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

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 “indexer”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 2 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

ParseLess shows at wp.org #16 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 60+ 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 Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions 3K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #6 5 too low 2 Rapid URL Indexer for WP – Index Websites in Google 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Rapid Indexer – Auto Indexing for Google, Bing, Brave & IndexNow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Indexing website for Google 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 5 MOP AI Indexer – LLMs.txt and LLMs-Full.txt SEO 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce 10+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 No-Indexer 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Category Indexer for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Tika Doc PDF Indexer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 pierre314r Local Taxonomy Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Snopix — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓3 7 too low 12 XealBrax Auto Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 SS Dynamic Filter for Oxygen 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Innova GEO AI Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 OptimizeMap Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too high 16 IndexMachine – Auto Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too high 17 RealTrace AI – Real Human and AI Traffic Counter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too low 18 S Sinbyte Indexer 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 FXOapps Product Filter for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 FXOapps Instant Search for Woocommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 SEOmedSEB Smart Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 2 too low 22 ParseLess 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too high 23 Agent Radar — AI Traffic & Revenue for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓4 1 too low 24 SpeeSeek – Find What Slows Your WordPress Site — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓6 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.