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

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

Olark Live Chat shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Dashdig — Humanize and Shortenize URLs — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 All in One – AI Product Manager for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓2 3 too low 4 WP Google Street View (with 360° virtual tour) & Google maps + Local SEO 300+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 HumanAIEdit AI Humanizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 AEO God Mode – AI Search Visibility 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 9 too low 7 QC SEO Help for llms.txt, AI Analytics, AI Content Writer, FAQ Generator, Subtitle to Article 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Omise Payments 2K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 A AI Humanizer & AI Detector – Uncertify AI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Antimanual – Compact AI Agent for Content, Chat & SEO Automation 100+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 Y Yuey6309 Draft Rewriter with Humanizador de IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 StealthGPT — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Olark Live Chat 1K+ · 2.5★ (2) wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14 Clustova AI Writer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Youmanize — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 TableCrafter – Data to Beautiful Tables 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Antradus AI Lite — AI SEO Content Writer & Image Creator — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Codesala SEO Content Engine 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 CloudScale SEO AI Optimizer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Contentra AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Lussblog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 ARPHost CF7 Submission Archive — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 PhotoFetch — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Form Submission Email Reports 10+ · 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.