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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable comment”

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 “disable comment”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 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

Simply Disable Comments shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 1720 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #1 2 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Disable Comments 100K+ · 3.8★ (25) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Disable Comments & Delete All Comments 9K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 20K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #6 7 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1916) wp.org #18 ↑1 10 too low 9 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #21 ↓4 12 too low 10 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #17 ↓2 7 too low 11 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Simply Disable Comments 8K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Featherweight 10K+ · 4.1★ (45) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Disable Feeds WP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Comment Reply Email Notification 3K+ · 4.8★ (33) wp.org #22 ↓1 5 too low 18 No Page Comment 10K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #24 ↓4 6 too low 19 Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System 400+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Disqus Comment System 30K+ · 2.7★ (219) wp.org #20 21 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 D Disable Author Archives 10K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 MM Comment Manager — Disable Comment Box, Hide Existing Comments and Stop Spam 800+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #16 8 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.