Solr Search for WordPress
by Pantheon Systems · Search
Improve your user experience with the Apache Solr search engine for your WordPress website.
58 health vs 71 average across 161 Search plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 585 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
1.0K
now · peak 2.3K
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-14 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-13 100+ → 200+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-11-23 200+ → 100+ down after 28 days in band
- 2025-10-26 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-10-22 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-21 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-10-16 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-14 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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★ · 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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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/solr-power" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Solr Search for WordPress — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Solr Search for WordPress: 100+ active installs, 4.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/solr-power