Admin Live Search
by Humberto Silva · Admin & Utilities
Live search pages and posts in the dashboard / admin area via AJAX.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,409 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2669 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
74
now · peak 181
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 84 days in band
- 2026-04-17 20+ → 30+ up after 23 days in band
- 2026-03-25 30+ → 20+ down after 225 days in band
- 2025-08-12 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-08-09 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-08 40+ → 30+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-07-20 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-19 40+ → 30+ down after 36 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Jetpack Search 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/admin-live-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Admin Live Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Admin Live Search: 20+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/admin-live-search