wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “content ids”
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 “content ids”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
Show IDs by Echo shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 7520 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Catch IDs 20K+ · 4.8★ (20) thin reviews
wp.org #1 2 
Reveal IDs 40K+ · 5.0★ (61)
wp.org #2 ↑1 3 
Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418)
wp.org #3 ↓1 4 
Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) 100K+ · 4.8★ (333)
wp.org #4 ↑1 5 
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225)
wp.org #5 ↑1 6 
Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187)
wp.org #6 ↑3 7 
Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Solution! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (575)
wp.org #9 ↑2 2 too low 8 
WP Content Copy Protection & No Right Click 100K+ · 4.8★ (1139)
wp.org #10 2 too low 9 
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #13 4 too low 10 
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445)
wp.org #11 ↓3 1 too low 11 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520)
wp.org #20 ↓3 9 too low 12 
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270)
wp.org #16 4 too low 13 
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ · 4.2★ (60)
wp.org #8 ↓4 5 too high 14 
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ · 4.9★ (724)
wp.org #22 8 too low 15 
Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62)
wp.org #12 3 too high 16 
Show Pages IDs 10K+ · 5.0★ (103)
wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too low 17 
Easy Table of Contents 600K+ · 4.4★ (221)
wp.org #17 ↑1 18 
Disabled Source, Disabled Right Click and Content Protection 10K+ · 4.9★ (103)
wp.org #21 3 too low 19 
Timed Content 5K+ · 4.6★ (41)
wp.org #15 4 too high 20 
Cookies and Content Security Policy 10K+ · 4.9★ (67)
wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 
Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison 10K+ · 3.9★ (56)
wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too high 22 
Content Update Scheduler 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) thin reviews
wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Show IDs by Echo 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #7 16 too high 24 
MAS Static Content 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #14 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.