Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce – Searchanise
by Searchanise · Search
Advanced WooCommerce product search and filter plugin. Customizable search bar, live search suggestions and auto-generated filters for search results.
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Health
A 87/100
no flags
Active installs
900+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “advanced search”, “search” and “search results” for “customizable search”, “search suggestions” and “job search”. “advanced search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “customizable search” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search suggestions” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search results” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “job search” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
87 health vs 62 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 32.9K 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 6 releases 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 43 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| smart search your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| fulltext search | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| customizable search | #6 | #9 | — |
| search suggestions | #12 | #13 | up 1 |
| smart product recommendations | #6 | #11 | 0 |
| search bar | #16 | #18 | up 2 |
| twitter search results | #7 | #16 | — |
| product filter your tag | #22 | #22 | 0 |
| filter for woocommerce | #23 | #20 | — |
| job search | #16 | #14 | 0 |
| live search | #24 | #18 | 0 |
| auto search suggestion | #10 | #13 | — |
| instant search | #19 | #14 | down 1 |
| smart admin bar | #12 | #18 | down 1 |
| search filters | #21 | #22 | down 1 |
| woocommerce search | #24 | #18 | 0 |
| smart id | #16 | #16 | 0 |
| filter search results | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| live product search | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| ip filter | #24 | #18 | 0 |
| advanced search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search results your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
106 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 83 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “advanced search”, “search” and “search results” for “customizable search”, “search suggestions” and “job search”. “advanced search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “customizable search” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search suggestions” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search results” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “job search” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v1.0.23 · 22 Oct 2026
22
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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 3 Mar 2021
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Advanced WooCommerce product search and filter plugin. Customizable search bar, live search suggestions and..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "if you have", "for woocommerce stores").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,871 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2026-09-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 64 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 1K+ → 900+ down after 1160 days in tier
- 2023-04-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2023-04-08 800+ → 900+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2023-02-16 700+ → 800+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2022-12-20 800+ → 700+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2022-12-08 700+ → 800+ up after 65 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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WP Extended Search 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPCasa Advanced Search 600+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Ajax Load More for SearchWP 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
powerSearch for bbPress 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - P Post Meta Searcher 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Bing Custom Search for WordPress 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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