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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “events optimizer”

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 “events optimizer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

CodingBunny Image Optimizer shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 600+ 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.

Buried gem

Smart Slider 3 places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 1125 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #1 2 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ · 4.5★ (157) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 reSmush.it : The original free image compressor and optimizer plugin 100K+ · 4.3★ (166) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 60K+ · 4.6★ (405) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641) wp.org #4 ↓2 2 too high 7 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Kraken.io Image Optimizer – Compress, Convert to WebP & AVIF, Resize & Bulk Optimize 10K+ · 4.5★ (119) wp.org #9 10 Pixel Manager for WooCommerce – Conversion Tracking, Google Ads, GA4, TikTok, Dynamic Remarketing 40K+ · 4.9★ (399) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 Easy Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache & Core Web Vitals (Unused CSS, Delay JS, Lazy Load) 1K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization 9K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 WP Meteor Website Speed Optimization Addon 20K+ · 4.7★ (77) wp.org #23 ↑1 8 too low 16 Servebolt Optimizer 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Show Eventbrite Events – Event Feed for Eventbrite 800+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Pixellize Image Optimizer 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 PixGrow Image Optimizer 90+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Events Optimizer — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Wingify 4K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 CodingBunny Image Optimizer 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 11 too high 23 Admin Optimizer – Performance, Security & Site Cleanup 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 WP Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache, Minify & Core Web Vitals 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 6 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.