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

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

Remove Schema shows at wp.org #13 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 12 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 2528 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #1 2 GenerateBlocks 200K+ · 4.9★ (122) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #4 5 WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents 100K+ · 5.0★ (195) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ · 5.0★ (1221) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Disable and Remove Google Fonts | GDPR & DSGVO friendly 100K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #9 10 Customizer Backup & Reset 7K+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #20 ↑4 9 too low 12 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Color, Image & Size Swatches 200K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #12 ↓2 13 Simple CSS 80K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too low 14 SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Remove "Powered by WordPress" 20K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Art WooCommerce Order One Click 4K+ · 5.0★ (36) wp.org #21 ↓4 4 too low 18 WPB Popup for Contact Form 7 – Showing Contact Form 7 Popup on Button Click 5K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too high 19 SMNTCS Custom Logo Link 2K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #17 ↓4 2 too high 20 Jooosi Fon – Use Custom Fonts, Google Fonts or Adobe Fonts 4K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #23 ↓2 3 too low 21 Remove Schema 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #13 ↑5 8 too high 22 FrontBlocks Site Tools 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too high 23 Preload Featured Images 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓4 1 too low 24 Utility for GeneratePress 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 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.