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Advance Voice Search vs Search Regex

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

Search Regex is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 57 for Advance Voice Search, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Advance Voice SearchSearch 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 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-43% ✓	200K+ → 100K+
Overall health	C · 57	A · 90 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	34/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	1	101 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	62/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.7y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	276	90.6K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+5%	+62%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.9%	3.5% ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Advance Voice SearchSearch 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.