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

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 “dispatcher”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Digent Smart AI – Connect Site to Claude, Cursor & ChatGPT via MCP Server shows at wp.org #18 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — 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

VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS places #2 on merit, 4.8★ from 61 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #1 2 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #24 ↓1 22 too low 3 Satollo Dispatcher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Chat AI with Dispatcher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Lead Generation Form – Form Builder, Contact Form, Survey & Inquiry Forms 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Appointment SW 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Hamid Pulse Notifications for Telegram and Bale 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑10 1 too high 8 AcrossAI Abilities Manager – WordPress Abilities for Claude, ChatGPT & Any AI Agent 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 Mindio Magic MCP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 DataFirefly Server-Side — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too high 11 Trade Dispatch — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 R Redhok Order Alerts for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 SEOYEN SEO Platform 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too high 14 Notify with GOWA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Saz Order Notifier with Telegram for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 H HrefHawk — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 CoderCreation Multi User Order Activity Log for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 Workeera – AI Job Board with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Makarski Bot Connector for Telegram — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 MetaForge Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Connect for WooPilot AI – Operations & Analytics via Telegram for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 Onro – Local Delivery Management for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Confident 404 Redirect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Digent Smart AI – Connect Site to Claude, Cursor & ChatGPT via MCP Server — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.