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

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 “alpinejs”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

ContentOracle AI Chat shows at wp.org #11 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — 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 Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 EntryDashboard – Database Addon & Sync for WPForms, CF7, Elementor & More 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 HyperPress | Hypermedia for WordPress (HTMX or Datastar) 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Pulseem 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 FlexOrder – WooCommerce Order Sync & Management with Google Sheets 200+ · 3.7★ (10) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 CardanoPress – Cardano Blockchain Integration for WordPress 40+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #19 ↓2 13 too low 7 Total CrUX 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 Sticky CTA – Sticky Floating Notification bar, Buttons, Call To Action A/B Testing 90+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #21 ↓2 13 too low 9 WPShift Companion 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 too high 10 Pilo'Press 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓2 13 too low 11 Basketball Scorebook — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 MemberMagix — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Euqin: Catering Ordering for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 StoragePress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Shiftora — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 ContentOracle AI Chat — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 D Dine on Tap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 ChatProjects — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 WPConfigurator 3D Product Customizer Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too high 21 HiveEO — AI Search Visibility Suite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 AnnunciFunebri 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too high 23 HXRV – AI-Ready Visual Review — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 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.