WP Live Search
by Nick Haskins · Search
A super light-weight live search plugin that utilizes the WP REST API.
45 health vs 69 average across 178 Search plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4041 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
25
now · peak 73
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-18 40+ → 30+ down after 233 days in band
- 2025-06-30 50+ → 40+ down after 57 days in band
- 2025-05-04 60+ → 50+ down after 156 days in band
- 2024-11-29 70+ → 60+ down after 112 days in band
- 2024-08-09 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-08 70+ → 80+ up after 68 days in band
- 2024-06-01 80+ → 70+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-05-22 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Live 600+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B - Q Quick Search 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-search-live" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Live Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Live Search: 30+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-search-live