Replaces WordPress search with a custom full-text index: BM25 ranking, fuzzy matching, and instant as-you-type suggestions.
80 health vs 59 average across 798 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2026-07-31 · 47 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
65
now · peak 67
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-09-15 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
-
Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Search with Algolia 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
DOOFINDER Search and Discovery for WP & WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
SearchIQ – The Search Solution 1K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Search with Typesense 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Coywolf Search into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/coywolf-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Coywolf Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Coywolf Search: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/coywolf-search