WP Google Search

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ juniorbra

   3.1y ago

   Hello, I noticed that the plugin hasn’t been updated in a while, but I installed it and it worked fine. I would like to know if this plugin still has updates, and if I can use it without problems

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2. ★★★★★ FelipeS

   4.0y ago

   Here, it works… Thank you.

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3. ★★★★★ Bike Gremlin

   5.1y ago

   An easy to use plugin that just does its job. No constant (needless) updates, etc – the developers seem to have just built it right from the start. Writing this because I saw a warning when looking at its page here: “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.” Well, I’ve tested it, it works. And the developers seem quite active on the plugin’s support page – answering and resolving the support questions. Looks fine to me. Doesn’t slow things down. Works as it should.

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4. ★★★★★ melebius

   5.6y ago

   This plugin does what I expected (although it hasn’t been tested with the current WordPress 5.7 release) and it was pretty easy to setup. I recommend it to everyone! I only had a little hard time when adjusting the look of the search box but there was a conflict between my WordPress theme and Google Custom Search Engine itself. This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by melebius.

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5. ★★★★★ oraculocreativo

   5.7y ago

   Me funciono a la perfección.

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6. ★★★★★ egocefalo

   5.9y ago

   Settings page unreachable.

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7. ★★★★★ wordpresser

   7.2y ago

   love it

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8. ★★★★★ amreshkramar

   8.2y ago

   Hi, You have developed fantastic plugin. However, you should set defer loading for JS & CSS. It does not make sense to load CSS and JS files before the content is being fully loaded. if you can, please set defer loading for js & css files. Thank you once again.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1.0 New version for the latest WP version 1.1.0
2. — Version 1.0.9 Modify: Change Text Domain from wgs to wp-google-search 1.0.9
3. — Version 1.0.8 Minor adjustments 1.0.8
4. — Version 1.0.7 Fix Notice: Undefined index: use_default_correction_css2, css3 in wp-google-search.php on line 69 and 72 1.0.7
5. — Version 1.0.6 Eliminate old style constructor call in WGS_Widget Add css correction v2 and v3 (v1 is deprecated) 1.0.6
6. — Version 1.0.5 Add Russian translation Add target link blank option 1.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.1

Translated into 10 languages, 8 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-06-14 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-06-13 6K+ → 5K+ down after 260 days in tier
4. 2025-09-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-09-23 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-09-22 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-09-21 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-09-20 7K+ → 6K+ down after 5 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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WP Google Search: 5K+ active installs, 4.4★ (28 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-google-search