Yext Answers Site Search
by Yext · Search
This plugin is no longer being maintained. If you are looking to add Answers to your Wordpress site, please use our new plugin: https://wordpress.
45 health vs 62 average across 340 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1605 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
20
now · peak 68
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-01 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-09-18 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-16 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-09-11 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-10 30+ → 20+ down after 33 days in band
- 2025-08-08 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-06 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-08-01 20+ → 30+ up after 4 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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Yext AI Search 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags B -
SearchIQ – The Search Solution 1K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Better Search – Relevant search results for WordPress 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
DOOFINDER Search and Discovery for WP & WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search with Typesense 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Swiftype Site Search Plugin for WordPress 400+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/yext-answers" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Yext Answers Site Search — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Yext Answers Site Search: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/yext-answers