Search Relevance vs Relevanssi

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

Search Relevance

by sablednah

Health D47

Relevanssi

by Christoph Vielgrader

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

Search Relevance Relevanssi

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 Relevance	Relevanssi
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	60–70	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	77/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.17★	4.74★ ✓
Reviews	4	405 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	12.9y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	47	158.9K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Search Relevance Relevanssi

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.