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

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 “eazy”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 6 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

GPlugin: Google Ads for WordPress & WooCommerce shows at wp.org #16 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Eazy Plugin Manager 80+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Eazy Ad Unblocker 100+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Eazy Under Construction 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Eazy Enable Blogroll 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 5 Show All Comments 400+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Eazy CF Captcha 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 WP Chords 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too low 8 Eazy XMLRPC Pingback Disable 700+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 Eazy Login Logo 300+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 Eazy PDFs by Henkora – Invoices & Receipts for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 NB Eazy Addons For Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 Eazy Image Slider Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 Eazy Notes – The easiest way to share information with the world — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14 EazyTemplates – Gutenberg Template Library 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Eazy CSS Slider 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 Eazy HTML5 Elements 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Eazy Project Management 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 Eazy Flickity Slider 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 E Eazy Contact Form 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Eazy HTTP Headers 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Advance Ajax Live Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 GPlugin: Google Ads for WordPress & WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too high 23 E Eazy Twitter Cards For Posts — · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓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.