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

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 “indent”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Description List Block shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit places #8 on merit, 4.6★ from 176 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Redux Framework 900K+ · 4.4★ (273) wp.org #1 2 SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Visual CSS Style Editor 30K+ · 4.1★ (90) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ · 4.8★ (132) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Justify for Paragraph Block 3K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Bulk menu creator 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 8 Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit 20K+ · 4.6★ (176) wp.org #21 ↑1 13 too low 9 Just Writing 200+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 MRW Simplified Editor 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Creative Addons for Elementor 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Blockera Site Builder – Responsive Blocks, Block States, and everything Gutenberg is missing 100+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Indent Lists Button 700+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 TS Team Members Showcase 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 Indent Paragraph with Tab 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Description List Block 400+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #5 11 too high 17 Lineate — Poetry Blocks 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 JetGridBuilder — Grid Builder for Elementor and Gutenberg 4K+ · 2.8★ (5) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Groundworx Navigation – Responsive Menu & Mobile Navigation Block 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too high 20 Rapls Sitemap – HTML Sitemap & Post List 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Table of Contents (TOC) Block – Fast & SEO Friendly 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 Z Zeddotes Enhanced Code Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Gelber Zettel — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 BookPress – PDF eBook Maker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 4 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.