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

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 revisions”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Duplicate Page or Post, Delete Revisions and Enable Classic Editor shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 50+ 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

Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1962 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Revisions Delete 10K+ · 4.9★ (50) wp.org #1 2 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #2 3 Bulk Delete 30K+ · 4.3★ (129) wp.org #3 4 Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 60K+ · 4.7★ (181) wp.org #4 5 Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories 100K+ · 4.5★ (172) wp.org #5 6 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 ↑3 4 too low 8 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ · 4.9★ (1962) wp.org #18 ↓7 9 too low 10 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #16 ↑4 6 too low 11 WP-Sweep 100K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #20 ↑1 8 too low 13 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Revision Manager TMC 1K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 LWS Cleaner 20K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #21 ↓2 5 too low 17 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 ↑3 2 too high 18 SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ · 4.4★ (30) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Simple Revision Control 1K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 too high 20 Companion Revision Manager – Revision Control 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too high 21 LWS Tools 10K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Duplicate Page or Post, Delete Revisions and Enable Classic Editor 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 Templ Optimizer 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too high 24 MAKcubes | No Revisions & Purge 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 10 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.