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

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 “eeat”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #1 2 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 3 DefiniteSEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings 30+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 sHub-EEAT — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 EEAT WP 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 ZMonstrs EEAT SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 EEAT Author & Reviewer by Gyaner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Super Programmatic SEO 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 9 Newsroom OS – Google Discover, Google News, Schema & Editorial Workflow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Georix – GEO & AI Citation — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Rank Press AI Visibility – AI Agent for llms.txt, Schema & AI Search 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑5 1 too high 12 Mivídeo Geo Audit Content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Farsisanj — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 AI Semantic Handshake — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Monprez Schema Identity — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Webauditaitool Site Credibility Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Ember Reviewed By — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 K Kholaseh SEO Analyzer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Seohelpnow AI Blogger Tool — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Sekhlo Schema Code 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 KAF AI – SEO Automation 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Vornix E-E-A-T Enhancer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 BotPass — GEO Experiments for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Italian SEO Validator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓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.