Extended User Search In WP-Admin vs User First Name / Full Name Search In WP-admin

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

Extended User Search In WP-Admin is the safest pick: health D · 49 against 44 for User First Name / Full Name Search In WP-admin, led by lower removal risk.

Extended User Search In WP-Admin

by amit5204

Health D49

User First Name / Full Name Search In WP-admin

by merajneesh

Health D44

Active-install trajectory

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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	Extended User Search In WP-Admin	User First Name / Full Name Search In WP-admin
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K ✓	50–60
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	1K+ → 900+ ✓	-29%
Overall health	D · 49 ✓	D · 44
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	4/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	13 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	50/100 ✓	35/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated ✓	High
Last updated	3.9y ago ✓	8.4y ago
Downloads, last 30d	241 ✓	71
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.	+36%	-33%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	8.7% ✓	1.0%
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

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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.