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

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 auth”, 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 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

Hippoo Auth shows at wp.org #5 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its — 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

WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 154 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 JWT Authentication for WP REST API 60K+ · 4.4★ (53) wp.org #1 2 Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 200+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #2 3 JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs 10K+ · 4.4★ (74) wp.org #3 4 WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) 10K+ · 4.9★ (154) wp.org #22 ↓1 18 too low 5 MeetingHub – Appointment Booking & Meeting Scheduling for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Jitsi 400+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Authorizer 6K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight 500+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #7 8 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #20 ↓1 12 too low 9 Firebase Integration – Firestore & Auth — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Mobile App for WooCommerce: ShopApper Mobile App Builder Service for WooCommerce 30+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Simple JWT Auth – JWT Authentication for WP REST API — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Hippoo Auth — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Shortlink by BestWebSoft 60+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 DIESIS JWT Auth for Cloudflare Access — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 R RafaelMarreca Push Dispatch for Firebase Cloud Messaging — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 C Cindova Phone OTP & SMS for Gravity Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Aqoiy – AI & Human Customer Support Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too high 18 Mobimint Mobile App Builder for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 AttentionVerify by OMNIYA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Simple Post Publish & Rewrite using API 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 NotifReach: Push Notifications — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 PressNative Apps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 BrewmyApp — Mobile App Builder for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 BeyondCart Connector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.