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REST API for Relevanssi

by Sergiy Dzysyak · Search

Also makes 2 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →

The plugin provides a REST API endpoint for the Relevanssi search plugin.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins

Removal-risk signals

45/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

51 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 14/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1205 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+72% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

127

now · peak 338

12730d downloads · Aug 26

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

REST API for Relevan · #11712 you Disable REST API · #509 Make Connector · #561 Disable WP REST API · #1002

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.

635per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.18 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈280

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-03-20 · 1,383 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.18
Last updated
3.3y ago
Added
2018-09-12 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.2.11
Requires PHP
5.6

Recent reviews

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  1. Maxime33
    3.3y ago

    Great plugin, great support!

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  2. Laxus Mcfury
    4.4y ago

    This plugin helped me a lot with my Rest API based live search, i really appreciate it!

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  3. mkhaledche
    6.0y ago

    Thank you

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Dutch (Belgium) 75%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-11-22 300+ → 200+ down after 776 days in tier
  2. 2023-10-08 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2023-10-05 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-10-04 200+ → 300+ up after 98 days in tier
  5. 2023-06-28 300+ → 200+ down after 11 days in tier
  6. 2023-06-17 200+ → 300+ up

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REST API for Relevanssi: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rest-api-for-relevanssi