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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cache warming”

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 “cache warming”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

ABCode Cache Warmer shows at wp.org #4 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite places #6 on merit, 4.3★ from 186 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cache Warmer 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ · 4.8★ (476) wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too low 3 Proxy Cache Purge 50K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #3 4 Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Easy Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache & Core Web Vitals (Unused CSS, Delay JS, Lazy Load) 1K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 8K+ · 4.3★ (186) wp.org #15 9 too low 7 Nginx Cache Purge Preload 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 AI Translate: Affordable Context-Aware Translation 70+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 9 Warmer – Cache Warmer and Cache Preload Crawler 80+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 ABCode Cache Warmer 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Super Preloader for Cloudflare 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Codelab42 Cache Warming Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 Cacheability 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 Nahnu Cache Connector for Bunny.net 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓4 1 too high 15 Beky Cache Pilot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 OneStudio Vietnam Address for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Cache Rocket — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Cache Watch – Clear Cache Everywhere — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Uruz Cache Warmer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Smart Cache Purge & Warm for Cloudflare — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 CacheBoost Warmer – Cache Preload after Purge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 SuperHertz Cache Preloader — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 SpeedyGo 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Cache Me Baby 10+ · 1.3★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.