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

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 “alphabet”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Nested Ordered Lists for Block Editor shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WordLift – AI powered SEO – Schema places #11 on merit, 4.4★ from 65 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #1 2 Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ · 5.0★ (1221) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 Alphabetic Pagination 400+ · 4.7★ (81) wp.org #3 4 Captcha Code 100K+ · 3.9★ (35) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names 40K+ · 4.6★ (62) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Brands for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (76) wp.org #7 ↓3 8 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #8 9 B Bulglish Permalinks 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 Dynamic User Directory 1K+ · 4.8★ (38) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 WordLift – AI powered SEO – Schema 300+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 G Glosseta A-Z Glossary 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too high 13 C Clean Filenames 3K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Lookzy LookBook for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Lang Attribute for the Block Editor 90+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #15 16 Endless Posts Navigation 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Captcha Ajax 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Stop Search Spam 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 MemberKits – Ultimate Member for Elementor 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 20 Custom Post Types Listing Block 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 A Alphabetical Pagination 30+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #10 11 too high 22 Kids English Alphabet — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Language Attribute for Container Blocks and Pages/Posts 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Nested Ordered Lists for Block Editor 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 12 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.