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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “batch delete”

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 “batch delete”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 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

Delete Posts By URL shows at wp.org #10 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 100+ 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.

Buried gem

GDPR places #10 on merit, 4.3★ from 58 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #1 2 Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #2 3 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ · 4.9★ (1962) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Flexible Table Block 40K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! 4K+ · 4.2★ (41) wp.org #7 8 My Private Site – Make Your Whole Site Private, Force Login & Block Registration Spam 10K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Bulk Delete Users by Email 100+ · 4.1★ (10) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 GDPR 10K+ · 4.3★ (58) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Seraphinite Post .DOCX Source 800+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner 900+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 B Batch REST Guard 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 11 too high 15 Secure MCP Server for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI Agents 8K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ · 4.4★ (30) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Users Bulk Delete With Preview 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 WS Action Scheduler Cleaner 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 WP Smart Import : Import any XML File to WordPress 900+ · 3.9★ (12) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Compromise Scanner for wp2shell 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Unattached Media Manager 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Image Optimizer – Compress Images and Convert to WebP or AVIF 1M+ · 1.7★ (81) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Bulk Delete Users by Keyword 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 Delete Posts By URL 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 14 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.