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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “article double posting”

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 “article double posting”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot shows at wp.org #5 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 2K+ 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 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5210) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Double Opt-In for Contact Form 7 – Secure, GDPR-Compliant Email Verification 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 EazyDocs – AI Powered Knowledge Base, Wiki, Documentation & FAQ Builder 2K+ · 4.7★ (100) wp.org #4 5 CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ · 4.3★ (157) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Spotlight Social Photo Feed 50K+ · 4.7★ (171) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Wise Chat 4K+ · 4.4★ (105) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 N news ticker benaceur 1K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Free Backlinks & Guest Post Exchange – Consolety 40+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media 90+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Friends 900+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Textmetrics 400+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Target Video Easy Publish 50+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Social Publisher – Auto Post to LinkedIn 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Automated Remote Reposting 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 AutoArticle Content Generator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Big SEO Programmatic 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 PostCaster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 AP Writer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Ultra Web Hosting Performance Toolkit 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 MrNiche Autoblogger AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 A Ajebang Form and Survey Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Career Page by AvaHR — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.