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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “edit slug”

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 “edit slug”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Slug Search and Admin Columns shows at wp.org #11 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ 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

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Edit Author Slug 100K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #1 2 Admin Slug Column 5K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #2 3 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Bulky – Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Smart Manager – Bulk Edit for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (288) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Bulk Edit Categories and Tags – Create Thousands Quickly on the Editor 3K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 Slash Edit: Admin Shortcuts to Edit Posts and Pages Faster 500+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Pinyin Slugs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Permalink Manager Lite 100K+ · 4.8★ (176) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Custom Permalinks 100K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer 3K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Setary — Bulk Edit WordPress & WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Simple Regenerate Slug 400+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #21 22 WPBulky – WordPress Bulk Edit Post Types 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Slug Search and Admin Columns 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 12 too high 24 Pinyin Slug 60+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #16 8 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.