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

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 email”, 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

Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 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 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #1 2 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #3 ↑16 1 too low 3 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ · 4.5★ (142) wp.org #4 ↓2 5 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (133) wp.org #9 ↓4 3 too low 7 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #16 ↓6 9 too low 8 FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ · 4.8★ (250) wp.org #12 ↑2 4 too low 9 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #13 ↓10 4 too low 10 Email Address Encoder 100K+ · 4.2★ (160) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 ↑1 7 too high 13 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 D Disable Plugin Autoupdate Emails 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 too high 16 Disable Email Notifications for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too high 17 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #14 ↓3 3 too high 18 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓5 2 too low 21 Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #24 ↓3 3 too low 22 Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑2 11 too high 23 Disable Password Changed Admin Email 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓3 2 too high 24 Disable Emails Per Product for WooCommerce 80+ · 5.0★ (2) 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.