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Product Search Category Redirect

by Kestrel · Search

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Redirects product searches that match a product category name to the product category page instead of showing the search results page.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
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59 Health · C
Maintenance 38/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

59 health vs 60 average across 606 Search plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

2.1K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

0%

29

Downloads · 30d

category median +22%

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.

73 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

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

To rank higher: Last updated 579 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

0% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 85

2930d 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

Product Search Categ · #40762 you FiboSearch · #292 Relevanssi · #349 Ajax Search Lite · #564

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.

2.9Kper 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

1.6y ago

latest release · v1.4.2

16

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.2 · 1.6y ago1.4.1 · 1.8y ago1.4.0 · 2.0y ago1.3.3 · 2.1y ago1.3.2 · 2.4y ago1.3.1 · 2.5y ago1.3.0 · 2.6y ago1.2.2 · 2.7y ago1.2.1 · 3.0y ago1.2.0 · 3.1y ago1.1.3 · 3.7y ago1.1.2 · 3.9y ago1.1.1 · 4.4y ago1.1.0 · 4.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.4 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 observations

10Installs · 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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.4.2
Last updated
1.6y ago
Added
2021-05-25 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
6.3.0
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.4.0
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ broder
    3.7y ago

    Great little plugin to redirect exact match search queries to dedicated category pages (I always found the default behavior really stupid). Would be even more awesome if it would let you select synonyms for certain categories / queries. Paid version perhaps? Thanks to creator.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-09-14 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2023-09-13 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in tier
  3. 2023-08-22 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2023-08-19 10+ → 20+ up after 15 days in tier
  5. 2023-08-04 20+ → 10+ down after 24 days in tier
  6. 2023-07-11 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2023-07-07 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2023-07-04 10+ → 20+ up after 189 days in tier

Competes with

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