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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “face analysis”

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 “face analysis”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Face Analysis Quiz & Age Guesser Widget — Interactive Content by RealSmile shows at wp.org #3 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Child Theme Configurator places #6 on merit, 4.7★ from 280 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #1 2 SlimStat Analytics – Real-Time Stats, Heatmaps & Ecommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (816) wp.org #2 3 CWILL (Formerly ParcelPanel) – Shipment Tracking, Tracking & Order Tracking for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.9★ (538) wp.org #4 ↑2 1 too low 4 AI ChatBot for WooCommerce – WoowBot 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions 40K+ · 4.6★ (171) wp.org #12 ↑1 7 too low 6 Child Theme Configurator 300K+ · 4.7★ (280) wp.org #17 ↑1 11 too low 7 Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ · 4.6★ (356) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too low 8 F12 Profiler 400+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 Export All Posts, Products, Orders & Users | WP Ultimate Exporter | WordPress CSV Export 6K+ · 3.2★ (16) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 Face Analysis Quiz & Age Guesser Widget — Interactive Content by RealSmile — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 Rating Widget: Post Rating, 5 Star Rating, Reviews, Thumbs Up & Down, Reaction 400+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 iZooto – Web Push Notifications 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 AI Face Shape Detector Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too high 14 Log-Hero.com Plugin 40+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 JMPG Face Match for Photographers — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Forge AI Bot Log – Block AI Bots, Crawler Detection & Verification 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too high 17 Beautyxia — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too high 18 Reactflow Visitor Recording and Heatmaps 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 AlmaWeb AI Visitor Analytics 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 SecondGate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 WunderPaint – The Dynamic Design and Automation Studio 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑2 1 too low 22 Anti-Bot, Anti-Spam & Fraud Protection for WooCommerce – RealNode — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 MasterAI Content Manager for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Softlinkster Update Shield — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 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.