Plugin Pulse Beta
← Rankings

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

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 “indexnow”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

多合一搜索自动推送管理插件-支持Baidu/Google/Bing/IndexNow/Yandex/头条 shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.6★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Read More Without Refresh places #8 on merit, 4.2★ from 55 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 IndexNow Plugin 100K+ · 3.2★ (47) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #6 ↑10 1 too low 6 CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 ReCrawler 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Read More Without Refresh 20K+ · 4.2★ (55) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too low 9 ThinkRank SEO – AI SEO Plugin for SEO & Google Search Console 20K+ · 4.9★ (36) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Bing URL Submissions Plugin 40K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 ↓5 12 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 400K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 LLMagnet – AI Visibility & AI SEO for Claude, ChatGPT & More 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too low 14 RightBlogger – AI SEO Agent & Autoblogging 600+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Auto Ping Booster 900+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too high 16 LovedByAI – GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) & AI SEO Plugin: AEO, llms.txt 1K+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 多合一搜索自动推送管理插件-支持Baidu/Google/Bing/IndexNow/Yandex/头条 2K+ · 2.6★ (5) wp.org #9 ↑1 8 too high 18 AL Pack 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Findex for IndexNow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 APG Google Image Sitemap Feed 500+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓1 4 too low 21 果果推送 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Simple Search Submission for IndexNow 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Fast Index for Google Indexing API 300+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Instant Indexing & Check for Google and Bing SEO 400+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.