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

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

CYTRIO Consent Management shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #1 2 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #2 3 Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ · 4.8★ (3026) wp.org #3 4 Kukie – Cookie Consent & Privacy Banner (GDPR, CCPA, DSGVO) 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 5 410Gone Consent Manager for Google Consent Mode and GTM 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 6 R ReadyStack Pre Consent Cookie Audit 2026 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 PN Cookies Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Wysistat 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 SMiLE Basic Web 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 ZenMarkup Privacy Analytics 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 ConsentLab – GDPR Cookie Consent Banner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Consenteer — Cookie Consent (GDPR & Google Consent Mode v2) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Orejime — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 OW Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Omea Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 PrivacyTech CMP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 MyAnalytics 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Borderage Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 SEATEXT FREE Translation and Conversion Rate Boost 30+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 ActiveTrail for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 CYTRIO Consent Management 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #6 15 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.