Advance Voice Search vs Search Regex

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

Advance Voice Search

by RVS Media

Health C59

Search Regex

by John Godley

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Advance Voice Search Search Regex

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	Advance Voice Search	Search Regex
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-43%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 59	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★	4.64★ ✓
Reviews	1	101 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	237	68.2K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Advance Voice Search Search Regex

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.