SearchIQ vs Site Search 360

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

Site Search 360 is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 75 for SearchIQ, led by stronger maintenance.

SearchIQ

by SearchIQ

Health B75

Site Search 360

by dsky

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

SearchIQSite Search 360

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	SearchIQ	Site Search 360
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K ✓	300–400
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	+200% ✓
Overall health	B · 75	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	58/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.8★ ✓	4.3★
Reviews	197 ✓	7
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	88/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.1y ago	today ✓
Downloads, last 30d	1.1K ✓	231
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.	-9%	+6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.0% ✓	1.0%
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

SearchIQSite Search 360

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.