WPSOLR — Search & Recommendations for WooCommerce Agencies
by WPSOLR · Search
Give your WooCommerce clients a better search experience — without building the technology yourself.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-09-28 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈39 estimated
Momentum
-20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ai search” for “algolia”. “ai search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “algolia” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 63 average across 978 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 10.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 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.
This plugin shipped 6 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 66 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| recommendations | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| algolia | #16 | #17 | down 1 |
| ai search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ajax search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “ai search” for “algolia”. “ai search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “algolia” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 1 May 2023 · 1,242 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 696 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v24.6 · 26 Sep 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 42 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 30 Apr 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ flaviopv2.0y ago
great plugin This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by flaviopv. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by flaviopv. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by flaviopv.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User3.0y ago
Don’t really understand why there are not more people using this. Elastic Solr and these days Weaviate offer state of the art search which has many advantages to standard wp search. And this plugin for sure makes implementing it a lot easier. For now it offers semantic search with Weaviate, hopefully they will add semantic search to Elastic and Solr as well soon.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (24.6). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-19 40+ → 30+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 50+ → 40+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 50+ → 40+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 50+ → 60+ up 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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Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B -
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Jetpack Search 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Advanced Product Search For WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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