90
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
Fast search results backed by a support team that actually cares.
Healthy
90/100
Users appreciate the extensive features and the highly responsive developer support.
Active installs
~219,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.8★
263 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-4%
Holding steady
351 → 336 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · -4% in the last year
351/day a year ago→336/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAjax Search Lite is a well-regarded, feature-rich live search plugin for WordPress with a strong reputation for responsive developer support, though some users find advanced customization complex and there are isolated compatibility gaps with third-party platforms like Surecart.
What people like
- +Highly responsive and effective developer support, often resolving issues quickly×10
- +Extensive configuration options and flexibility for various use cases×7
- +Works well with WooCommerce and custom post types, including grouping results by type×3
- +Useful search features such as autocomplete, fuzzy logic, and 'Did you mean…' suggestions×2
- +Good documentation to support setup and advanced configuration×2
- +Works well with custom fields
Common complaints
- −Advanced or non-standard configurations can be tricky to set up without support×2
- −Images from Surecart products are not detected even when featured images are set
- −Styling customization (text, backgrounds, spacing/padding) could be more flexible
- −Full support assistance requires a paid support fee
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 263 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-02★★★★★Great plugin with fantastic supportsleepcreaterepeat
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Works as advertised & thanks for support!dogma00
- 2026-03-01★★★★★Long time happy usertheschtickler
- 2026-02-18★★★★★Fantastic Plugin and Support!toddkarr1-shot
- 2026-02-15★★★★★The best search plugin by far!tpasxalis
- 2026-01-27★★★★★Very good plugin with a lot of options and good supportdesignguideat
- 2026-01-08★★★★★Top notch plugin and supportjohnmccon
- 2025-12-06★★★★★Just installed works on lastmirpal1-shot
- 2025-08-28★★★★★Good support and lots of customizationAster
- 2025-08-18★★★★★Reliable, friendly and fast support99projects
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
326
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
321
Prior 7-day baseline
871
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
17,313
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,873
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+1.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-13%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.86★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered