Search in Place vs SearchWP Live Ajax Search

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

Search in Place

by codepeople

Health A90

SearchWP Live Ajax Search

by Syed Balkhi

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Search in Place SearchWP Live Ajax Search

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	Search in Place	SearchWP Live Ajax Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	50K–60K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100 ✓	88/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.71★ ✓	4.49★
Reviews	64 ✓	37
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	94/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	15d ago ✓	21d ago
Downloads · 30d	644	27.8K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Search in Place SearchWP 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.