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

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 “firebase”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 5 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

Ultimate Push Notifications shows at wp.org #16 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 142 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Firebase Authentication 400+ · 4.0★ (20) wp.org #1 2 OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification 1K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #2 3 Colibri Page Builder 80K+ · 4.4★ (80) wp.org #3 4 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 WPMobile.App – Android and iOS App Builder 3K+ · 4.8★ (162) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 I Integrate Firebase 500+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs 10K+ · 4.4★ (74) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 200+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 OTP Login & Register Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.6★ (44) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Login Me Now – Passwordless, Magic Link, OTP & Social Login for WordPress 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 The School Management – Education & Learning ERP 700+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 WappPress – Convert Site to App Fast – WordPress to Mobile App Builder 1K+ · 3.6★ (39) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 MeetingHub – Appointment Booking & Meeting Scheduling for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Jitsi 400+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 FormGent – Next-Gen AI Form Builder for WordPress with Multi-Step, Quizzes, Payments & More 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 WhoKnew Signal – Self-Hosted Web Push Notifications & PWA 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Mobile App for WooCommerce: ShopApper Mobile App Builder Service for WooCommerce 30+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Firebase Integration – Firestore & Auth — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Progressive Web App – PWA, Web Push Notifications and Offline Mode 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 WP to Firebase – Sync WooCommerce & WordPress Data — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 T Topic-Based Push Notifications for Firebase 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 W webtonative 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Knowband Mobile App Builder 10+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Ultimate Push Notifications 50+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #16 8 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.