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Init Live Search vs Advanced Woo Search

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

Advanced Woo Search is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 87 for Init Live Search, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Init Live SearchAdvanced Woo Search

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	Init Live Search	Advanced Woo Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	60K–70K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+13% ✓	70K+ → 60K+
Overall health	A · 87	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	7	248 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	91/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	826	77.5K ✓
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.	-29%	+29%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.3% ✓	1.0%
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Init Live SearchAdvanced Woo Search

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.