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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “delete pages”

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 “delete pages”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Delete Expired Transients shows at wp.org #8 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 13 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LiteSpeed Cache places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 2778 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #1 2 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Bulk Delete 30K+ · 4.3★ (129) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5040) wp.org #4 5 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Simple Revisions Delete 10K+ · 4.9★ (50) wp.org #10 11 Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories 100K+ · 4.5★ (172) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Delete Expired Transients 4K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ · 4.3★ (874) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 WP Frontend Delete Account 4K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 DX Delete Attached Media 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Auto Delete Post – Ultimate plugin for deleting a post automatically 300+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Delete Unscaled Images 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Force Delete Posts 200+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Page Visits Counter – Lite 5K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Users Bulk Delete With Preview 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Auto Delete Applications – Add-on for HireZoot 1K+ · 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.