Real-Time Find and Replace vs Word 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

Word Replace

by mehdi jalili

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

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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	Word Replace
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	+400% ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 84
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	86/100 ✓	76/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.41★ ✓	4.06★
Reviews	82 ✓	2
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	3.6K ✓	185
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.6%	8.7% ✓
Category	Search	Blocks

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

Release activity

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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.