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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “aeo”

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 “aeo”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 2 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

SEO for AI Search shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 300+ 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.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 1258 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GetGenie – AI SEO Assistant & Content Writer with Keyword Research, AEO & GEO 80K+ · 4.8★ (118) wp.org #1 2 GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ · 4.6★ (681) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Visibility – Lightweight SEO, AEO and GEO for Search and AI 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility 10K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #4 5 Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery and Post Feed for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1258) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 too low 7 AEO God Mode – AI Search Visibility 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Read More Without Refresh 20K+ · 4.2★ (55) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 ThinkRank AI SEO – AI SEO Plugin for WordPress: Schema, XML Sitemaps, Meta Tags, Search Console & Local SEO 10K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 SchemaEngine AI – AI Schema Markup, Reviews & Rich Snippets for SEO 10K+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #22 ↓3 12 too low 11 LovedByAI – Generative Engine Optimization, AI Search, GEO, AEO 1K+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Known Agents – Track AI Bots and Crawlers, Block Scrapers, Analyze LLM Referral Traffic 1K+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too low 13 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Check for Broken Links – Broken Link Checker & SEO Suite 1K+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 AEO Engine 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 Kaldia – AEO & GEO Manager 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too high 17 EONSR AEO Agent — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓3 6 too low 18 EZY.ai – AEO & AI SEO for ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini 100+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 SEO for AI Search 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Triomize – SEO, AEO & GEO Content Optimization 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 21 AEOmatic — AEO, AI SEO, llms.txt & Schema 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 22 Recomaze – AI Chat Agent, AEO & GEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 IA SEO Generator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Answer Engine Optimizer (AEO) 20+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.