Enhanced Search Form
by Ono Oogami · Forms
Enhance wordpress search form to allow searching posts in certain category(s), month archive(s) or tag(s).
43 health vs 64 average across 976 Forms 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4244 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
28
now · peak 69
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-22 40+ → 30+ down after 610 days in band
- 2024-06-22 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-20 40+ → 50+ up after 18 days in band
- 2024-06-02 50+ → 40+ down after 341 days in band
- 2023-06-27 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-06-25 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-06-23 60+ → 50+ down after 87 days in band
- 2023-03-28 70+ → 60+ down after 2 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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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Meter 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/enhanced-search-form" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Enhanced Search Form — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Enhanced Search Form: 30+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/enhanced-search-form