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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dequeue style”

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 “dequeue style”, 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

Osom Modal Login shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Slider, Product Carousel and Product Grid Gallery for WooCommerce – Reno Product Slider (formerly Product Slider for WooCommerce) places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 280 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Assets manager, dequeue scripts, dequeue styles for WordPress 2K+ · 4.3★ (53) wp.org #1 2 Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer 40K+ · 4.7★ (339) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Autoptimize 800K+ · 4.7★ (1428) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #6 ↑12 1 too low 6 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images, Product Video, Product Image Zoom and Lightbox for WooCommerce – Reno Product Gallery (formerly WooGallery) 20K+ · 4.9★ (162) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Local Google Analytics for WordPress – caches external requests 3K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 too high 8 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #11 ↓9 3 too low 9 WP EXtra – One Click Optimize 6K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 DietPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Product Slider, Product Carousel and Product Grid Gallery for WooCommerce – Reno Product Slider (formerly Product Slider for WooCommerce) 20K+ · 4.7★ (280) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too low 12 Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 8K+ · 4.3★ (186) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Osom Modal Login 400+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 100K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #20 ↓3 5 too low 16 Featherweight 10K+ · 4.1★ (45) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 WP-ShowHide 9K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 FancyTube – Video Gallery, Video Slider, and Playlist Slider for YouTube 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Solid Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Video Testimonials & Customer Reviews 1K+ · 4.3★ (35) wp.org #23 ↓3 4 too low 20 Debloat for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓2 4 too low 21 Performance & Security 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 Code Unloader – Unload Unused CSS, JS & Assets Per Page 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑5 4 too high 23 Pagelean – Conditional Script and Style Loading — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Dr. Speed: AI Assets Scanner – Debloat & Dequeue Unused CSS/JS — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.