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

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 “fleet”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Security Ninja For MainWP shows at wp.org #8 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 400+ 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

WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents places #1 on merit, 5.0★ from 199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #5. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents 100K+ · 5.0★ (199) wp.org #5 4 too low 2 Fleet Agent Site Manager – Securely Connects Your Sites to a WPMgr Dashboard 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP Updates Notifier 20K+ · 4.2★ (35) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Two Factor (2FA) Authentication via Email 9K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 5 E-cab Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Fleet Manager 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 RentSyst – CRM solution for fleet management 100+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 Export Single Post Page 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 SiteSkite – Secure MCP & AI WebOps. Connect ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI Agent via MCP 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 eaSYNC Booking – Hotels, Restaurants & Car Rentals 100+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Media Library File Size 6K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Enable Turnstile (Cloudflare) for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 Ad Integration for mobile.de API 40+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 ↓2 6 too low 14 Shipday Local Delivery for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 Security Ninja For MainWP 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 8 too high 17 Rento King – Car Rental System 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑4 1 too low 18 View User Metadata 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too high 19 Fleetwire – Car Rental Booking & Website Builder 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 Gsoft Labs Fleet Quote Manager — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too high 21 Awesome Car Rental & Booking 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Siteward Child 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 DevDome Bot Protection: Bot Blocker and AI Crawler Control 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Watchdog Security Lite — Powered by Lumiverse Nexus 60+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.