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

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 “inp”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Web Worker Offloading shows at wp.org #2 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

BerqWP – All-In-One Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Cache, CDN, Images, CSS & JavaScript places #6 on merit, 4.3★ from 54 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ · 4.7★ (612) wp.org #1 2 WPSpeed – WordPress Speed, Cache & Performance Optimization (Core Web Vitals, PageSpeed 100) 2K+ · 4.9★ (40) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Easy Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache & Core Web Vitals (Unused CSS, Delay JS, Lazy Load) 1K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #3 4 Speed Booster Pack ⚡ PageSpeed Optimization Suite 8K+ · 4.3★ (186) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Insights from Google PageSpeed 10K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #5 6 BerqWP – All-In-One Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Cache, CDN, Images, CSS & JavaScript 4K+ · 4.3★ (54) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Ficoo – Fatture in Cloud per WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Web Worker Offloading 10K+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Speed Analyzer – Speed Test & Performance Audit 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Lumeo Vitals 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Fleet Agent Site Manager – Securely Connects Your Sites to a WPMgr Dashboard 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 8 too low 12 Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 ElementsBoost – Elementor Asset Cleanup & Page Speed Optimizer 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓3 7 too low 14 Opace Essential SEO Toolkit & SEO Audit Tool 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 FetchPriority Featured Image 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Paul Bunyan 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Total CrUX 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 QueueForge – Interaction to Next Paint Fixer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 HitKeep Analytics 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑5 3 too high 20 Clicks Core Web Vitals Optimizer for WooCommerce — Boost LCP, INP, CLS & PageSpeed Score — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 Core Web Vitals – Real User Monitoring (RUM) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 DebugHawk – WordPress Performance Monitoring & Debugging 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓2 4 too high 23 EmiCache – Faster Elementor, Better PageSpeed 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 WP Optimizer – PageSpeed, Cache, Minify & Core Web Vitals 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.