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About Search Meter
Search Meter is a plugin for WordPress that tracks what people are searching for on your blog and whether they are finding what they are looking for. It provides statistics on popular searches and allows you to filter out certain words from the search results. The plugin is easy to install and requires no configuration.Screenshots

Frequently asked questions
What does Search Meter do?
Search Meter automatically records what people are searching for on your blog and whether they are finding what they are looking for.
How can Search Meter help me give people what they want?
By showing you what people are searching for, Search Meter allows you to create new posts on those topics and give your readers what they want.
What are the Popular Searches and Recent Searches widgets?
The Popular Searches widget displays a list of recent popular successful search terms on your blog, while the Recent Searches widget displays the most recent searches.
How do I view my search statistics?
To view your search statistics, log in to WordPress Admin and go to the Dashboard menu, then click Search Meter. You can also see a widget listing search statistics from the last seven days on your dashboard.
What options are available for managing search statistics?
In the Settings section of Search Meter, you can determine who can see the full search statistics, set filter words to exclude certain search terms, and choose to ignore searches made by logged-in administrators.
Changelog
2.13.5
- Fixed error when saving settings in PHP 8.
2.13.4
- Remove deprecation warning.
2.13.3
- Work around Excel bug that could lead to exploits in downloaded search files.
2.13.2
- Restore compatibility with some older versions of PHP (probably back to 5.0).
2.13.1
- Some fixes for text and internationalization.
2.13
- Search Summary and Recent Searches can be downloaded as CSV files.
- Search Meter is now set up for translation to other languages. For details, go to translate.wordpress.org. (Thanks to Christiaen François)
- All stats are now displayed in the WordPress time zone, and stored in the database as UTC. Previously, they were stored and displayed in the server time zone, which was confusing. The change means that old search statistics may be out by up to 13 hours.
- Updated licensing, now using GPL3.
2.12
- When uninstalled, delete all options and data. (Thanks to Scott Allen)
- Track searches made via ajax requests. (Thanks to tliebig)
2.11
- Settings for search history size and recording duplicates can now be altered in filters. See the code for details. (Thanks to Dan Harrison)
- Fixed a problem with saving hit counts. (Thanks to vrocks)
2.10
- Add an option to ignore searches made by logged-in administrators, so administrators can test searches without cluttering up the search stats.
- Requires WP 3.2.
- Upgrade deprecated code. Minor restyling.
2.9.1
- Ensure Search Meter can save searches even if other plugins trigger a query before the main WordPress loop.
2.9
- Add a Search Meter dashboard widget.
- Add Search Meter settings link on the Plugins page for convenient configuration.
- Many small improvements.
2.8
- Fix option for permission level, which was not being saved correctly.
- Allow Search Meter to work with Multisite WordPress.
- Add convenient links between Settings and Dashboard pages.
- Clean up dashboard tabs and table layout.
- Add Bitcoin donation address in case you’re feeling generous.
2.7.3
- Remove another warning message.
2.7.2
- Requires WP 2.8.
- Fix problem displaying multiple-word searches in WP 3.0.
- Remove notice messages when debugging.
2.7
- Don’t show duplicated recent searches.
- Add filter list so that search terms with certain words will not show up in recent and popular search lists.
- Search links work whether or not fancy permalinks are enabled.
- Administrator can decide who is allowed to see full statistics.
- Requires WordPress 2.3 or later.
2.6
- Use UTF8 when creating tables.
- Fix PHP 5.3 incompatibility.
- Widgets now conform to WordPress 2.8 standards.
2.5
- Improve formatting on the Options page.
- Fix database error caused by duplicate searches.
- Users of Search Meter version 1 will need to deactivate and reactivate the plugin to use version 2.5.
2.4
- Fix the links to the Statistics and Options pages, which broke in WordPress 2.7.
2.3
- Improve widget display and add controls to specify the number of searches to show.
- Add option to hide donation buttons.
2.2
- Add widgets for Recent Searches and Popular Searches.
- Fix table creation problem on WordPress 2.2.1.
- Add donation buttons (thanks for your consideration).
2.1
- Improve search count accuracy.
2.0
- Add Recent Searches page and template tag.
- Make search counts more accurate: correctly count multi-page searches and searches with no referer [sic].
- Popular Searches tag allows number of results to be specified.
1.1
- Various improvements.
1.0
- Initial public release.
