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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “get id”

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 “get id”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Get Cash shows at wp.org #5 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 17 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

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 4132 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 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 2 Show Pages IDs 10K+ · 5.0★ (103) wp.org #2 3 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too low 4 Catch IDs 20K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Request a Quote for WooCommerce – Get a Quote Button 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #11 ↑2 4 too low 8 Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer 5K+ · 4.9★ (78) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #18 ↓3 9 too low 10 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #17 ↑2 7 too low 11 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302) wp.org #15 ↑6 3 too low 13 XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ · 4.8★ (2233) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #19 ↑4 5 too low 15 Button Block – Stylish buttons that get more clicks 5K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑1 9 too high 16 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #21 ↓3 5 too low 17 S SSO for Entra ID 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 too high 18 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Remove Social ID for WP 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 SheetDB – get your Google Spreadsheet data 600+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Get Cash 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 17 too high 23 WALL ID Pay By Bank 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 10 too high 24 ID Image Ad Popup & Roadblock 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 10 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.