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

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 “atlas”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 4 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

Transfer Brands for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 40+ 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 Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress 7K+ · 3.3★ (24) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Weather Atlas Widget 8K+ · 4.1★ (41) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Atlas Content Modeler 90+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 GPX Route Map 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Atlas for WP 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 WP Engine Smart Search AI 10+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 Interactive World, Europe & US Maps – Atlas Maps 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Atlas Media Offloader 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑4 1 too high 12 WPGraphQL for ACF 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 I Internal Link Visualizer 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Easy UTM Builder 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Armory Atlas for WooCommerce 2 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 A Atlas by Symkind — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Atlas Discuss Quote Form Demo 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19 Atlas Dynamic Messages for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Cool Coming Soon 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Bender – Mosaic Image Protection — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 23 MatrixMap – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Store Locator & World Maps 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Transfer Brands for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.