Site Search 360 vs SearchIQ

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

Site Search 360

by dsky

Health A87

SearchIQ

by SearchIQ

Health B78

Active-install trajectory

Site Search 360 SearchIQ

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	Site Search 360	SearchIQ
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	400–500	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+300% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	B · 78
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	67/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.83★ ✓
Reviews	7	197 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	77/100	78/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	11mo ago
Downloads · 30d	274	1.3K ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Site Search 360 SearchIQ

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.