wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “enable jquery”
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 “enable jquery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
Easy Video Player shows at wp.org #11 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 20K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 57 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302)
wp.org #1 2 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #3 1 too low 3 J jQuery Updater 20K+ · 4.5★ (64)
wp.org #2 1 too high 4 
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #5 1 too low 5 
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ · 4.8★ (913)
wp.org #6 1 too low 6 
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588)
wp.org #7 1 too low 7 
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ · 5.0★ (1472)
wp.org #10 3 too low 8 
WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload 10K+ · 4.6★ (339)
wp.org #8 9 
jQuery Post Splitter 100+ · 4.6★ (37)
wp.org #4 5 too high 10 
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262)
wp.org #9 1 too high 11 
Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285)
wp.org #12 1 too low 12 
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962)
wp.org #15 3 too low 13 
DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194)
wp.org #13 14 
Autoptimize 800K+ · 4.7★ (1428)
wp.org #18 4 too low 15 
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865)
wp.org #24 9 too low 16 
SVG Support 1M+ · 4.8★ (356)
wp.org #14 2 too high 17 
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225)
wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Easy Video Player 20K+ · 4.2★ (57)
wp.org #11 7 too high 19 
CMB2 300K+ · 5.0★ (91)
wp.org #17 2 too high 20 
Smart Grid-Layout Design for Contact Form 7 10K+ · 4.5★ (72)
wp.org #16 4 too high 21 
Google Authenticator 20K+ · 4.3★ (135)
wp.org #20 1 too high 22 
Nexter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder & AI Website Builder 9K+ · 4.8★ (90)
wp.org #23 1 too low 23 
WP Datepicker 6K+ · 4.8★ (37)
wp.org #21 2 too high 24 
WP Swiper 5K+ · 5.0★ (24) thin reviews
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.