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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “html attributes”

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 “html attributes”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Always Edit In HTML shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Attributes for Blocks 4K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 2 HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin 10K+ · 4.9★ (57) wp.org #2 3 Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater (Add Alt Text, Image Title For Image SEO) 100K+ · 4.8★ (93) wp.org #3 4 HTML Page Sitemap (Block and Shortcode) 10K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #4 5 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #15 10 too low 6 WP Accessibility 60K+ · 4.8★ (68) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Hierarchical HTML Sitemap 4K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #20 12 too low 9 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 CSV to HTML 300+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer 40K+ · 4.7★ (339) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Simple Sitemap – Responsive HTML Sitemap for WordPress 60K+ · 3.9★ (72) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 URL Params 8K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Kwayy HTML Sitemap 6K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Markup by Attribute for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Protect schema.org markup in HTML editor 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 11 too high 19 Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute) optimizer (image SEO) 10K+ · 4.2★ (111) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Always Edit In HTML 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 Jamie's Visual HTML Editor 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Block Data Attribute 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Type Attribute Warnings Removal 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Remove layout destroying HTML-Tags 100+ · 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.