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

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 “cpt”, 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Sticky CPT shows at wp.org #6 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 40+ 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

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 763 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Custom Post Type UI 1M+ · 4.6★ (276) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #5 ↑3 3 too low 3 Simple CPT 4K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Remove CPT base 10K+ · 5.0★ (33) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Custom Post Type WooCommerce Integration – Sell Any CPT with WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 WP Sitemap Page 200K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #24 ↓2 13 too low 12 Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites 500K+ · 4.8★ (165) wp.org #17 ↑2 5 too low 13 Permalink Manager Lite 100K+ · 4.8★ (176) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Meta Tag Manager 70K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #21 ↑2 5 too low 17 Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode 3K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #22 ↓1 5 too low 18 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Kwayy HTML Sitemap 6K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 S Sticky CPT 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 14 too high 21 Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT 500+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too high 22 SuperLight CPT Manager 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 Dynamic Fields Engine – Custom post types, Custom fields, Meta fields, Taxonomies, Listing builder, Query builder and Relations 3K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 MAS Static Content 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 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.