WordPress plugin comparison
Improved Quick Search vs Search Regex
Improved Quick Search
by jeremypreed
Fewer than 10 installs
Search Regex
by John Godley
100K+ installs4.7
At a glance
- Search Regex has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for Improved Quick Search.
- On a typical day, Search Regex is downloaded about 1,131 times, Improved Quick Search about 1.
- Improved Quick Search has no reviews yet.
- Search Regex was updated more recently: Oct 6, 2026, against Jan 1, 2021 for Improved Quick Search.
- Search Regex is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.6.23 for Improved Quick Search.
- Search Regex has been around longer: since 2007, against 2020 for Improved Quick Search.
Line by line
Search Regex leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Improved Quick Search | Search Regex |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #71,798 | #291 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 35 | 51.6K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.7(101) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 50% |
| Tested up to | 5.6.23 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.31 |
| Last release | 5 years ago | 1 month ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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