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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “datemodified schema”

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 “datemodified schema”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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 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 WP Last Modified Info 40K+ · 4.9★ (855) wp.org #1 2 Schema 30K+ · 4.3★ (221) wp.org #2 3 W WP Meta and Date Remover 80K+ · 4.2★ (71) wp.org #3 4 Dynamic Month & Year into Posts 8K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 GEO Rank Optimizer – Generative Engine Optimization 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 AI Schema Gen – AI Readiness Score, Schema Markup & Structured Data for AI Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 JSM Accurate Modified Time for SEO (Yoast SEO, Rank Math SEO, All in One SEO, etc.) 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 MSC: Post Last Updated Date 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 BlueSoup AI Auto Schema — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 llemmy – AI Visibility, GEO & AI Traffic Analytics — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 UpdateStamp – Last Updated & Last Modified Date — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Clarity SEO 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 GeoLens – AI Search Schema Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 CitedSEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 MarkupLoom – JSON-LD Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Verdix Reviews — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Ember Reviewed By — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 SOHO SEO – XML Sitemap, Schema Markup, Redirects & Google Discover — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 PageSchema Studio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Oorank – AI Citation Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Post Last Update Info — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 BinaryPH AI SEO — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.