Relevanssi Light
by Christoph Vielgrader · Search
Relevanssi Light is a simple, quick and effective search improvement that replaces the default WP search with a fulltext index search.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “600+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 700+ in roughly 160 days.
Install history · since 2020-10-30 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-30 500+ → 600+ up after 230 days in band
- 2025-10-12 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-07 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-06 600+ → 500+ down after 129 days in band
- 2025-05-30 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-05-25 600+ → 500+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-05-19 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-18 600+ → 500+ down after 24 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 -
Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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