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

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

Hide Archive Label shows at wp.org #7 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 900+ 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

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 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 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #1 2 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too low 5 Hide Tooltips on Hover – Clean Up Title Attributes Without Losing Accessibility 4K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #20 ↓2 14 too low 7 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #17 ↑2 10 too low 8 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too low 9 Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285) wp.org #21 ↓4 12 too low 10 Unique Title Checker 900+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #18 ↑4 5 too low 14 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Hide from Search 3K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Change Price Title for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 too high 18 Archive Title 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 My WP Customize Admin/Frontend 8K+ · 4.3★ (16) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Hide Broken Shortcodes 400+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Daisy Titles — Style & Hide Page and Post Titles 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Hide Archive Label 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 15 too high 23 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too high 24 Hide Admin Icons 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.