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

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 “glm”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

IntentDeep Virtual Files – AI-Ready: Robots.txt, Security.txt, Ads.txt, LLMS.txt shows at wp.org #9 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 30+ 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

HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder places #1 on merit, 4.1★ from 66 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 HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder 60K+ · 4.1★ (66) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too low 2 HHG for TranslatePress 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Wpbingo AI Commander for WooCommerce 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Limb AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too low 5 Vercel AI Gateway Provider 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 JennyStudio GEO Factory 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑8 2 too high 7 Antimanual – Compact AI Agent for Content, Chat & SEO Automation 200+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 AISA — AI SEO & GEO Assistant with MCP: Alt Text for Accessibility (WCAG), Meta, Schema, Brand Voice — Your Own API Keys 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too low 9 AI Content Writer & Auto Blogging for WordPress 40+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 AI Provider for Z.AI 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11 ИИ-conversion Connector by GLM-DEV — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too high 12 AI Provider for mittwald 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 IntentDeep Virtual Files – AI-Ready: Robots.txt, Security.txt, Ads.txt, LLMS.txt 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 AIKCT Engine Chatbot 10+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #14 15 AI Provider for OpenCode Zen – Multi-Model LLM Connector 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Carfitly – AI Auto Parts Fitment Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 AI Provider for exo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Site Context Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 SlyTranslate – AI Translation Abilities 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑3 4 too high 20 B Bestony AI Provider for Tencent Cloud Token Hub — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Surface Kit AI – AI Chatbot & Conversational AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Bernerslee Site Diagnostics & Recovery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 FlavourSuite AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 DB AI Field Generator for Advanced Custom Fields — · 0.0★ (0) 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.