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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “acf migration”

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 “acf migration”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 3 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Advanced Gallery & Repeater Fields for ACF shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #1 2 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #2 3 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #3 4 Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ · 4.8★ (132) wp.org #4 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode 3K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #7 ↑2 1 too low 7 WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export 20K+ · 4.4★ (593) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Image Aspect Ratio Crop Field for Advanced Custom Fields 20K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 Easy Table of Contents 600K+ · 4.4★ (221) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 too low 11 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #22 ↓2 11 too low 12 Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #23 ↓1 11 too low 13 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 ACF Photo Gallery Field 60K+ · 4.0★ (29) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too high 15 ACF Galerie 4 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Dynamic ACF Repeater for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 10 too high 17 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #21 ↓2 4 too low 18 Onyx Poll 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Export All Posts, Products, Orders & Users | WP Ultimate Exporter | WordPress CSV Export 6K+ · 3.2★ (16) wp.org #19 ↑2 20 Tr Options Migrator for ACF (Export & Import ACF Options Data) 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 MB ACF Migration 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 WP All Export – Export Add-On for ACF 20K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Advanced Gallery & Repeater Fields for ACF 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 13 too high 24 Any Post Import Export with ACF 80+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.