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

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 “chromium”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 2 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

Lagersystem.dk: Parcelpickup locator for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #1 2 Speculative Loading 70K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #2 3 User Admin Simplifier 10K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Dinosaur Game 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Waymark 900+ · 5.0★ (54) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Hyper PWA – Bringing Modern Progressive Web App Experiences 400+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 ChargeWP Timeline Addons For WPBakery Page Builder 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Oxyplug Prefetch & Prerender 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓2 9 Cookiez – GDPR & CCPA Cookie Banner & Consent Manager 50K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 One-V LLM Serve 10+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #20 ↓3 9 too low 12 Instant Back/Forward 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 DevDome Affiliate Manager: Amazon Affiliate Plugin for Amazon Associates 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 14 Incognito Window Detect 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 15 ViralMaisuriyaa Accessibility Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓4 4 too low 16 DevDome Redirect Manager: Link Rotator, Geo Redirect & 302 Redirect 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑4 1 too high 17 File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓4 1 too high 18 JoyWP Testimonials Addons For WPBakery Page Builder — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓3 1 too high 19 Y Youbou Code Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Alevity – Accessibility Scanner by Ensoro — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 320px Site Audit 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 3 too low 22 Paperbolt — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓5 1 too high 23 Lagersystem.dk: Parcelpickup locator for Woocommerce 30+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 too high 24 P Pinpointe Form Integration 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓4 2 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.