Real-Time Find and Replace vs Better Find and Replace

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

Real-Time Find and Replace

by Marios Alexandrou

Health A88

Better Find and Replace

by CodeSolz Software Park

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Real-Time Find and Replace Better Find and Replace

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	Real-Time Find and Replace	Better Find and Replace
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	40K–50K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13% ✓	-20%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.41★	4.55★ ✓
Reviews	82	171 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago	4d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	3.2K	39.7K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Real-Time Find and Replace Better Find and Replace

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.