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

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 “angular”, we and wp.org disagree 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 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

HeadlessWC: Ultimate eCommerce Decoupler shows at wp.org #12 but places #18 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 Contact Form Clean and Simple 7K+ · 4.7★ (195) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 F Frizzly – Social Share Buttons 300+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Magic Product Video for WooCommerce – Self-Hosted Product Video Gallery 20+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 WP Login and Register using JWT 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. 4K+ · 5.0★ (47) wp.org #24 19 too low 6 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Ryviu – Review Importer & Product Reviews 1K+ · 3.8★ (43) wp.org #22 15 too low 8 Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #21 13 too low 9 FlowForms – Conversational Form Builder 300+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 tsParticles WP Block 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Infospica Headless API — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 TrustCaptcha 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 My Observer Runtime Error Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Doli Training Management — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Tap Top 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 DaySchedule 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 BlueSearch – AI Site Search & Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 HeadlessWC: Ultimate eCommerce Decoupler — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Metronyx Headless CMS Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Hunter Dock – Mobile Bottom Navigation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 WriteUp — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 My Observer AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce – Product Q&A Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 JuanMa JWT Auth Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 ampacash-veprap-payment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 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.