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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “display admin report”

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 “display admin report”, we agree with wp.org 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

CMS ADMINS Security Check Report shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 400+ 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

LiteSpeed Cache places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 2778 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Admin Columns 100K+ · 4.9★ (1652) wp.org #1 2 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #2 3 View Admin As 9K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Plugin Report 1K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #4 5 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #12 ↑2 7 too low 6 WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend 400+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too low 9 Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Sales Report for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #18 ↑5 7 too low 12 F Featured Image Admin Thumb 20K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #20 ↓3 7 too low 14 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (160) wp.org #16 ↓3 1 too low 16 YaySMTP – WP Mail SMTP with Email Logs, Tracking & Reports 10K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 All In One Login 60K+ · 3.6★ (35) wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too high 18 Church Admin 900+ · 4.7★ (17) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 Display Eventbrite Events 2K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #22 ↓3 3 too low 20 Zeno Report Comments 200+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too high 21 WP Client Reports 6K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 11 too high 22 Magical Shop Builder – WooCommerce Template Builder for Elementor | Shop, Cart, Checkout & Product Page Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too high 23 affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display 2K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #23 24 CMS ADMINS Security Check Report 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 16 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.