Sitelinks Search Box
by apasionados · Search
Also makes 28 other plugins · 48.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds the JSON-LD schema.org markup for the "Google Sitelinks Search Box" on the homepage.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 76/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+59%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “box” and “property search” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
76 health vs 63 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 51.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 647 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 274 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| google sitelinks your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| google sitelinks search box your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| sitelinks search box your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| sitelinks | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| search box | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| box | #15 | #17 | down 2 |
| search box on menu | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| search box to menu | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| property search | #21 | #17 | down 1 |
| search console | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| in box | #21 | #21 | up 1 |
51 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 40 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “box” and “property search” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v1.5 · 1 Feb 2026
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 53% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Dec 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.5 Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly & Security improvements. 1.5
- — Version 1.3 Updated get_site_url() to get_home_url() to match guideline “url – This property specifies the URL of your website. It must match the canonical URL of your domain’s homepage”. Thanks to hennell for pointing this out. 1.3
- — Version 1.2 Do not insert markup if YOAST SEO plugin is active as it adds the same information. 1.2
- — Version 1.1 Changed get_site_url() to get_home_url() for support of WordPress installations in subfolders. Thanks to Diego Betto for pointing this out. 1.1
- — Version 1.0.1 Updated readme.txt file with info about “WordPress SEO by Yoast” including the Sitelink Search Box markup in their plugin from version 1.6 on. If you use WordPress SEO by Yoast version 1.6 or newer, you don’t need this p 1.0.1
- — Version 1.0 First stable release. 1.0
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds the JSON-LD schema.org markup for the "Google Sitelinks Search Box" on the homepage."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Yoast, YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,586 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2025-06-22 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 847 days in tier
- 2023-02-25 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
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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