Quick Search vs SearchWP Live Ajax Search

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

Quick Search

by toriphes

Health D41

SearchWP Live Ajax Search

by Syed Balkhi

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Quick Search SearchWP Live Ajax 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	Quick Search	SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 41	A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.49★ ✓
Reviews	0	37 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	17.2y ago	23d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	27.9K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Quick Search SearchWP Live Ajax 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.