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

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 emails”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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 Emails Per Product for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 70+ 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

Email Address Encoder places #12 on merit, 4.2★ from 160 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 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (5198) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (525) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3213) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ · 4.8★ (54) wp.org #5 6 FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ · 4.8★ (249) wp.org #9 ↑4 3 too low 7 D Disable Plugin Autoupdate Emails 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Log Emails 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress 50K+ · 4.6★ (1169) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Sender – Newsletter, SMS and Email Marketing Automation for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (79) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Email Address Encoder 100K+ · 4.2★ (160) wp.org #21 ↑1 9 too low 13 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Kadence WooCommerce Email Designer 90K+ · 4.5★ (142) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Disable WordPress Update Notifications and auto-update Email Notifications 10K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 Disable User Password Reset Admin Notifications 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 20 Disable Auto Update Emails and Block Updates for Plugins, WP Core, and Themes 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too high 21 Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too low 22 Disable Emails Per Product for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Speedx – Disable Login Verification Required Emails for Wordfence 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 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.