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Voice Search

by Pascal Birchler · Search

Also makes 3 other plugins · 43.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

Allows visitors to search the site using their voice.

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 82/100

no flags

Active installs

600+

≈660 estimated

Momentum

-23%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “search” and “speech” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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

82 health vs 63 average across 978 Search plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.7%

of downloads still active

At least 600 of 36.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 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.

Details

Version
1.4.2
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2014-12-28 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4

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

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 73 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 62/100

3.8★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.05★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

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

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-23% vs prior 30d
6731 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4K · peaks are release surges

2.8K31 Oct 2026

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 · #8247youEasy Text-to-Speech · #23386Search Regex · #290Relevanssi · #352

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.831 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8231 Oct 2026

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.

4.7K31 Oct 2026

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

1.5y ago

latest release · v1.4.2 · 16 May 2025

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.2 · 16 May 20251.4.1 · 15 May 20251.4.0 · 8 Apr 20251.3.1 · 17 Mar 20211.3.0 · 9 Mar 20211.2.1 · 12 Jun 20151.2.0 · 12 Jun 20151.1.0 · 17 May 20151.0.1 · 23 Apr 20151.0.0 · 29 Dec 2014

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 ≈660

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.

Install history since 27 May 2015

60031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Fabio
    2.3y 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!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ oliverm01
    2.5y 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.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ proiontaghs
    3.5y 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?

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ atlantichealthcareproducts
    5.6y ago

    Great concept

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ iwillbmm
    7.5y ago

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

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ Boluki
    9.1y 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.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ hanybee
    9.9y 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.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ internethappens
    10.4y ago

    Plugin Does Not Activate.

    Read on wp.org ↗

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%

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

4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Allows visitors to search the site using their voice."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 224 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "recognition", "speech" do not.

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

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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Voice Search: 600+ active installs, 3.8★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/voice-search

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