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

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 “indentation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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 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

IntentDeep Virtual Files – AI-Ready: Robots.txt, Security.txt, Ads.txt, LLMS.txt shows at wp.org #17 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 30+ 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 WP Menu Icons 20K+ · 4.9★ (139) wp.org #1 2 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WPIDE – File Manager & Code Editor 40K+ · 4.8★ (306) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter 10K+ · 4.8★ (65) wp.org #5 6 Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #6 7 Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 SmartDoc to Post Importer 300+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 DoubleScale CRM | All-in-One CRM – Sales, Multi-Channel Marketing, Newsletter, Booking, Helpdesk, Automation, MCP & More 80+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 LLMs.txt Curator 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 ACE Product Filters – AJAX Filters for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Lineate — Poetry Blocks 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Simple Markdown 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 Indent Paragraph with Tab 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 SOLASS Personal design of forms — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 Draft Post Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Tavoos Article TOC — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Clandevs — WooCommerce Product Filter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Jump Links Block (SEO 44) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Manfi Expense Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 IntentDeep Virtual Files – AI-Ready: Robots.txt, Security.txt, Ads.txt, LLMS.txt 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Clipboard Snippet Copier — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 Frumbik Affiliate Hub – Affiliate Links, Amazon Product Displays, Click Tracking & Geo-Targeting 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 ACE Content Filters – AJAX Filters for Site Content — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.