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

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 “extractor”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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

News-Parser shows at wp.org #12 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 100+ 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

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup places #5 on merit, 4.5★ from 7676 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail 5K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 افزونه رسمی ترب 40K+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Reduce Unused CSS Solution with Critical CSS For WP 1K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #3 4 Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Booster 1K+ · 3.9★ (15) wp.org #4 5 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #20 ↑1 15 too low 6 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #17 ↑1 11 too low 7 WP Document Revisions 2K+ · 3.7★ (23) wp.org #7 8 Video Frame Extractor 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Trendly Content Extractor – DOCX to WordPress Post Converter 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Koloshare — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too low 11 Magic Import Document Extractor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 استخراج محصولات ووکامرس برای آیسی 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Luma Product Fields 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too high 14 افزونه استخراج اطلاعات محصولات ووکامرس – پارساژ — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑2 15 WP Rankify – AI SEO, Schema JSON-LD & AI Content Optimizer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Static Cache Wrangler – Headless Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 BundleWP Notification Bar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too low 18 News-Parser 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too high 19 Bundle QR Payments for UPI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 IntelliDesc – AI Product Descriptions for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 M MksDdn Migrate Content 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 Snapshotify – All-in-One Backup & Restore & Migrate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 SysOpenLang — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 LATW AI Translation for Polylang — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.