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

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 “bring”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 5 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

Posten Bring Checkout shows at wp.org #1 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 200+ 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-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 2617 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #7 ↓2 6 too low 2 Bring Fraktguiden for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.0★ (19) wp.org #2 3 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #5 ↑7 2 too low 4 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #6 ↑5 2 too low 5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #14 ↓1 9 too low 6 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #10 ↓4 4 too low 7 AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ · 4.9★ (874) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #13 ↑2 5 too low 9 Media Sync 50K+ · 4.7★ (86) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 5.0★ (89) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #24 ↓1 13 too low 12 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Embed Lottie Player – bring your pages to life with animation 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 10 too high 14 Connect Contact Form 7 to Mailchimp, Brevo, MailerLite, Klaviyo, GetResponse, EmailOctopus, Campaign Monitor & Moosend 40K+ · 4.3★ (190) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #23 ↓3 8 too low 16 Classic Editor + 30K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #15 ↑6 1 too high 17 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Weight Based Shipping for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.6★ (83) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Posten Bring Checkout 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 19 too high 21 StreamCast – bring live radio to your site with a sleek player 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓1 12 too high 22 Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #8 ↓1 14 too high 23 3D Viewer Block – Bring Your Products to Life with Interactive 3D 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 too high 24 My Social Feeds – bring your social content into WordPress 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓2 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.