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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ace editor”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “ace editor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Ace Post Type Builder shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1516 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869) wp.org #1 2 Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #2 3 File Manager Pro – Filester 100K+ · 4.9★ (155) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Redux Framework 900K+ · 4.4★ (273) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 WPIDE – File Manager & Code Editor 40K+ · 4.8★ (306) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ · 4.7★ (1488) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 WP Console – WordPress PHP Console powered by PsySH 20K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets 100K+ · 4.9★ (1516) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 CSS & JavaScript Toolbox 10K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 File Manager 10K+ · 4.3★ (202) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too low 12 FluentSnippets – High-Performance Code Snippets, Header & Footer Code, Custom CSS & PHP Code Manager 50K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Widgets on Pages 20K+ · 4.7★ (161) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 ACE Product Filters – AJAX Filters for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 11 too high 15 Customify 10K+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 L Live CSS Preview 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 ACE Content Filters – AJAX Filters for Site Content — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 Ace Login Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Ajax Smart Filter 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 SJE Simple JSON Editor – Code editor for your JSON files 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Digital Table of Contents 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 ProformancePlus — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Ace Post Type Builder 200+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 Style Manager 500+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.