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

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 “injector”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Nexura Security — Malware Scanner, Firewall, 2FA & WordPress Security shows at wp.org #15 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 WP Dynamic Keywords Injector 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (59) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Currency Converter Widget 2K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Kansleri Cookie Consent 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Balada Fix 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Hook Injector — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Geoboard Schema Injector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Webtaru Site Options and Login Security — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↑1 12 too low 10 Vinoshipper 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 MCH Ad Injector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 inCod Visual Schema Injector for Schema.org — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 T TrendBender Script Injector for Google Tag Manager (GTM) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Juliet Just Masks 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑3 15 BTW GEO Core — Local SEO & Schema Injector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 WPGreeks Securities & SEO Tools 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 CodeWP Shield Monitor 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 Paragraph Sidebar Injector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Genisoft Security Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 3 too low 20 Clijet – Live Chat, Upsell & Loyalty for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 StaticForge for Cloudflare Pages 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Nexura Security — Malware Scanner, Firewall, 2FA & WordPress Security 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Aipatch Security Scanner 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 WP Rocket | Simple LoadCSS Preloader 4K+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.