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

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 posts”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager places #8 on merit, 5.0★ from 1525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. 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 #2 ↑4 1 too low 2 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #6 ↓4 3 too low 4 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ · 4.8★ (215) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ · 4.8★ (913) wp.org #17 ↓2 8 too low 10 Category Posts Block 40K+ · 4.5★ (79) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #15 ↑5 4 too low 12 WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 ↓1 8 too high 13 Unlist Posts & Pages 10K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Flex Posts – Responsive Posts Block 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #14 15 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Hide Drafts in Menus 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 User Posts Limit 3K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #20 ↓6 21 Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 20K+ · 3.9★ (20) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 Mark Posts 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #24 ↑2 2 too low 23 Magical Posts Display – Elementor Advanced Posts widgets 3K+ · 4.4★ (10) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Hide Author Archive 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.