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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dash redirect”

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 “dash redirect”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Radio Player Page shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 302 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ultimate Client Dash 2K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #1 2 404 Solution 10K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Disabler 900+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Security Ninja – WordPress Security & Firewall 7K+ · 4.7★ (101) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress 7K+ · 3.3★ (24) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 20K+ · 4.8★ (302) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Linguise – AI Automatic Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Rename Media Files: Improve Your SEO 8K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 GS Pinterest Portfolio – Pins Grid, Masonry, User Profile, Popup & Board Widgets 1K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 MediaBlaster – Video CMS, Vimeo Import, Live TV & Podcasts 200+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Addonify Floating Cart For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #17 18 Radio Player Page 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #19 20 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 SEO Fury – SEO & GEO: Schema, XML Sitemap, Redirects, 404 Monitor, llms.txt 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Site Lockdown Security 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 Rank Bix SEO – Lightweight SEO Toolkit with Multi-AI 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 garasaya AIO Dashboard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.