diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index fef87aaf7..3ecac3fe6 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -3410,6 +3410,7 @@
                             <div id="world_popup_delete" class="menu_button fa-solid fa-trash-can redWarningBG" title="Delete World Info" data-i18n="[title]Delete World Info"></div>
                             <input type="search" class="text_pole textarea_compact" data-i18n="[placeholder]Search..." id="world_info_search" placeholder="Search...">
                             <select id="world_info_sort_order" class="margin0">
+                                <option data-rule="search" value="14" data-i18n="Search" hidden>Search</option>
                                 <option data-rule="priority" value="0" data-i18n="Priority">Priority</option>
                                 <option data-rule="custom" value="13" data-i18n="Custom">Custom</option>
                                 <option data-order="asc" data-field="comment" value="1" data-i18n="Title A-Z">Title A-Z</option>
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index b38777951..f57aa157c 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ export function getEntitiesList({ doFilter = false, doSort = true } = {}) {
             const subCount = subEntities.length;
             subEntities = filterByTagState(entities, { subForEntity: entity });
             if (doFilter) {
-                subEntities = entitiesFilter.applyFilters(subEntities);
+                subEntities = entitiesFilter.applyFilters(subEntities, { clearScoreCache: false });
             }
             entity.entities = subEntities;
             entity.hidden = subCount - subEntities.length;
diff --git a/public/scripts/filters.js b/public/scripts/filters.js
index ca107fa79..b1460288e 100644
--- a/public/scripts/filters.js
+++ b/public/scripts/filters.js
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { fuzzySearchCharacters, fuzzySearchGroups, fuzzySearchPersonas, fuzzySearchTags, fuzzySearchWorldInfo, power_user } from './power-user.js';
 import { tag_map } from './tags.js';
 
+
+/**
+ * @typedef FilterType The filter type possible for this filter helper
+ * @type {'search'|'tag'|'folder'|'fav'|'group'|'world_info_search'|'persona_search'}
+ */
+
 /**
  * The filter types
- * @type {{ SEARCH: string, TAG: string, FOLDER: string, FAV: string, GROUP: string, WORLD_INFO_SEARCH: string, PERSONA_SEARCH: string, [key: string]: string }}
+ * @type {{ SEARCH: 'search', TAG: 'tag', FOLDER: 'folder', FAV: 'fav', GROUP: 'group', WORLD_INFO_SEARCH: 'world_info_search', PERSONA_SEARCH: 'persona_search'}}
  */
 export const FILTER_TYPES = {
     SEARCH: 'search',
@@ -56,12 +62,22 @@ export function isFilterState(a, b) {
  * data = filterHelper.applyFilters(data);
  */
 export class FilterHelper {
+
+    /**
+     * Cache fuzzy search weighting scores for re-usability, sorting and stuff
+     *
+     * Contains maps of weighting numbers assigned to their uid/id, for each of the different `FILTER_TYPES`
+     * @type {Map<FilterType, Map<string|number,number>>}
+     */
+    scoreCache;
+
     /**
      * Creates a new FilterHelper
      * @param {Function} onDataChanged Callback to trigger when the filter data changes
      */
     constructor(onDataChanged) {
         this.onDataChanged = onDataChanged;
+        this.scoreCache = new Map();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -135,7 +151,12 @@ export class FilterHelper {
         }
 
         const fuzzySearchResults = fuzzySearchWorldInfo(data, term);
-        return data.filter(entity => fuzzySearchResults.includes(entity.uid));
+
+        var wiScoreMap = new Map(fuzzySearchResults.map(i => [i.item?.uid, i.score]));
+        this.cacheScores(FILTER_TYPES.WORLD_INFO_SEARCH, wiScoreMap);
+
+        const filteredData = data.filter(entity => fuzzySearchResults.find(x => x.item === entity));
+        return filteredData;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -310,7 +331,7 @@ export class FilterHelper {
 
     /**
      * Gets the filter data for the given filter type.
-     * @param {string} filterType The filter type to get data for.
+     * @param {FilterType} filterType The filter type to get data for.
      */
     getFilterData(filterType) {
         return this.filterData[filterType];
@@ -318,11 +339,51 @@ export class FilterHelper {
 
     /**
      * Applies all filters to the given data.
-     * @param {any[]} data The data to filter.
+     * @param {any[]} data - The data to filter.
+     * @param {object} options - Optional call parameters
+     * @param {boolean|FilterType} [options.clearScoreCache=true] - Whether the score
      * @returns {any[]} The filtered data.
      */
-    applyFilters(data) {
+    applyFilters(data, { clearScoreCache = true } = {}) {
+        if (clearScoreCache) this.clearScoreCache();
         return Object.values(this.filterFunctions)
             .reduce((data, fn) => fn(data), data);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Cache scores for a specific filter type
+     * @param {FilterType} type - The type of data being cached
+     * @param {Map<string|number, number>} results - The search results containing mapped item identifiers and their scores
+     */
+    cacheScores(type, results) {
+        /** @type {Map<string|number, number>} */
+        const typeScores = this.scoreCache.get(type) || new Map();
+        for (const [uid, score] of results) {
+            typeScores.set(uid, score);
+        }
+        this.scoreCache.set(type, typeScores);
+        console.debug('scores chached', type, typeScores);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the cached score for an item by type and its identifier
+     * @param {FilterType} type The type of data
+     * @param {string|number} uid The unique identifier for an item
+     * @returns {number|undefined} The cached score, or undefined if no score is present
+     */
+    getScore(type, uid) {
+        return this.scoreCache.get(type)?.get(uid) ?? undefined;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear the score cache for a specific type, or completely if no type is specified
+     * @param {FilterType} [type] The type of data to clear scores for. Clears all if unspecified.
+     */
+    clearScoreCache(type) {
+        if (type) {
+            this.scoreCache.set(type, new Map());
+        } else {
+            this.scoreCache = new Map();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/public/scripts/power-user.js b/public/scripts/power-user.js
index e190c9866..6afd45192 100644
--- a/public/scripts/power-user.js
+++ b/public/scripts/power-user.js
@@ -1861,6 +1861,7 @@ function highlightDefaultContext() {
 }
 
 export function fuzzySearchCharacters(searchValue) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(characters, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'data.name', weight: 8 },
@@ -1885,7 +1886,14 @@ export function fuzzySearchCharacters(searchValue) {
     return indices;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Fuzzy search world info entries by a search term
+ * @param {*[]} data - WI items data array
+ * @param {string} searchValue - The search term
+ * @returns {{item?: *, refIndex: number, score: number}[]} Results as items with their score
+ */
 export function fuzzySearchWorldInfo(data, searchValue) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(data, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'key', weight: 3 },
@@ -1901,11 +1909,12 @@ export function fuzzySearchWorldInfo(data, searchValue) {
 
     const results = fuse.search(searchValue);
     console.debug('World Info fuzzy search results for ' + searchValue, results);
-    return results.map(x => x.item?.uid);
+    return results;
 }
 
 export function fuzzySearchPersonas(data, searchValue) {
     data = data.map(x => ({ key: x, description: power_user.persona_descriptions[x]?.description ?? '', name: power_user.personas[x] ?? '' }));
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(data, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'name', weight: 4 },
@@ -1922,6 +1931,7 @@ export function fuzzySearchPersonas(data, searchValue) {
 }
 
 export function fuzzySearchTags(searchValue) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(tags, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'name', weight: 1 },
@@ -1938,6 +1948,7 @@ export function fuzzySearchTags(searchValue) {
 }
 
 export function fuzzySearchGroups(searchValue) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(groups, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'name', weight: 3 },
@@ -2745,6 +2756,7 @@ function setAvgBG() {
 }
 
 async function setThemeCallback(_, text) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(themes, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'name', weight: 1 },
@@ -2767,6 +2779,7 @@ async function setThemeCallback(_, text) {
 }
 
 async function setmovingUIPreset(_, text) {
+    // @ts-ignore
     const fuse = new Fuse(movingUIPresets, {
         keys: [
             { name: 'name', weight: 1 },
diff --git a/public/scripts/world-info.js b/public/scripts/world-info.js
index 466db3c51..bf5f60bb5 100644
--- a/public/scripts/world-info.js
+++ b/public/scripts/world-info.js
@@ -678,7 +678,17 @@ function sortEntries(data) {
     const sortRule = option.data('rule');
     const orderSign = sortOrder === 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
 
-    if (sortRule === 'custom') {
+    if (!data.length) return data;
+
+    // If we have a search term for WI, we are sorting by weighting scores
+    if ('search') {
+        data.sort((a, b) => {
+            const aScore = worldInfoFilter.getScore(FILTER_TYPES.WORLD_INFO_SEARCH, a.uid);
+            const bScore = worldInfoFilter.getScore(FILTER_TYPES.WORLD_INFO_SEARCH, b.uid);
+            return (aScore - bScore);
+        });
+    }
+    else if (sortRule === 'custom') {
         // First by display index, then by order, then by uid
         data.sort((a, b) => {
             const aValue = a.displayIndex;
@@ -756,6 +766,9 @@ function displayWorldEntries(name, data, navigation = navigation_option.none) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Before printing the WI, we check if we should enable/disable search sorting
+    verifySearchSortRule();
+
     function getDataArray(callback) {
         // Convert the data.entries object into an array
         let entriesArray = Object.keys(data.entries).map(uid => {
@@ -764,10 +777,11 @@ function displayWorldEntries(name, data, navigation = navigation_option.none) {
             return entry;
         });
 
-        // Sort the entries array by displayIndex and uid
-        entriesArray.sort((a, b) => a.displayIndex - b.displayIndex || a.uid - b.uid);
-        entriesArray = sortEntries(entriesArray);
+        // Apply the filter and do the chosen sorting
         entriesArray = worldInfoFilter.applyFilters(entriesArray);
+        entriesArray = sortEntries(entriesArray)
+
+        // Run the callback for printing this
         typeof callback === 'function' && callback(entriesArray);
         return entriesArray;
     }
@@ -996,6 +1010,26 @@ const originalDataKeyMap = {
     'groupOverride': 'extensions.group_override',
 };
 
+/** Checks the state of the current search, and adds/removes the search sorting option accordingly */
+function verifySearchSortRule() {
+    const searchTerm = worldInfoFilter.getFilterData(FILTER_TYPES.WORLD_INFO_SEARCH);
+    const searchOption = $('#world_info_sort_order option[data-rule="search"]');
+    const selector = $('#world_info_sort_order');
+    const isHidden = searchOption.attr('hidden') !== undefined;
+
+    // If we have a search term for WI, we are displaying the sorting option for it
+    if (searchTerm && isHidden) {
+        searchOption.removeAttr('hidden');
+        selector.val(searchOption.attr('value') || '0');
+        flashHighlight(selector);
+    }
+    // If search got cleared, we make sure to hide the option and go back to the one before
+    if (!searchTerm && !isHidden) {
+        searchOption.attr('hidden', '');
+        selector.val(localStorage.getItem(SORT_ORDER_KEY) || '0');
+    }
+}
+
 function setOriginalDataValue(data, uid, key, value) {
     if (data.originalData && Array.isArray(data.originalData.entries)) {
         let originalEntry = data.originalData.entries.find(x => x.uid === uid);
@@ -3053,7 +3087,10 @@ jQuery(() => {
 
     $('#world_info_sort_order').on('change', function () {
         const value = String($(this).find(':selected').val());
-        localStorage.setItem(SORT_ORDER_KEY, value);
+        // Save sort order, but do not save search sorting, as this is a temporary sorting option
+        if (value !== 'search') {
+            localStorage.setItem(SORT_ORDER_KEY, value);
+        }
         updateEditor(navigation_option.none);
     });