WordPress plugin comparison

Improving Search Form Accessibility vs Search Regex

Improving Search Form Accessibility

by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas

700+ installs

Search Regex

by John Godley

100K+ installs4.7

At a glance

Search Regex has more active installs: 100K+, against 700+ for Improving Search Form Accessibility.
On a typical day, Search Regex is downloaded about 1,131 times, Improving Search Form Accessibility about 6.
Improving Search Form Accessibility has no reviews yet.
Search Regex was updated more recently: Oct 6, 2026, against Dec 13, 2025 for Improving Search Form Accessibility.
Search Regex is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.9.11 for Improving Search Form Accessibility.
Search Regex has been around longer: since 2007, against 2021 for Improving Search Form Accessibility.

Search Regex leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Improving Search Form Accessibility	Search Regex
Popular rank	#7,990	#291
Active installs	700+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	154	51.6K
Rating	No ratings	4.7(101)
Support threads resolved	–	50%
Tested up to	6.9.11	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.28	×1.31
Last release	11 months ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.4

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