Ivory Search vs Custom Search Box
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Ivory Search ranks #470 on the popular list; Custom Search Box is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Downloads this week: Ivory Search 6,048 and Custom Search Box 21.
| Metric | Ivory Search | Custom Search Box |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #470 ▼ 2 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 90K+ | — |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 6,048 | 21 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (1,562) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Oct 2, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Current version | 5.5.19 | 1.0.2 |
| Best rank on record | #462 | #47,263 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Apr 2017 | Feb 2025 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 6 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Ivory Search or Custom Search Box alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.