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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cook mode”

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 “cook mode”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 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

Cook App shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its — 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.

Buried gem

WP Recipe Maker places #4 on merit, 5.0★ from 356 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Recipe Card Blocks Lite 10K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Create 6K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #16 ↑1 12 too low 5 Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Recipe Cards For Your Food Blog from Zip Recipes 1K+ · 4.8★ (95) wp.org #17 ↓1 11 too low 7 Cooked – Recipe Management 3K+ · 3.9★ (90) wp.org #18 11 too low 8 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #8 9 Scrumptious – Recipe Cards 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce 2K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 WakeChef Cook Mode — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 Bright Addons for Elementor 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Easy Schema – Structured Data & Rich Snippets 200+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Cook App — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Schema Blocks 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 Citable GEO Schema – Make Your Website AI Citable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 Plugixa Recipe – Recipe Cards, Nutrition Facts, Reviews & Schema — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too high 19 NexIndex – Auto Table of Contents & SEO Links — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 Prime SEO – AI SEO, LLMs.txt Generator, AI Bots Manager & AI Crawler Stats 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 O One More Bite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too high 22 AI Schema Gen – AI Readiness Score, Schema Markup & Structured Data for AI Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Cptify – Custom Post Type, Fields & Layout Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 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.