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Autocomplete Search

by Aarti Chauhan · Search

Add an autocomplete search feature to your WordPress site.Search across posts,pages, and WooCommerce products with a fast,AJAX-powered search box.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
77 Health · B
Maintenance 83/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

77 health vs 64 average across 290 Search plugins

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.

87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 94/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-12-05 · 589 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-31% vs prior 30d
Dec 24
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

33

now · peak 106

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

Autocomplete Search · #27263 Display Posts · #541 Essential Widgets · #1766 Posts in Page · #1851

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 estimate
20–30 ≈27

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 272 days.

Install history · since 2024-12-05 · 585 observations

Details

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2024-12-05 · 1 yr on WP
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP
7.2

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-17 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
  2. 2026-07-13 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in band
  3. 2026-06-30 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
  4. 2026-06-28 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in band
  5. 2026-06-23 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
  6. 2026-06-21 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in band
  7. 2026-06-17 10+ → 20+ up after 209 days in band
  8. 2025-11-20 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band

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Autocomplete Search: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/autocomplete-search