles.wordpress.org/quantumstories/) February 8, 2017

Sphinx search worked right out of the box, but because my website uses large amounts
of memory, I had to ask for technical support from the authors. I was contacted 
and given assistance immediately! You check out the speed using the search at www.
quantumstories.com

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### 󠀁[Could not install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-install-4/)󠁿

 [perrymyk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/perrymyk/) February 8, 2017

This plugin needs another install after you install and it could not install. look
for a Search plugin that works – there are dozens……….

 [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WordPress Sphinx Search Plugin” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ percona ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/percona/)
 *   [ Ivinco ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ivinco/)

[Translate “WordPress Sphinx Search Plugin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **3.10.5**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.28**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-sphinx-plugin/advanced/)