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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide date”

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 “hide date”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Date Time Picker for WPForms shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 W WP Meta and Date Remover 80K+ · 4.2★ (71) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #3 4 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #12 ↑2 8 too low 5 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #5 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #21 14 too low 8 Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #24 ↓5 14 too low 11 PI Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too low 12 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Estimated delivery date per product for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (83) wp.org #19 ↓2 6 too low 14 WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7 20K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 Hide Price Until Login 1K+ · 3.5★ (24) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Nepali Date Utilities 1K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Hide My Dates 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 3 too low 20 Hide Broken Shortcodes 400+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 Hide Category by User Role for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 Date Time Picker for WPForms 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 12 too high 23 Advanced Datepicker – Restricts Date for WPForms 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓2 8 too high 24 Order Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 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.