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

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 “anonymise”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener 10K+ · 4.7★ (169) wp.org #1 2 Affiliates for WooCommerce – Affiliate Program, Referral Tracking & Commission Payouts 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Cookies, Terms & Conditions Consent Log 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Logify – Activity Log, Audit Log, Event Log & User Activity Tracking 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 Tickets & Passes for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 PluginCity Delivery Instructions for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 Surf7 Simple Catalog 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Courtora Smart Court Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 ZEISMO Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner & Login Protection — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Hopcount Click Tracking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 sinnvoll Booking Flow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Capably Digital Email Validation and Blocklist — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Repeatwright – Customer Segments, RFM & Retention for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Albertoit Law Office Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Meyvora Convert – Conversion Rate Optimizer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 HAQ Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 Yindle Share Cart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 OrderTable – Local Commerce & Operations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Mail Doctor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 Beziworld – Activity Log — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 MemberGlut – Membership, Roles & Content Restriction — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 OH6KW Jäsenrekisteri — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 AP Casework Manager – Client Management for Genealogists — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Joedavtian Donations for PlanetStudio Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.