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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “frontend delete”

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 “frontend delete”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Frontend File Upload shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 60+ 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

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery places #10 on merit, 4.3★ from 4342 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Frontend Delete Account 4K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #1 2 ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (160) wp.org #2 3 User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission 20K+ · 4.1★ (537) wp.org #3 4 WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (286) wp.org #4 5 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #10 ↓3 5 too low 6 Frontend Dashboard 500+ · 4.9★ (136) wp.org #6 7 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too low 8 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #9 ↑4 1 too low 9 WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend 400+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #8 ↑2 1 too high 10 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #19 ↑1 9 too low 11 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too low 12 Frontend Product Editor for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #7 ↑1 5 too high 13 Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641) wp.org #15 ↓4 2 too low 14 Bulk Delete Comments 5K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #5 9 too high 15 WPForce Logout – WordPress User Login Logout Management Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (66) wp.org #22 ↓3 7 too low 16 My WP Customize Admin/Frontend 8K+ · 4.3★ (16) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Views for WPForms – Display & Edit WPForms Entries on your site frontend 1K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #20 ↑2 3 too low 18 Ninja Forms Views – Display & Edit Ninja Forms Submissions on your site frontend 1K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Frontend User Notes 70+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑3 5 too high 20 NS Add Product Frontend for WooCommerce 80+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Page Visits Counter – Lite 5K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 Easy Post Submission – Frontend Posting, Guest Publishing & Submit Content for WordPress 4K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Add Product Frontend for WooCommerce 70+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #16 7 too high 24 Frontend File Upload 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 11 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.