by bennettmcelwee 4.3 (29 reviews)

Search Meter

Name: Search Meter
Rating: 4.3 (29 reviews)
Author: bennettmcelwee

Search Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.

Search Meter ranks #1,354 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #39 of 1,974 in the Analytics category, a 4.3/5 rating from 29 reviews, and was last updated Dec 3, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9.7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.14.1 Current Version v2.14.1

Updated 9 months ago Last Update on 03 Dec, 2025

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#39 of 1,974 in Analytics Top 5% by installs Downloads -25.8% this week

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#1,354

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Active Installs

20K+

-11.2%

KW Avg Position

21.5

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Downloads

435.7K

+33 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (29 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 27.2%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

29 reviews

Overall 86%

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4 (14%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Mar 11, 2020

Search Meter [search-meter] < 2.13.3

CVE-2020-11548 · Fixed in v2.13.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.14.1
Last Updated: Dec 03, 2025
Requires WP: 3.2+
Tested Up To: 6.9.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: bennettmcelwee

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 29
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

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Site owners with a WordPress search box who want to know what visitors are searching for. It solves the problem of not knowing which searches succeed or fail, so owners can create content for unmet search demand.