Live search for post
by Shail Mehta · Search
Custom Live Search For Searching Post using Shortcode [live-post-search]
41 health vs 60 average across 578 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2389 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
11
now · peak 50
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 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
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Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Live 600+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Site Search 360 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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