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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “blocks drupal”

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 “blocks drupal”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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

CyberPulse — Advanced Security & Bot Protection shows at wp.org #12 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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

WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export places #5 on merit, 4.4★ from 593 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FG Drupal to WordPress 700+ · 4.6★ (111) wp.org #1 2 Widget Context 30K+ · 4.5★ (98) wp.org #2 3 Instapage Plugin 4K+ · 4.8★ (218) wp.org #3 4 WPSSO Core – Complete Schema Markup and Meta Tags 4K+ · 4.6★ (306) wp.org #4 5 WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export 20K+ · 4.4★ (593) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 WP OAuth Server ( Login with WordPress ) 1K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) 10K+ · 4.0★ (116) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 Editoria11y Accessibility Checker 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 CMS ADMINS Security Check Report 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 APH Prism Syntax Highlighter 90+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #18 ↓1 8 too low 11 A Advanced Widgets 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓1 10 too low 12 LinkRevive AI – Broken Link Checker & Fixer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 DevaGroup DevaGuard – Site Security Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Draft2Live Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Ivno Payment Gateway with Instant Approval 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 NoHackMe Defender 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 CyberPulse — Advanced Security & Bot Protection 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 GoldT WebMCP Bridge 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Mapsemble — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 Opensolr Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 BMLT WordPress Satellite 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 H Hikari Tools Framework 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1

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.