Bing Custom Search for WordPress
by Steve Bruner · Search
Improve the search functionality on your site by using Bing Custom Search for WordPress.
48 health vs 60 average across 427 Search plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5.9.13.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1100 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 183
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 40+ → 30+ down after 147 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 50+ → 40+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2025-12-28 40+ → 50+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 50+ → 40+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2025-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2025-10-05 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
Site Search 360 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - P Post Meta Searcher 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
ACF: Better Search 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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