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

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 “amp”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 5 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

FAZ Cookie Manager shows at wp.org #12 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 30 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #1 2

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) heavy footprint wp.org #3 1 too low 3

Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #2 1 too high 4

Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) not PHP-current wp.org #4 ↑9 5

Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #6 ↑4 1 too low 6

Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7

AMP 300K+ · 3.8★ (367) stale but ranked wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #11 3 too low 9

All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too low 10

AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ · 4.5★ (55) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11

Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too low 12

GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #9 ↓3 3 too high 13

Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #17 ↑4 4 too low 14

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) not PHP-current wp.org #13 1 too high 15

W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #18 3 too low 16

AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17

Head, Footer and Post Injections 200K+ · 4.9★ (735) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18

WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) heavy footprint wp.org #21 3 too low 19

iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more 200K+ · 4.7★ (397) wp.org #23 4 too low 20

FAZ Cookie Manager 3K+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #12 ↓3 8 too high 21

Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ · 4.9★ (1087) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #20 1 too high 22

PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple 10K+ · 4.6★ (230) wp.org #22 ↓4 23

a3 Lazy Load 80K+ · 4.3★ (148) wp.org #19 4 too high 24

Analytics Insights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (34) not PHP-current wp.org #24 ↓2

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.