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

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 “indexeddb”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

DiFlowRin Bibliography Checker shows at wp.org #11 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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.

Buried gem

Find My Blocks – Locate blocks on your site places #3 on merit, 4.8★ from 51 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Jooosi Icon – Modern SVG icon library for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 PhastPress 10K+ · 4.9★ (99) wp.org #14 12 too low 3 Find My Blocks – Locate blocks on your site 4K+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #20 17 too low 4 uMOVA Smooth Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 UpdraftCentral Dashboard 5K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #16 11 too low 6 Super Admin All Sites Menu — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Link Checker 4K+ · 3.2★ (30) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 Rootz AI Discovery 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 MATUQO Media Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Inventory Check for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Gradia POS – Modern Point of Sale for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 YeePOS – PWA Point of Sale for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Harvify Image Optimizer for WebP and AVIF — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 FtlCommerce – Instant Product Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Sheetable – Google Sheets to WP Table 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 DiFlowRin Bibliography Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Formhawk — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 AnyTry – AI Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 3D Product Customizer & Configurator for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Genie Image – Image Generation with its AI Magic 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Posuv – Motion Showcase Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Designify Product Customizer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 A Amilu Field Data Collection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Logicoo Form Payments & Shop 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.