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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “click id”

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 “click id”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free) shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #1 2 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 One Click Demo Import 1M+ · 4.3★ (79) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #4 5 Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ · 4.9★ (103) wp.org #5 ↑4 6 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #6 ↑1 7 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too low 8 WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1138) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Art WooCommerce Order One Click 4K+ · 5.0★ (36) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 Catch IDs 20K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #17 ↑3 3 too low 15 Buy one click for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ · 4.8★ (59) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 One Click Upsell Funnel for Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (98) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 WP EXtra – One Click Optimize 6K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration 40K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Button Block – Stylish buttons that get more clicks 5K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Click Counter and Heat Maps (Free) 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Smart Click Tracker 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 ClickTrail – UTM, Click ID & Ad Tracking (with Consent) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 ID Image Ad Popup & Roadblock 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.