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

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 plugin”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Sticky CPT shows at wp.org #8 but places #22 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

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #3 1 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 #4 5 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Custom Post Type UI 1M+ · 4.6★ (276) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too high 7 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Custom Post Type WooCommerce Integration – Sell Any CPT with WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #6 ↓1 5 too high 12 Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP 20K+ · 4.7★ (183) wp.org #21 ↑3 8 too low 14 WP Sitemap Page 200K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #22 ↑1 8 too low 15 Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ · 3.8★ (397) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 too low 17 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 200K+ · 3.8★ (87) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Awesome Support – WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin 6K+ · 3.5★ (194) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too high 22 S Sticky CPT 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 14 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 #12 ↑3 11 too high 24 SuperLight CPT Manager 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 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.