Better Find and Replace vs Search & Replace Everything

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

Health A89

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Better Find and Replace 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	Better Find and Replace	Search & Replace Everything
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K ✓	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	4.4★
Reviews	171 ✓	26
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	97/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	10d ago ✓	26d ago
Downloads · 30d	11K	13.9K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.8%	6.0% ✓
Category	Backup	Backup

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

Release activity

Better Find and ReplaceSearch & Replace Everything

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.