Faceted Search
by AndrewUlrich · Search
This plugin will create widgets that you can use to conduct faceted searches using the categories or tags on your site.
45 health vs 59 average across 472 Search 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5170 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 141
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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-13 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-10 30+ → 40+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-08-12 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-08-06 40+ → 30+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2024-10-31 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-23 50+ → 40+ down after 130 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
- V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/faceted-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Faceted Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Faceted Search: 30+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/faceted-search