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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “admin sms”

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 “admin sms”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

TextMe SMS shows at wp.org #6 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 3221 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WSMS (formerly WP SMS): SMS Notifications, OTP Login and WooCommerce SMS 7K+ · 4.1★ (107) wp.org #1 2 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5040) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 All In One Login 60K+ · 3.6★ (35) wp.org #4 ↑2 1 too high 6 Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more. 100K+ · 4.1★ (284) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5K+ · 4.7★ (439) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #21 ↑2 13 too low 9 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5210) wp.org #19 ↑2 10 too low 10 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (626) wp.org #18 ↑4 8 too low 11 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress 100K+ · 4.7★ (184) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too low 12 Sender – Newsletter, SMS and Email Marketing Automation for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (83) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too low 13 Newsletters, Email Marketing, SMS and Popups by Omnisend 100K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 Email Marketing for WooCommerce by Omnisend 40K+ · 4.9★ (169) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 BulkGate SMS Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 Church Admin 900+ · 4.7★ (17) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 S SMS Extension for Contact Form 7 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #9 10 too high 20 TextMe SMS 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 14 too high 21 Alpha SMS 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Texty – SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, Dokan and more 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 10 too high 23 Notification Master – Real-Time WordPress Notifications With Email, SMS, Webhooks & More 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 ShopMagic – Twilio SMS 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.