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

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 “cwv”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Oxyplug Preload 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 2 ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization 10K+ · 4.8★ (145) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 AMP 300K+ · 3.8★ (367) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster 1K+ · 3.9★ (15) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Site Speed Test – SpeedGuard 200+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Umnico Live Chat 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #6 7 Squelch Tabs and Accordions Shortcodes 1K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too low 8 Smooth CWV Reports — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Sciova — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 Core Web Vitals Monitor & PageSpeed Checker — Cirv Pulse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 NaveenCodes Core Web Vitals — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Blaze AI Discovery for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓3 1 too high 13 D Dynamic Cloudinary — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 Scrutoscope – WordPress Performance Profiler 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 I-PR AVIF Converter – Automatic Image Optimization 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 Clicks Core Web Vitals Optimizer for WooCommerce — Boost LCP, INP, CLS & PageSpeed Score — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 A AutoRankMe SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 18 turbometrics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Asteris Utility Suite – SMTP, Image Optimization, Activity Log, Accessibility & Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 Baloa Structure Auditor for SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Velocity Forge – Core Web Vitals, Page Speed & Performance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓9

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.