Better WP-Admin Search
by Productive · Search
Add essential search functionality to your WP Admin.
55 health vs 65 average across 240 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 595 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 2024-05-19 · 789 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
29
now · peak 147
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 119 days.
Install history · since 2024-05-18 · 787 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-26 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-23 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-04-17 20+ → 30+ up after 144 days in band
- 2025-11-24 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-20 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-19 20+ → 30+ up after 153 days in band
- 2025-06-19 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Search by ID 700+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Bulk Datetime Change 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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