Pretty Search Permalinks
by Angel Costa · Search
Rewrites default search query URLs into clean and readable permalinks.
85 health vs 65 average across 244 Search plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
88
now · peak 163
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-16 90+ → 100+ up after 37 days in band
- 2024-12-10 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-12-08 80+ → 100+ up after 7 days in band
- 2024-12-01 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-29 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-26 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-11-25 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-22 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Search Fixer 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
String locator 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-seo-search" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Pretty Search Permalinks — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Pretty Search Permalinks: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-seo-search