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

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 post edit”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Astra Bulk Edit shows at wp.org #6 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Duplicate Post places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 1623 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #1 2 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories 100K+ · 4.5★ (172) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too low 6 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #14 ↓5 8 too low 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Disable Comments 100K+ · 3.8★ (25) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1916) wp.org #24 ↓5 11 too low 14 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Disable Feeds WP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too high 17 Astra Bulk Edit 30K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 8K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #20 ↓4 2 too low 19 Better Post & Filter Widgets for Elementor 4K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies 10K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #22 ↓4 2 too low 21 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Disable User Login 6K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too high 23 Post Type Transfer 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 WPBulky – WordPress Bulk Edit Post Types 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓4 3 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.