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

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

Meow Workflow – AI Agents & No-Code Automation for WordPress shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #1 2 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #2 3 HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional. MCP is onboard 80K+ · 4.6★ (337) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Product Bundle Builder for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #4 5 Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages 8K+ · 4.6★ (202) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 AMP 300K+ · 3.8★ (367) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Custom Block Patterns 1K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Social LikeBox & Feed 10K+ · 3.3★ (47) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Editoria11y Accessibility Checker 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 GeeK! – Movie & Game Database 70+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Ultimate Store Kit – Store Builder Addons for Elementor, WooCommerce Store Builder, EDD Store Builder 3K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #12 13 Gym Builder – Class Timetable & Booking for Gyms, Fitness & Yoga Studios 100+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Meow Workflow – AI Agents & No-Code Automation for WordPress 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Genolve – AI Business Graphics, Images & Video 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Attributes User Access 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 18 S Simple Radio Forty Two 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 19 Joinotify – WhatsApp Notifications & Marketing Automation 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 MaxBoxy: Make WordPress Floating Content, Popup, Alert Bar 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Airo WP AI Builder 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Kreebi AI Website Builder 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 PostExtra – News and Magazine Blog Post Blocks for Gutenberg & FSE 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Superflow: AI Website QA & Visual Feedback 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.