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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “devops”

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 “devops”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Editoria11y Accessibility Checker 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 All Users Filter 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 WP DevOps Dashboard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Usersnap 400+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 LukStack Uptime Monitor 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 7 SlyMetrics 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Pixeline’s Email Protector 900+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #24 16 too low 9 Aknex Fast Product Search for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 API Request Monitor: Monitor Incoming & Outgoing API Requests and Manage Webhooks — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Zero Blocks Given 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Settings Manager for Elementor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 CodeTelemetryLab Admin Performance Inspector — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 PushPull — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too high 15 ddosNull Shield — DDoS & Bot Protection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 PinMarks – Visual Website Feedback — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 Debug Suite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 ReqLock — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 Opportify Fraud Protection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too high 20 WPFIA Image Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑2 1 too high 21 Burq: On-Demand Delivery for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Erdo Client Preview — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑2 1 too high 23 LogWatch — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 AUREVYX — Website Engineering & Intelligence Platform — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 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.