ACF: Better Search vs Relevanssi

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

ACF: Better Search

by Mateusz Gbiorczyk

Health A91

Relevanssi

by Christoph Vielgrader

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

ACF: Better Search Relevanssi

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	ACF: Better Search	Relevanssi
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 91	A · 91
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	94/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	71/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.83★ ✓	4.74★
Reviews	165	405 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	84/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7d ago ✓	8d ago
Downloads · 30d	25.2K	159.4K ✓
Category	Search	Search

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

ACF: Better Search Relevanssi

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.