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

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

SuperLight CPT Manager shows at wp.org #5 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 30+ 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

Maintenance places #12 on merit, 4.4★ from 869 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #3 4 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #4 5 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #6 7 WP Sitemap Page 200K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Meta Tag Manager 70K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode 2K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Ailo – AI Slug Translator 1K+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Kwayy HTML Sitemap 6K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Xpro Theme Builder For Elementor – FREE 20K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 WP Create Multiple Posts & Pages 1K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Comments Extra Fields For Post,Pages and CPT 500+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 SuperLight CPT Manager 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 17 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 #8 15 too high 24 CPT Post Title Trimmer 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.