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

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 “inspirational”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions 2K+ · 4.8★ (432) wp.org #1 2 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #2 3 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 4 Random Image Block for Block Editor 100+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 PurePen AI – AI Content Generator with Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini & More 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 SCwriter – AI SEO Content Generator & Blog Writer 10+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #15 9 too low 7 Password Protect – Temporary Login Without Password & Password Protect Entire Site 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↑2 2 too low 8 Random Quote – Daily Inspirational Quotes for WordPress 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 VR-Frases 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 InspirePulse Quotes 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Viraly – Blog to Social Media Auto Post, Scheduler & Analytics 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 FixQuotes Quote of the Day 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 AutoArticle Content Generator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 D11 Random Quote Loader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Relementify 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 AsterPostAI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Essential Shortcodes 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Smart Optimizer – Instantly Boost Page Speed with One-Click Optimization 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Nora AI Publisher: AI Blog Writer & Auto Publishing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑2 20 A Article Business Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Random Quote from Zitat-Service 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 WriteUp — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 I Inspiring Quotes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 WPAdmin Motivation 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.