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

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 “ingestion”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

3D/AR/VR Model Viewer for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pixel Manager for WooCommerce – Conversion Tracking, Google Ads, GA4, TikTok, Dynamic Remarketing 40K+ · 4.9★ (399) wp.org #1 2 AxiaChat AI – Free AI Chatbot (Answers Customers Automatically) 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Kubik AI LLM Content Generator (.md & llms.txt) — · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #9 6 too low 4 M Markdown for AI Agents 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑2 2 too high 5 Honeylog 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 IATO MCP 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Q QH Markdown Exporter 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Siteline Agent Analytics 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 KloudStack Observability for Azure 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 OnCue Liveblogging 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 WebyPlus FAQ – EVIBOT 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 MTM HTML to Markdown 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 GPTrends Agent Analytics 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 AI Visibility Booster 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 ezStats Analytics 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 VisiBeacon – llms.txt, AI Crawler Tracking and AI Search Visibility 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too low 17 SearchFIT 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 A Arbyte Structured Logging for Seq — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Copy as Markdown Button – Download Markdown — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Upload Multiple Media by API 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 GetSEOAgent — AI Bulk SEO Chat 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 3D/AR/VR Model Viewer for WooCommerce 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too high 23 Ingestics – API and RSS Automation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 OneLence Connect for WordPress — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 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.