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

by Searchanise

Health A87

WP Extended Search

by Sumit Singh

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce WP Extended Search

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	Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce	WP Extended Search
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K	20K–30K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	76/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	83/100	94/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.31★	4.72★ ✓
Reviews	43	72 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	79/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	18d ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads · 30d	1.1K	1.5K ✓
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 WooCommerce WP 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.