wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “exclude admin page”
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 “exclude admin page”, 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
Admin Management Xtended shows at wp.org #13 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 18 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Search Exclude 50K+ · 4.8★ (218)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #2 ↑1 3 
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617)
wp.org #3 ↑1 4 
WP Sitemap Page 200K+ · 4.8★ (205)
wp.org #4 ↑1 5 
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225)
wp.org #5 ↑1 6 
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778)
wp.org #9 ↑3 3 too low 7 
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ · 4.7★ (131)
wp.org #7 ↑1 8 
BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55)
wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 
Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187)
wp.org #8 ↑2 1 too high 10 
LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ · 4.3★ (874)
wp.org #11 ↑7 1 too low 11 
Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107)
wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #16 4 too low 13 
LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer 200K+ · 4.8★ (1077)
wp.org #19 ↑3 6 too low 14 F Featured Image Admin Thumb 20K+ · 4.7★ (40)
wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too high 15 
WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend 400+ · 4.9★ (54)
wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 
Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869)
wp.org #20 4 too low 17 
Bulk Page Generator and Mass Page Builder – Page Generator 3K+ · 4.6★ (70)
wp.org #15 ↑2 2 too high 18 
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641)
wp.org #17 ↓6 1 too high 19 Admin Management Xtended 5K+ · 4.6★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20 
Thanko Thank You Page Customizer for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (37)
wp.org #22 ↓3 2 too low 21 
Simple Page Access Restriction 6K+ · 4.9★ (32)
wp.org #24 3 too low 22 
Admin Search 1K+ · 4.5★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↑3 4 too high 23 
Church Admin 900+ · 4.7★ (17) thin reviews
wp.org #23 24 
Comfortable Admin Page 70+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #21 ↑2 3 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.