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Ajax Search Lite vs Relevanssi

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

Relevanssi and Ajax Search Lite are close on health (A · 92 vs A · 90). Relevanssi has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Ajax Search Lite moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Ajax Search Lite	Relevanssi
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K	100K–200K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	80K+ → 70K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 90	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100	94/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	75/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	266	406 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	94/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	17d ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	70.3K	215.4K ✓
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%	-7%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.9% ✓	1.2%
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Ajax Search LiteRelevanssi

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.