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

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 “disclaimer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Disclaimer Popup shows at wp.org #4 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law places #11 on merit, 4.6★ from 205 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 TermsFeed AutoTerms: Privacy Policy Generator, Cookie Consent, GDPR, CCPA, Terms & Conditions, Disclaimers, Cookies Policy, EULA 70K+ · 4.7★ (246) wp.org #1 2 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #5 ↑4 3 too low 3 Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages 10K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ · 4.9★ (874) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too low 5 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #10 ↓4 5 too low 6 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too low 8 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 MWW Disclaimer Buttons 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 Make Column Clickable for Elementor 100K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 CF7 to Webhook 30K+ · 5.0★ (53) wp.org #21 ↓2 8 too low 14 Media Sync 50K+ · 4.7★ (86) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 Performant Translations 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #15 16 Legal Pages – Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, and Cookie Notice Generator 8K+ · 4.3★ (29) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Easy Affiliate Links 6K+ · 4.2★ (34) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too low 18 WP Post Disclaimer 2K+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 Disclaimer Popup 1K+ · 3.8★ (5) wp.org #4 ↓1 15 too high 20 Product Disclaimer For WooCommerce 80+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓1 14 too high 21 Page Visits Counter – Lite 5K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Disclaimify – Affiliate Disclosure / Disclaimer for WordPress 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓2 13 too high 23 BlogDoSEO Disclaimer +18 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Confirm Plus Contact Form 7 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.