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

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 “entra”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 2 plugins are 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.

Ranked above its merit

Notificações para WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.6★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) 10K+ · 4.9★ (154) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 S SSO for Entra ID 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ · 5.0★ (40) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Meow Mailer – Free SMTP, Everything Included 900+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 All-in-One Microsoft 365 & Entra ID / Azure AD SSO Login 600+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory 100+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 AutoCEP 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↑2 7 too low 10 SSO for Microsoft Entra 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too high 11 Login with Microsoft Entra ID 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Open Access SSO 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Wava Payment Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑3 1 too low 14 DixonSMTP for Outlook & Microsoft 365 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too high 15 ITX UserOps — User Management, Login Activity, Sessions & Audit Log 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 SSO & SAML Login — Azure AD / Entra ID — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 Notificações para WooCommerce 100+ · 2.6★ (5) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 IntranetOS Employee Intranet with Entra ID — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too high 19 Simple Image SEO 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too high 20 Web357 Mail Connect for Microsoft Outlook 365 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Affiliate Program for WooCommerce – Sevol 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 2 too low 22 Cordex Forms — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too high 23 WBS Connect for Dataverse — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑2 2 too high 24 GEL Proximity | Aggregatore Punti di Ritiro e Locker 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 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.