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

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 “ia”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Contact Form Query shows at wp.org #6 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 1K+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 VigIA – AI Visibility, Analytics & Control 2K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #9 7 too low 3 IA SEO Generator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Login Armor 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 IA Magic Galleries 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Doppler Easy Multichannel Marketing enhanced with IA 600+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 CTRify AI SEO Content 100+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 AI Content Creator – Easy ChatGPT powered article generator 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 AFS Analytics 500+ · 4.1★ (9) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 AI Chatbot – Free Sales & Support Assistant — · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 Contact Form Query 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 CONCILIUM IA Rank GEO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 IASM – AI Search Visibility Monitor 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 TextBulker (IA Redaction) 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Oct8ne 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Loque AI buscar IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Agentix IA – Chatbot & AI Customer Support — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 IA Escritora Connector 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 Loque AI Herramientas IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 All-Images.ai – IA Image Bank and Custom Image creation 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 LIAO Basic – Analizador IAO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 ChatBot IA para Tiendas Online — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 GoNow IA Broken URL Resolver — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 HUP – Campos SEO con IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.