PopSearch Live for WooCommerce vs Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for Wo
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for Wo is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 77 for PopSearch Live for WooCommerce, led by stronger maintenance.
Active-install trajectory
PopSearch Live for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 10+ to 20+; Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for Wo moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | PopSearch Live for WooCommerce | Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for Wo |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 20–30 | 9K–10K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 10+ → 20+ ✓ | -10% |
| Overall health | B · 77 | A · 86 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 85/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 74/100 | 81/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.0★ | 4.2★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 1 | 5 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 85/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 7mo ago | 21d ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 57 | 5.2K ✓ |
| 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% | +13% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 3.7% ✓ | 2.7% |
| Category | Search | Search |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.