Search Hilite
by Ryan Boren · Uncategorized
When someone is referred from a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or WordPress' own, the terms they search for are highlighted with this plugin. Packaged by Matt.
41 health vs 67 average across 3,589 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 21+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 7700 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
53
now · peak 152
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-26 70+ → 60+ down after 343 days in band
- 2025-03-20 80+ → 70+ down after 30 days in band
- 2025-02-18 70+ → 80+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-02-06 80+ → 70+ down after 230 days in band
- 2024-06-21 90+ → 80+ down after 162 days in band
- 2024-01-11 100+ → 90+ down after 18 days in band
- 2023-12-24 90+ → 100+ up after 7 days in band
- 2023-12-17 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/google-highlight" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Search Hilite — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Search Hilite: 60+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-highlight