Search Exclude HTML Tags
by superann · Search
Makes the built-in search ignore HTML tags in post content.
45 health vs 61 average across 383 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5339 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
17
now · peak 75
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
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,365 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-28 40+ → 30+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-03-16 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-13 40+ → 30+ down after 259 days in band
- 2025-06-27 50+ → 40+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-06-15 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-06-14 50+ → 40+ down after 32 days in band
- 2025-05-13 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-05-08 50+ → 40+ down after 210 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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