Exclude From Search vs Search and Replace

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

Exclude From Search

by Luis A. Ochoa

Health D41

Search and Replace

by manu225

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Exclude From SearchSearch and Replace

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	Exclude From Search	Search and Replace
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-67%	-10% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 79 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	60/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	3.4★ ✓
Reviews	0	23 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.8y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	28	1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	4.2% ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Exclude From SearchSearch and Replace

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.