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

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 workflow”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 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

Editorial Workflow Manager shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 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.

Buried gem

PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access places #12 on merit, 4.3★ from 66 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Editorial Calendar 20K+ · 4.9★ (79) wp.org #1 2 Oasis Workflow 600+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #2 3 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order 500K+ · 4.5★ (162) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 PublishPress Planner – Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board 6K+ · 4.9★ (178) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Edit Flow 4K+ · 4.2★ (50) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting 3K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (158) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 Multicollab: Content Team Collaboration and Editorial Workflow 300+ · 3.7★ (10) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Post Category Filter (WP Admin) 1K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access 10K+ · 4.3★ (66) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Create 6K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #16 ↑3 3 too low 14 StoryChief 1K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #10 ↑5 6 too high 17 AI 60K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #13 ↓4 4 too high 18 Cutmap Editorial Workflow — · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Editorial Workflow Manager 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓3 12 too high 20 Newsroom OS – Google Discover, Google News, Schema & Editorial Workflow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 11 too high 21 Eight Day Week Print Workflow 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Jumplinks Flow – Client Feedback & Editorial Workflow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Leenkat Editorial Tracker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 GuestDock — Guest Post Management, Contributor Sandbox, Editorial Workflow & Content Security 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.