Site Search 360 vs SearchIQ

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

Site Search 360 is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 75 for SearchIQ, led by stronger maintenance.

Site Search 360

by dsky

Health A85

SearchIQ

by SearchIQ

Health B75

Active-install trajectory

Site Search 360SearchIQ

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.	300–400	1K–2K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	+200% ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 85 ✓	B · 75
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	96/100 ✓	58/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	7	197 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago ✓	1.1y ago
Downloads, last 30d	226	1.1K ✓
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.	+0%	-2%
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

Site Search 360SearchIQ

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.