UW CALS Google Custom Search Engine vs Site Kit by Google

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

UW CALS Google Custom Search Engine

by uwcals

Health D41

Site Kit by Google

by Google

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

UW CALS Google Custom Search Engine Site Kit by Google

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	UW CALS Google Custom Search Engine	Site Kit by Google
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	5M–6M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	82/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.18★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,009 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.0y ago	7d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	52	5.9M ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Analytics

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

Release activity

UW CALS Google Custom Search Engine Site Kit by Google

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.