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

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 “dsar”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 The GDPR Framework By Data443 10K+ · 4.8★ (65) wp.org #1 2 WPLP Cookie Consent – Cookie Banner & Consent Management for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode 9K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #2 ↑14 3 Concord – Cookie Banner & Full Privacy Platform for Cookie Consent & GDPR/CCPA Compliance 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 FAZ Cookie Manager 3K+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #15 ↓1 11 too low 5 TRUENDO | GDPR Compliant Cookie Manager 600+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 LGPD Framework By Data443 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 3 too high 7 Cookie Rocket, Cookie Consent Banner and Script Blocker for GDPR, CCPA and LGPD 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑2 2 too high 8 The CCPA Framework By Data443 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too high 9 ConsentX — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 CookieKita — GDPR Consent & Cookie Banner 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 MantaWeb Consent Shield – Cookie Consent Banner & Real Cookie Blocker (GDPR, CCPA, Tikun 13) 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 CAPI Suite: Meta Pixel, Pinterest & TikTok for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 ComplianceKit — Cookie Consent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 Plain Cookie Consent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 OW Consent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 OW Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Trill AI Product Chat for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 Agentyllo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Cookie Consent Banner — PDPL, GDPR & Arabic RTL (Arqam360) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Essert Privacy Compliance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Data Subject Acess Request Form DSAR SAR GDPR CCPA Seers 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 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.