Easy Search vs SearchIQ

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

Easy Search

by surror

Health D43

SearchIQ

by SearchIQ

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Easy Search SearchIQ

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	Easy Search	SearchIQ
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 43	B · 77 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	8/100	64/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	0	197 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	52/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	3.1y ago	12mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	41	1.1K ✓
Category	Blocks	Search

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

Release activity

Easy Search SearchIQ

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.