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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “adblock blocker”

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 “adblock blocker”, we and wp.org disagree 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 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

JetBlocker — Anti AdBlock & Revenue Recovery shows at wp.org #4 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Admiral Adblock Analytics 300+ · 3.5★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 ZDN Adblock Detector 100+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #3 4 AdUnblocker 200+ · 4.8★ (32) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 Clarity – Ad blocker for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 6 CHP Ads Block Detector 800+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 wetracked.io for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Steady for WordPress 600+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Eazy Ad Unblocker 100+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads 900+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Wow Elements Addons for Elementor 50+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Instant Popup Builder – Popup Maker for Videos, Forms, Offers, Announcements, Galleries & Exit Intent 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 JetBlocker — Anti AdBlock & Revenue Recovery 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 Detect Missing Adblocker 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 My Agile Pixel® – Self-Hosted Server-Side Tracking for WordPress 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Adqiro — Ad Blocker Detector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 WPSP Ad Blocker Alert — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 AntiAdBlockCore – AdBlock Recovery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 CaphLabs – Advanced Ad Blocker Fence — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 DeBlocker Plus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Revenue Shield — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 TrueSift Ad Detect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.