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

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 “baidu”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

百度收录提交插件 shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too low 2 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too low 3 Zhanzhangb Indexing Submission for Baidu 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Blackhole for Bad Bots 30K+ · 4.7★ (148) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #17 ↓7 12 too low 6 Linguise – AI Automatic Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #11 ↑2 5 too low 7 Pinyin Slugs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #7 8 CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #15 ↑2 7 too low 9 简数采集器 1K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 多合一搜索自动推送管理插件-支持Baidu/Google/Bing/IndexNow/Yandex/头条 2K+ · 2.6★ (5) wp.org #2 8 too high 11 Mine CloudVod 70+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 Baidu Ping Booster 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 Bot Traffic Shield – Block Bad Bots and Stop AI Bots Crawlers 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #20 ↑1 7 too low 14 Auto Ping Booster 900+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 SEO Pyramid 40+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↑1 5 too low 17 Baidu TextCensor For Comments 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 Smart Keywords Tool – 智能关键词插件 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 WiraKit For Elementor – Powerful Elementor Widgets And Theme Builder 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↑1 4 too low 20 Easy Share Solution For WordPress 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 H HTBD – hyx Translator powered by Baidu Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 TextCensor For Articles 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Auto SEO META keywords (META tags keywords) optimization + WooCommerce 500+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 百度收录提交插件 200+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #12 12 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.