E-Commerce Autocomplete Search Bar
by Gabriel · Search
Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
E-Commerce Autocomplete Search Bar: An autocomplete searchbar for E-Commerce products, categories, tags, or taxonomy
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Health
C 69/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+31%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 56/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
69 health vs 63 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 12.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 647 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
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 355 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
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.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| woocommerce autocomplete searchbar your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| autocomplete | #24 | #22 | down 2 |
| woocomerce | #13 | #12 | down 1 |
| search autocomplete | #21 | #23 | down 2 |
| woocomerce categories search bar your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| woocomerce tags search bar your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| woocommerce taxonomy search bar your tag | Not checked yet | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 120 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
3.4y ago
latest release · v1.5 · 15 Jun 2023
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 months ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Sep 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ princexman8.5y ago
autocomplete is good but search page not valid
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ princexmen8.6y ago
after search result will not come
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous8.6y ago
Bless you, Gabriel. After a day of searching for a fast effective search plug-in, I found this. For websites that have a lot of products that don’t have the mega hosting that big companies do, this search is the best. All the rest are great if your hosting is top dollar. Otherwise, the search gets bogged down to a snail’s pace. This plug-in offers the fastest way for your customers to get to the product or section they want. Used with effective use of product categories or tags, the speed of this plug-in beats all the competition. I’m only giving this a 4 star because I would like to see more work done on it. To hell with it, Today he gets five-stars!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jennifer Moss9.0y ago
This is perfect for my client’s online store. Thanks so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gabriel9.9y ago
Just trying to help everyone out so I hope you all enjoy it!
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 542 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("woocomerce categories search bar", "woocomerce tags search bar", "woocommerce autocomplete searchbar", "woocommerce taxonomy search bar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-04 300+ → 200+ down after 627 days in tier
- 2023-05-19 400+ → 300+ down after 121 days in tier
- 2023-01-18 300+ → 400+ up after 106 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 600+ → 300+ down
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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Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin 90K+ installs · 4.9★ A -
Go Live Update Urls 90K+ installs · 4.4★ A
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