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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “editorial checklist”

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 “editorial checklist”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Editorial Workflow Manager shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Editorial Calendar 20K+ · 4.9★ (79) wp.org #1 2 PublishPress Planner – Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board 6K+ · 4.9★ (178) wp.org #2 3 Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting 3K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Pre-Publish Checklist 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Oasis Workflow 600+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Create 6K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too high 7 PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access 10K+ · 4.3★ (66) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too low 8 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 Cozy Blocks – Website Builder & Business Growth Toolkit | Popups, Lead Forms & Inbox 6K+ · 4.6★ (21) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Cutmap Editorial Workflow — · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓2 10 too low 13 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 Editorial Workflow Manager 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 EU AI Act Ready 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too low 16 Easy Testimonial Blocks – Testimonial Grid, Customer Reviews & Star Ratings 1K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Newsroom OS – Google Discover, Google News, Schema & Editorial Workflow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 Singular Alerts – One Gorgeous Alert Block and Alert Shortcode 90+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 WPNakama – Editorial Workflow & Content Planning for WP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 GuestDock — Guest Post Management, Contributor Sandbox, Editorial Workflow & Content Security 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Seonardo Editorial Plan — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 NoteFlow – Notes, Checklists & Team Collaboration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 MirM Editorial Guard – Publishing Checklist & Content Rules — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too high 24 MonoVM Content Quality Checklist — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.