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Voice Search

by Pascal Birchler · Search

Also makes 3 other plugins · 52.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

Allows visitors to search the site using their voice.

How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

82 health vs 60 average across 606 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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 62/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+18% vs prior 30d
112Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

3.8K

now · peak 3.9K

3.8K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Voice Search · #8297 you Easy Text-to-Speech · #23915 Search Regex · #289 Relevanssi · #349

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

6.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.3y ago

latest release · v1.4.2

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.2 · 1.3y ago1.4.1 · 1.3y ago1.4.0 · 1.4y ago1.3.1 · 5.5y ago1.3.0 · 5.5y ago1.2.1 · 11.2y ago1.2.0 · 11.2y ago1.1.0 · 11.3y ago1.0.1 · 11.4y ago1.0.0 · 11.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 98%
v1.2 1.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈670

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,437 observations

600Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.4.2
Last updated
11d ago
Added
2014-12-28 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. Fabio
    2.1y ago

    Easy to install, if your template has the normal search box it simply works. The plugin adds a mic button, of course, because security, all browsers need to ask permission to use it at least once, but it works!

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  2. oliverm01
    2.3y ago

    I am working on a portal on the EU AI Act not at least for mobile use (similar to artificialintelligenceact.eu but better, haha). In the last three days I tested four different voice search tools (WP-Plugins). The only one that really convinced me was this one – the others were really disappointing although they are really (!) expensive … This one here works great on iphone with chrome & safari (last one is the better mobile experience because of security reasons). It works on Android, Mac & Windows with Chrome. There might be still some minor challenges with this plugin, ok. For example: In one of the js file were some styles that I could not overwrite in the beginning with customizer. After I removed the one or other “!important” in the stylesheet. Now it works great and I can display a secon searchfield in an accordeon too. Another issue was exact responsive positioning of the icon … ok, is still not working perfect e.g. after resizing a browser-window, but thats not really a problem. WP-Version is 6.5.2.

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  3. proiontaghs
    3.3y ago

    Great plugin for voice search. It also works perfectly in Greek. No training required, as with other voice searches. I tested it on a computer and on a mobile phone with male and female voices. It works immediately and understandably.But one very small problem I have is that the microphone graphic is black and the background color is dark gray as well. So it is not distinct. I tried to change the background in the search area, but it didn’t work. Any help on this?

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  4. atlantichealthcareproducts
    5.4y ago

    Great concept

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  5. iwillbmm
    7.3y ago

    This is the same feature google chrome offers, without the need of a plugin

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  6. Boluki
    8.9y ago

    Hi ; there is an extra ‘Space’ in js file registration in plugin.php file at line 45. exactly before ‘.js’ at the end of line. This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Boluki.

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  7. hanybee
    9.8y ago

    @pascal Birchler this plugin is Great for new 2016 SEO well done i install it in my site دليل الكويت This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by hanybee.

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  8. internethappens
    10.2y ago

    Plugin Does Not Activate.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 5 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Italian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 85%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-20 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-19 600+ → 700+ up after 7 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-12 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-10 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-07 700+ → 600+ down after 49 days in tier
  6. 2026-04-19 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-15 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-04-14 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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