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Relevanssi vs Ajax Search Lite

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

Relevanssi and Ajax Search Lite are close on health (A · 92 vs A · 90). Relevanssi has the stronger support.

Active-install trajectory

Ajax Search Lite moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Relevanssi	Ajax Search Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	70K–80K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	80K+ → 70K+
Overall health	A · 92 ✓	A · 90
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100	94/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	75/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.7★ ✓	4.7★
Reviews	406 ✓	266
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	94/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6d ago ✓	17d ago
Downloads, last 30d	215.4K ✓	70.3K
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.	-7%	-5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	2.9% ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

RelevanssiAjax Search Lite

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.