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

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 “conflict”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Editor Cleanup For Elementor: clean up and solve plugin conflicts with the Elementor editor shows at wp.org #5 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 200+ 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

Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider places #11 on merit, 4.3★ from 406 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts 5K+ · 4.0★ (49) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1916) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too low 5 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) wp.org #8 ↑7 2 too low 7 Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Really Simple CAPTCHA 300K+ · 4.2★ (131) wp.org #10 ↓3 2 too low 9 Font Awesome 400K+ · 3.6★ (61) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages 8K+ · 4.8★ (104) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Conflict Finder 100+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #2 10 too high 13 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Disable Media Pages 10K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Clean Login 5K+ · 4.7★ (144) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 External Links in New Window / New Tab 30K+ · 4.5★ (77) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 Categories Images 50K+ · 4.5★ (86) wp.org #23 ↑1 6 too low 18 Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) wp.org #18 19 Disable Comments 100K+ · 3.8★ (25) wp.org #16 ↑6 3 too high 20 Better Post & Filter Widgets for Elementor 4K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too high 21 Editor Cleanup For Elementor: clean up and solve plugin conflicts with the Elementor editor 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 16 too high 22 Powerkit – Supercharge your WordPress Site 10K+ · 4.5★ (14) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 BBH Custom Schema – Add Custom JSON-LD to Your Website 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.