Open AI Search Bar

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Add a ChatGPT-style AI search bar via shortcode. Responds to prompts using OpenAI’s API (does not search site content).

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

B 81/100

Few reviews

Active installs

10+

≈16 estimated

Momentum

-6%

low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month

Biggest opportunity: “ai”, “ai search bar” and “chat” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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81 Health · B

Maintenance 92/100

Rating quality 67/100

Support 70/100

Security 98/100

81 health vs 77 average across 3,435 AI plugins

10+

Active installs

≈16 estimated

8.5K

Total downloads

since 2023 · 0.1% still active

3.0/5

Rating

3.7 weighted for review count · 4 reviews

-6% low volume

623

Downloads · 30d

category median +14%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.1%

of downloads still active

At least 10 of 8.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,022 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 4 reviews

Details

Version: 2.2
Last updated: 5mo ago
Added: 2023-05-10 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP: 5.7
Tested up to: 7.0.8
Requires PHP: 7.4

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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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 153 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1

Rating quality 53/100

3.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Search visibility

How it's tracked →

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

Keyword	wp.org	On merit	wp.org move, 90 days
ai your tag	Not in the top 24
ai search bar your tag	Not in the top 24
chat your tag	Not in the top 24
chatgpt your tag	Not in the top 24
gpt your tag	Not in the top 24

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“ai”, “ai search bar” and “chat” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

Daily downloads

Since 11 May 2023 · 1,273 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-6% low volume vs prior 30d

223 Nov 2026

80400

223 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 669 · peaks are release surges

6234 Nov 2026

8004000

6234 Nov 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

34 Nov 2026

52.50

34 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

814 Nov 2026

907560

814 Nov 2026

Update activity

Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.

Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.

Release cadence

Occasionally updated

from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

releases in the last 12 months

5mo ago

latest release · v2.2 · 4 Jun 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2 · 4 Jun 20262.1 · 20 May 20251.2 · 12 Jan 20241.1 · 25 May 20231.0 · 14 May 2023

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

10–20 ≈16

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.

Install history since 10 May 2023

104 Nov 2026

100500<10 installs

104 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

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★★★★★ twistysnacks
2.3y ago

First, you can only use this if you have free credits, or purchase credits, with OpenAI. Just an FYI for anyone looking for a free solution – this won’t be it. Second, it absolutely is not a site search. It just inserts a text box that allows you to chat with OpenAI. I’m sure there’s a place for this, but if you’re looking for a site search, you’ll be just as disappointed as me. I’m leaving one more star than it probably deserves because hey, at least y’all made a shortcode that inserts an OpenAI chatbot. It just doesn’t do what you said it would do.
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★★★★★ rodesro
2.5y ago

Very good job, that’s exactly what I want
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★★★★★ morfjord
2.5y ago

This is not an AI Search Bar. It is simply an OpenAI prompt on the website that has nothing to do with your own website. Do not use it at all with this plugin.
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★★★★★ simon102605
3.3y ago

Useful for searching OpenAI only. Not intended as a site search for your own website. Works great to search OpenAI. This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by simon102605.
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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 6.1 AI Search Bar <= 2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31563 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.2

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

7 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "Add a ChatGPT-style AI search bar via shortcode. Responds to prompts using OpenAI’s API (does not search si..."
✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions OpenAI, ChatGPT.
✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
✓ Enough to quote 1,458 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 23 days in tier
2026-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 62 days in tier
2026-03-15 20+ → 30+ up after 22 days in tier
2026-02-21 40+ → 20+ down after 74 days in tier
2025-12-09 50+ → 40+ down after 38 days in tier
2025-11-01 60+ → 50+ down after 165 days in tier
2025-05-20 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in tier
2025-05-14 80+ → 70+ down after 15 days in tier

Competes with

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