Term/Tag Cloud Search
by eggplantstudios · Search
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 64 average across 268 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 4130 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
15
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
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-01-22 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in band
- 2023-01-14 10+ → 20+ up after 67 days in band
- 2022-11-08 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in band
- 2022-11-01 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
- 2022-10-27 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/search-by-taxonomy-tag-cloud-search