Fully customise WordPress search implementing algolia API
42 health vs 60 average across 606 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4435 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
221
now · peak 476
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-24 · 1,419 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ GEORGiOBBLOVER STRAiHN11.0y ago
it doesn`t work. no support for free version; incomplete doc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ douglaskarr12.2y ago
I love that someone built a plugin that works to integrate Algolia and the indexing side of this plugin works fantastic. However, there is no documentation nor opportunity to customize your results. As well, it’s not pulling in the featuredImage as it should – perhaps the JSON has changed from the Algolia API. I’m trying to work through predictions.js right now to try to find and correct the code, but it’s difficult. And I’m concerned that if the plugin gets updated, I’ll lose any customization that I was able to do. Please update the plugin where the author can customize the CSS and template layout as an option.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-17 7K+ → 6K+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 8K+ → 7K+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 9K+ → 8K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-22 10K+ → 9K+ down
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).
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WP Search with Algolia 7K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Support For WPML with Algolia 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
String locator 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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