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Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress

by Md. Jwel Miah · Search

Also makes 1 other plugin · 10+ installs across the portfolio →

Spotlight-Search is a WordPress Search plugin, inspired from Spotlight from Apple computers. SPOTLIGHT-Search opens up the search bar, as soon as you …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 4/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 62 average across 947 Search plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.14.

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.

49 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 9/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1419 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-09-24 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Sep 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

59

now · peak 59

5930d downloads · Sep 24

Estimated active installs

wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.

not reported

wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.

Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations

0Installs · Sep 24

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
3.9y ago
Added
2022-11-05 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
6.1.14
Requires PHP
7.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

No tier crossings observed yet.

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Spotlight Search – Search Assistant Plugin for WordPress: no active install count reported, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-24. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/spotlight-search