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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disclosure statement”

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 “disclosure statement”, we and wp.org disagree 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

WP Affiliate Disclosure shows at wp.org #2 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy places #5 on merit, 4.6★ from 769 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too low 2 Download Manager 100K+ · 4.1★ (1006) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 GenerateBlocks 200K+ · 4.9★ (122) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Privacy Policy Generator, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, Cookie Policy & Disclaimer Templates – WPLP Legal Pages 10K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally) – WCAG Scanning, Guided Fixes, Usability Widget 500K+ · 2.9★ (162) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance 10K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #10 ↓3 3 too low 8 Legal Pages – Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, GDPR, CCPA, and Cookie Notice Generator 8K+ · 4.3★ (29) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 FAZ Cookie Manager 3K+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 Disclaimify – Affiliate Disclosure / Disclaimer for WordPress 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 9 too high 11 AI Alt Text Generator 2K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓3 1 too low 12 WP Affiliate Disclosure 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑1 10 too high 13 Easy Invoice – Invoice Generator, PDF Quotes & Payments 600+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓3 14 EDigital Accessibility Tools and Statement 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 EO4WP: EmailOctopus for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓3 2 too low 16 EU AI Act Ready 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too high 17 SilverStream Privacy Toolkit for POPIA 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓4 7 too low 18 UniConsent Cookie Consent CMP – Consent Manager 2K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓4 3 too low 19 TransparAI: EU AI Act Compliance, AI Disclosure & AI Image Detection 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑8 3 too high 20 Candorline AI Disclosure Notice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Tendforge Statement Forge for EAA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 2 too low 22 LinkGenius – Affiliate Link Manager and Link Shortener 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓3 4 too high 23 Klarvo AI Transparency for EU AI Act 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓4 3 too high 24 Faire for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.0★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.