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Quick Search vs SearchWP Live Ajax Search

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

SearchWP Live Ajax Search is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Quick Search moved down one install band, 30+ to 20+; SearchWP Live Ajax Search moved down one install band, 50K+ to 40K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Quick Search SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 20–30 40K–50K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 30+ → 20+ 50K+ → 40K+ ✓
Overall health — A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 3/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.5★ ✓
Reviews 0 36 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 35/100 93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. High Low ✓
Last updated 17.4y ago 3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 32 8.1K ✓
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. 0% 0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 0.1% 3.2% ✓
Category Search Search

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

Release activity

Quick SearchSearchWP 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.