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

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 “eraser”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Beziworld – Withdrawal for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Italy Cookie Choices (for EU Cookie Law & Cookie Notice) 9K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #1 2 Watu Quiz 3K+ · 4.7★ (137) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 EU Withdrawal and Legal Guarantee Compliance 1K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 A Automatic SPAM Eraser 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Clear Cache Everywhere 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Podcast Analytics for OP3 20+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↑7 11 too low 7 Conformitico Recesso 54-bis for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Registration Email Blocker 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 R RegiVigil – Spam & Fake Account Protection 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Wonyx Form Builder 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 BlogCutter Activity Log & Security Audit 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 550W Watermark & Text Eraser — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Beziworld – Withdrawal for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Artiman Guard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Kaddora AI Chatbot 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Kogility Image Editor for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 MITS One Click Return – EU 2023/2673 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Kaze Contact Form 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 DevDome Bot Protection: Bot Blocker and AI Crawler Control 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 GTG – Recesso Online 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too low 21 Mente Clara Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 Tikket Events & Check-In 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 92 Notify – Back in Stock & Similar Product Alerts for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 AllTerrain Photo Editor – Crop, Resize, Paint & Photo Filters 10+ · 4.0★ (2) 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.