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Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin v5.5.18

Advanced WordPress custom search plugin. Provides Search Form Customizer, WooCommerce Search, AJAX Search & Live Search support!

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 4, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 5.2.4+
  • Requires WordPress 3.9+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 93% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 98 Passed
  • 22 Warnings
  • 5 Failed
Security 78/100
Needs Improvement

29 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 89/100
Good

54 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 17/100
Poor

1 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

1.2 MB

4.3 MB unzipped

Total files

257

across all file types

Lines of PHP

76,559

in 185 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • CSS
  • PNG
  • JS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 7 High
  • 195 Medium
  • 74 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, Performance improved the most (+8). The largest regression was in Security (-3). The codebase grew 9% in size.

Audited 5.2 → 5.5.16 · 30 versions

0 50 100 5.2 5.4.8 5.5.7 5.5.16

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 143 285 5.2 5.4.8 5.5.7 5.5.16

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

9,168

downloads

Today

1,079

downloads

Week over week

−86%

vs previous week

Month over month

+252%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

6.8% of installs run an older version

≈ 6.1K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v5.5

Ratings

1,560 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 1,480
  • 4 47
  • 3 8
  • 2 5
  • 1 20

Support: 3 / 4 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jun 23, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 23 days

average between releases

Total releases

91

since Apr 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Ivory Search in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Ivory Search v5.5.18 flagged 276 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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