Term/Tag Cloud Search
by eggplantstudios · Search
Also makes 2 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates a widget that will present a "Tag Cloud" of terms, and allow you to pick one or more terms to search by.
46 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4175 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.1
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 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 ↗- ★★★★★ silksheets2.3y ago
So I’ve been searching for a plugin exactly like this for awhile and tried it out, but it didn’t work. There’s other plugins that offer a tag cloud search, but end up paywalling you for it which sucks. This one is free but hadn’t been updated in a while and I had the newest WP version so I suspected incompatibility. Sent an email as a last resort, thinking it’ll be awhile before I get any support but within the hour this amazing developer reached out and had made an updated version for me! They really care about what they’re doing at EPS and I couldn’t praise them enough. To Shawn- sincerely, thank you 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lexx10.9y ago
Exactly what i wanted
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gissing11.4y ago
Nice plugin. But it looks like shit! I have seen you recommend people to “try som CSS”. It’s a little like advicing people to look deep in their car’s engine, or paint it themselves, isn’t it? Well now you have used so much time making it basically ‘drive’, why not give it just a little push more, so people can change the color. Its the difference between the two colors on the ‘selectors’ – try Black/white.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JihadFree11.4y ago
Really clean and simple looking tag cluster. Very simple to search, I used it at some other site and hunted it down in plugins for my own. It didn’t install, so I looked for ages at others. None suited my wants. Wrote to the creator and he identified the problem (I use old version of PHP it seems) and he fixed it with in 10 minutes from his end. Would love to see it be able to categorise the tags.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-01-22 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-01-14 10+ → 20+ up after 67 days in tier
- 2022-11-08 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2022-11-01 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2022-10-27 20+ → 10+ 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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Search Meter 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - U Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - C Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC) 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Taxonomy Dropdown Widget 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/search-by-taxonomy-tag-cloud-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Term/Tag Cloud Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Term/Tag Cloud Search: 10+ active installs, 4.8★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/search-by-taxonomy-tag-cloud-search