Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce vs WP Extended Search

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

Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 77 for WP Extended Search, led by stronger maintenance.

Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce

by Searchanise

Health A87

WP Extended Search

by Sumit Singh

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce	WP Extended Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10%	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	B · 77
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	66/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.3★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	43	72 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100 ✓	87/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago ✓	11mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.9K	2K ✓
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%	+28%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	2.7%	5.5% ✓
Category	Search	Search

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

Release activity

Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerceWP Extended 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.