Search Relevance
by sablednah · Search
Adjust WordPress search results to order by relevance, not by date.
47 health vs 66 average across 228 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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 4680 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
26
now · peak 63
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-15 60+ → 50+ down after 159 days in band
- 2026-02-06 70+ → 60+ down after 101 days in band
- 2025-10-28 80+ → 70+ down after 33 days in band
- 2025-09-25 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-24 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-09-11 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-10 80+ → 70+ down after 3 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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Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 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
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