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

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 “ide”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 3 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

WPGraphQL IDE shows at wp.org #1 but places #7 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SiteOrigin CSS 100K+ · 4.9★ (153) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 CodeKit – Custom Codes Editor 7K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Index WP MySQL For Speed 50K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Advanced Views – Display Framework – Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode 3K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Buy one click for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 WPGraphQL IDE 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 6 too high 8 Billingo Official for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.1★ (14) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Cowboy MCP – Free MCP Server with Undo for Claude & ChatGPT 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Agent Abilities for MCP – Connect Claude and ChatGPT with Permission Controls and Audit Log 800+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 NIBWP – Self-Hosted MCP Server – Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor & Any AI Agent via MCP 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Without payment for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↑1 10 too low 13 StudioForge-IDE Connector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Eliodata MCP Bridge 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 iG:Syntax Hiliter 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Wizard Blocks Manager for Gutenberg 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑2 17 Escape AI Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 MCP for WordPress by Kites.Dev — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 SITA XML Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Croatrip Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Form Annotator for WebMCP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 PistonUI – Elementor Widgets & Blocks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 MCP Content Manager Lite 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 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.